The Healer (film)
The Healer is a 1935 American film directed by Reginald Barker.[1] The film is also known as Little Pal.[1]
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| Directed by | Reginald Barker |
| Written by | John F. Goodrich (adaptation) Robert Herrick (novel The Healer) James Knox Millen (adaptation) George Waggner (continuity and dialogue) |
| Starring | Ralph Bellamy Karen Morley Mickey Rooney |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | Jack Ogilvie |
Release date | June 15, 1935 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Dr. Holden (Ralph Bellamy) is "The Healer" (the original title) in this 1930s morally uplifting pot-boiler. He is a doctor that has come home to a warm springs to try to heal children from the unnamed crippling disease (polio). He runs a destitute camp for these children, assisted by Evelyn Allen (Karen Morley) who looks upon the Doc as a great man. Jimmy (Mickey Rooney) is a paraplegic kid whom the Doc promises to cure. This little triangle is interrupted by a rich girl Joan Bradshaw (Judith Allen) who cons the good Doc into building a sanitorium for the wealthy with her father's money. Doc is momentarily swayed, but comes to his senses just as a forest fire threatens his original cabins around the warm spring. His treatment of Jimmy pays off as Jimmy rides a bicycle to save the day. Doc realizes that his true love is Evelyn, not the self-interested Joan.
Cast
- Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Holden
- Karen Morley as Evelyn Allen
- Mickey Rooney as Jimmy
- Judith Allen as Joan Bradshaw
- Robert McWade as Mr. Bradshaw
- Bruce Warren as Dr. Thornton
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Applejack
- Vessie Farrell as Martha