Her Second Chance is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by First National Pictures and distributed through Vitagraph Company of America.[1][2]
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Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
Written by | Eve Unsell (continuity) June Mathis (editorial dir.) |
Based on | The Second Chance by Edith Bolling |
Starring | Anna Q. Nilsson |
Cinematography | John W. Boyle |
Edited by | George McGuire |
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Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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Plot
editAs described in a film magazine review,[3] young Kentucky woman Caroline Logan has been sentenced to two years in jail for shooting a sheriff who was attempting to evict her from her home. On her release, she vows to get revenge on Judge Clay Jeffries, who had imposed the sentence. The enemies of Jeffries agree to fight her case and win, and the sale of her property makes her a rich woman. She invests in racehorses and her attorney advisor Beachey, who had assisted in her plan to seek vengeance on the judge, has their own plan to blackball the judge in a scandal that would prevent his reelection. However, Caroline suddenly finds herself in love with Jeffries and, after some suspense in which Caroline must reach the racetrack before the start of a horse race that may ruin the judge, the fraudulent scheme fails. Caroline and Jeffries start life anew together.
Cast
edit- Anna Q. Nilsson as Mrs. Constance Lee / Caroline Logan
- Huntley Gordon as Judge Clay Jeffries
- Charles Murray as Bell
- Sam De Grasse as Beachey
- William J. Kelly as Gabriel
- Mike Donlin as De Vries
- Dale Fuller as Delia
- Jed Prouty as Stable boy
- Corliss Palmer as Nancy
Preservation
editWith no prints of Her Second Chance located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]
References
edit- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Her Second Chance
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Her Second Chance at silentera.com
- ^ "Her Second Chance". The Film Daily. 36 (21). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 10 April 25, 1926. Retrieved October 15, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Her Second Chance
- ^ Her Second Chance at Lost Film Files: First National Pictures lost films - 1926 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Her Second Chance at IMDb
- Her Second Chance at the TCM Movie Database
- Synopsis at AllMovie