Complex sentence: Laura, now destitute, takes a job at Macy's department store and unsuccessfully asks one of her former colleagues Elfie St. Clair (Marjorie Rambeau) for a loan.
Split into simpler sentences: Laura, now destitute, takes a job at Macy's department store. She unsuccessfully asks one of her former colleagues Elfie St. Clair (Marjorie Rambeau) for a loan.