Baba was interviewed later that same day by the Los Angeles Times and was asked, "What do you hope to accomplish in the United States?"

Baba answered, "A general awakening which will affect the whole of mankind and will eliminate depression and dissatisfaction existing in the world today."

The next day, Baba visited Paramount Studios accompanied by Quentin and the mandali. Lal Chand Mehra, an Indian-born actor who was a friend of the Joneses' also went with them.  On one lot, The Devil and the Deep was being filmed. Quentin had known the American actress Tallulah Bankhead and the actor Charles Laughton in London when they worked in the theater, and he introduced them to Baba. They in turn introduced Baba to another actor, Gary Cooper.  Baba stayed to watch a couple of scenes being filmed and afterward was photographed with Tallulah. The visit lasted almost two hours. According to a newspaper account (which may not be accurate), Baba spelled on the board to Tallulah, that one of the reasons he had come was that, in Hollywood, there was an "equal balance between the spiritual and material forces." 

After lunch, Baba and a few others went to Universal Studios, where Baba stayed for one and a half hours and met the cowboy-actor Tom Mix (who was photographed with Baba) and an Indian-born director named Ezra Mir.  Quentin returned to Paramount Studios to pick up Tallulah Bankhead, 30, who had an interview with Baba at 5:30 P.M. She had a long talk with Baba and said she was on her way to see the actress Greta Garbo and would tell her of him.

with Tallulah Bankhead, Hollywood, May 1932

That night at 8:30 P.M., a large reception of almost 1,000 people took place at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Many from Los Angeles and the surrounding area came to the love-gathering. There were so many people that the hall had to be cleared of all furniture. Men, women and children stood in line, waiting to meet Baba. In a theatrical setting, Baba was seated on an elevated seat with the four Eastern mandali on one side and six Westerners on the other, forming a semicircle. Behind Baba, like two angels, two harpists played softly.

Visitors were admitted one at a time through a side door of the hall. Each was introduced to Baba, receiving a handshake and his radiant smile. Passing in a circle through another side door, they were then led outside to the lounge where refreshments were served.