Complex sentence: Bettger graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, and after a period languishing in small-time theatre he landed the lead role in the Broadway production of "The Flying Gerardos" in 1940.
Split into simpler sentences: Bettger graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After a period languishing in small-time theatre he landed the lead role in the Broadway production of "The Flying Gerardos" in 1940.