Complex sentence: Hired by Samuel Goldwyn at MGM, Howard worked in Hollywood, writing a number of very successful screenplays and in 1932 was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel "Arrowsmith", and again in 1936 for "Dodsworth".
Split into simpler sentences: Hired by Samuel Goldwyn at MGM, Howard worked in Hollywood, writing a number of very successful screenplays. In 1932, Howard was nominated for an Academy Award for his adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel "Arrowsmith", and again in 1936 for "Dodsworth".