Complex sentence: The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is based on a play "Das Zweite Leben" (or "The Second Life") by Rudolf Bernauer and Rudolf Osterreicher.
Split into simpler sentences: The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a play "Das Zweite Leben" (or "The Second Life") by Rudolf Bernauer and Rudolf Osterreicher.