Complex sentence: De Carlo pair made several trips to Los Angeles until 1940, when she was first runner-up to "Miss Venice Beach" and was hired by showman Nils Granlund as a dancer at the Florentine Gardens.
Split into simpler sentences: De Carlo pair made several trips to Los Angeles until 1940, when she was first runner-up to "Miss Venice Beach". She was hired by showman Nils Granlund as a dancer at the Florentine Gardens.