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The Healers (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Healers (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Gertie and Moxie lose their jobs in a third-rate vaudeville show. They take to street faking in their extremity, and are driven out of town when a rube becomes wise to his shell game. Weary and disheartened, they trudge along and reach the...See moreGertie and Moxie lose their jobs in a third-rate vaudeville show. They take to street faking in their extremity, and are driven out of town when a rube becomes wise to his shell game. Weary and disheartened, they trudge along and reach the environs of a village, where they stop to rest. In the village lives little crippled Violet who, arousing the sympathy of Moxie and Gertie, is cured by Moxie; as an acrobat he's an expert in muscular manipulation. The townspeople acclaim the child's recovery a miracle, which belief Moxie and Gertie immediately commercialize by opening a resort and holding manifestation meetings as they, in a trance, commune with divine powers. To treat the town's banker of dyspepsia, they dose him with the "Crystal elixir of life" which they secure at a mineral spring. Then a "miracle" does happen: the banker gets well and, believing that Moxie and Gertie have some patent prescription to concoct the elixir, he has it analyzed. The chemist tells him it is natural mineral water and the spring from which it comes is of value. Moxie and Gertie know nothing of this, nor of the cures they are making. They think it is time to move on. The play ends with the capture of the astonished runaways by the happy and well country people led by the banker. The elixir brings prosperity to the village and peace and contentment to the wandering Moxie and Gertie. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Billie West Gertie Gertie See fewer	The Wolf Man (1915)
Bert Hadley Moxie Moxie See fewer	Madam Who? (1918)
Violet Wilkey Violet Violet See fewer	The Children Pay (1916)
Kate Toncray Violet's Mother Violet's Mother See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
George Beranger Barnes - the Banker Barnes - the Banker See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
William De Vaull Hanson - the Hotel Manager Hanson - the Hotel Manager See fewer	Tea: With a Kick! (1923)