Again Pioneers

Again Pioneers (1950)

Citizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant camp on the outskirts of town, will soon be attending Fairview's school.

Date of release
1950-11-01
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
William Beaudine

Casting

Interesting facts

Again Pioneers is a 1950 American black-and-white short drama film produced by Paul F. Heard for the Protestant Film Commission. Directed by William Beaudine, it stars Colleen Townsend, Tom Powers, Sarah Padden, and Regis Toomey. The story is set in the fictional town of Fairview and depicts the friction between the middle-class residents and the impoverished migrants who live on the outskirts in a shantytown called "The Patch". The film explores the meaning of the American Dream for both types of residents, and the responsibility of the church to reinstill Christian values of human dignity and freedom into American life.

Production

Again Pioneers was developed at the request of the Home Missions Council of North America. The film was intended to "provide inspiration for home missions work by the churches". The original screenplay by Oviatt McConnell included additional sequences by Alan Shilin.

The production tapped a number of notable film and stage actors. Heading the cast is Colleen Townsend, who had left her Hollywood film career and was studying theology at Pasadena College; this was her first appearance in a religious film. Other notable performers are Tom Power, Sarah Padden, Regis Toomey, and Evelyn Brent. This was Brent's last film.

Filming took place at MGM Studios and Nassour Studios in Los Angeles. Director William Beaudine typically completed principal photography on films for the Protestant Film Commission in under a week.

The production budget was $80,000. Fourteen Protestant denominations provided the funding.

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