While "The Old Swimmin' Hole" is schmaltzy and only a B-movie, it's surprisingly enjoyable and heartwarming. It's the sort of old fashioned entertainment you don't see any more...and in some ways this is a shame.
Young Jackie Moran and Marcia Mae Jones star in this film. The pair also starred in "The Haunted House" and they worked together very well. The story begins by seeing that Chris Carter (Moran) is a nice young man with a great future...and a great burden. While he is incredibly skilled as an amateur vet who works with the local physician, his father has died and he quits school to earn money to care for his mom. There is no reasonable way to assume he'll ever make it to medical or veterinary school. Through the course of the movie, the relationship between the local doctor's daughter and Chris, as well as Chris' mother and the doctor is a huge theme. Another is a nasty grandfather who possibly could give Chris the life he wants....at great cost however.
The film is charming, well acted and worth seeing...and above all, swell fun. Campy and a bit old fashioned, but also well worth your time and sweet.
Young Jackie Moran and Marcia Mae Jones star in this film. The pair also starred in "The Haunted House" and they worked together very well. The story begins by seeing that Chris Carter (Moran) is a nice young man with a great future...and a great burden. While he is incredibly skilled as an amateur vet who works with the local physician, his father has died and he quits school to earn money to care for his mom. There is no reasonable way to assume he'll ever make it to medical or veterinary school. Through the course of the movie, the relationship between the local doctor's daughter and Chris, as well as Chris' mother and the doctor is a huge theme. Another is a nasty grandfather who possibly could give Chris the life he wants....at great cost however.
The film is charming, well acted and worth seeing...and above all, swell fun. Campy and a bit old fashioned, but also well worth your time and sweet.