Original sentence: According to legend, both Gable and Colbert were loaned to Columbia Pictures, then considered a  minor studio, as punishment for refusing roles at their own studios; however, this has been refuted by more recent biographies
Edited sentence: According to legend, both Gable and Colbert were loaned to Columbia Pictures, then considered a  third-rate operation, as punishment for refusing roles at their own studios; however, this has been refuted by more recent biographies