 She returned to films in 1934 in "Student Tour" as Mary Lou.That year she made her first short Western film, "Sundown Trail", with wally Wales.McKenzie later recalled,
McKenzie appeared in numerous uncredited roles throughout the 1930s, with occasional credited roles in films such as "The Boss Cowboy" (1934) as Sally Nolan, and the anti-cannabis propaganda film "Assassin of Youth" (1937) as Linda Clayton.