how far they have strayed from their ideals, and how much they have lost. The next morning, Emily awakens to find Ed in the bed beside hers, even though he is supposed to be in St. Louis. He tells her that he is leaving that night, and Emily realizes that she has dreamed the whole visit to the doctor and her subsequent crisis of conscience. Later that day, when the doctor gives her a clean bill of health and Ed calls to invite her to join him on the trip to St. Louis, Emily changes her tone and happily agrees to join him, asking only that they be back by Sunday morning, when she plans to attend church once again. Cast Ruth Warrick as Emily Dean John Hubbard as Edward Elwood Dean Hugh Beaumont as Pastor Dr. Emory David Holt as Jimmy Dean Pat Combs as Dick Dean Ellye Marshall as Irene John Holland as Dr. Matthews Joan Carroll as Nurse Eva John Marston as Harry Decker Jameson Shade as Mr. Lewis Fay Kern as Mrs. Lewis Production Development Unlike other short films produced by the Protestant Film Commission, Second Chance is a full-length feature film with a running time of 72 minutes. The screenplay, by Russell Presnall, was adapted from the short story Second Chance by Faith Baldwin, published in the August 1948 issue of Woman's Day. Casting Though only 36 years old, Ruth Warrick "defied all Hollywood conventional behavior" by agreeing to have her face and hair aged by makeup to play Emily as a middle-aged woman. According to syndicated Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler, Warrick was one of a number of Hollywood actors who believed in contributing their talents to films promoting spiritual values in addition to traditional Hollywood entertainment fare. Warrick planned to make a number of personal appearances in churches on the West Coast to promote the film after its release. Hugh Beaumont, who plays the pastor, was in real life a lay minister in the Methodist church. Filming Second Chance was the second of eleven films directed by William Beaudine for the Protestant Film Commission. Beaudine typically shot each film in less than a week. Production began on December 17, 1949, at Nassour Studios in Los Angeles. Release The 16 mm film was released in 1950. It was only made available to churches in the Congregational and Reformed denominations during the 1950 calendar year, as