Second Chance

Between playing the first Mrs. Charles Foster Kane in "Citizen Kane" (1941) and Phoebe Tyler on "All My Children," Ruth Warrick helped create this simple lesson in the importance of faith. She stars as Emily Dean, a bank president's wife who has spent twodecades drifting away from herself. At the urging of pastor Hugh Beaumont, she deals with a medical crisis by her past choices to determine what's missing from her life. Directed by William "One Shot" Beaudine, whose career ranged from silent favorites like Mary Pickford's "Sparrows" (1926) to schlock classics like "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter" (1966).