The Healer (1935 film)
1935 film by Reginald Barker
- June 15, 1935 (1935-06-15)
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The Healer is a 1935 American film directed by Reginald Barker.[1] The film is also known as Little Pal.[1]
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
References
- ^ a b Hans J. Wollstein (2016). "The Healer". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
External links
- The Healer at IMDb
- Little Pal is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Reginald Barker
- The Bargain (1914)
- The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
- The Typhoon (1914)
- The Devil (1915)
- The Coward (1915)
- The Italian (1915)
- On the Night Stage (1915)
- The Aryan (1916)
- Civilization (1916)
- The Iced Bullet (1917)
- Paws of the Bear (1917)
- Sweetheart of the Doomed (1917)
- The Hell Cat (1918)
- The Turn of the Wheel (1918)
- Shackled (1918)
- Shadows (1919)
- The Rustlers (1919)
- The Women and the Puppet (1920)
- Godless Men (1920)
- The Old Nest (1921)
- The Poverty of Riches (1921)
- Hearts Aflame (1923)
- The Eternal Struggle (1923)
- Broken Barriers (1924)
- The Dixie Handicap (1924)
- The Great Divide (1925)
- When the Door Opened (1925)
- The White Desert (1925)
- The Flaming Forest (1926)
- The Frontiersman (1927)
- Body and Soul (1927)
- The Toilers (1928)
- New Orleans (1929)
- Mississippi Gambler (1929)
- The Rainbow (1929)
- The Great Divide (1929)
- The Moonstone (1934)
- Forbidden Heaven (1935)
- The Healer (1935)
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