Complex sentence: RKO looked at Claudette Colbert and Lucille Ball as possibilities to star, but they also gave up on the adaptation, and the rights were resold to Paramount Pictures in 1940 for $35,000.
Split into simpler sentences: RKO looked at Claudette Colbert and Lucille Ball as possibilities to star, but they also gave up on the adaptation. The rights were resold to Paramount Pictures in 1940 for $35,000.