The Healer | |
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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 |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Healer is a 1935 American film directed by Reginald Barker. [1] The film is also known as Little Pal. [1]
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.
The Healer | |
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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 |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Healer is a 1935 American film directed by Reginald Barker. [1] The film is also known as Little Pal. [1]
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.