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Her Second Chance (1926 film)

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Her Second Chance
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Directed byLambert Hillyer
Written byEve Unsell (continuity)
June Mathis (editorial dir.)
Based onThe Second Chance
by Edith Bolling
StarringAnna Q. Nilsson
CinematographyJohn W. Boyle
Edited byGeorge McGuire
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • March 28, 1926 (1926-03-28)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Charlie Murray poses with others in Her Second Chance ad in 1926 Film Fun

Her Second Chance is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by Vitagraph Company of America and distributed through First National Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

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As 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

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Preservation

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With no prints of Her Second Chance located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

References

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  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Her Second Chance
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Her Second Chance at silentera.com
  3. ^ "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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Her Second Chance
  5. ^ Her Second Chance at Lost Film Files: First National Pictures lost films - 1926 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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