The Healer (1935 film)

The Healer is a 1935 American film directed by Reginald Barker. The film is also known as Little Pal.

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.

• 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

• The Healer at IMDb
• Little Pal is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

1. Healer
2. Little Pal
3. The Raven (1935 film)
4. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
5. The Dark Angel (1935 film)
6. Bride of Frankenstein
7. The Green Mile (film)
8. The Miracle Man (1919 film)
9. List of American films of 1935
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11. Will Rogers
12. Karen Morley
13. 1935 in the Soviet Union
14. Shirley Temple
15. Documentary film
16. The Aviator (2004 film)
17. Ophelia (2018 film)
18. List of plays adapted into feature films
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