Second Chance (1950 film)

In the end, the wake-up call is really a dream, but the woman realizes that only by reconnecting with her Christian faith and with God will she manage to improve her life and relationships.

As her husband Ed is on a business trip in St. Louis, she walks herself home and sits down on a park bench to review her life in flashback.

As time passes, however, their attention turns to the pressures of making a living, cultivating relationships with Ed's bosses and their wives to help him advance at the bank, child-raising and housekeeping.

[a][2][3] 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.

[4] Though only 36 years old,[5] 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.

[12] Author John Cocchi claims her performance "steals the show" as she grows from a sweet young bride into a disillusioned older woman.