Film

The Microbe

1919 · 50m · Comedy

Happy O'Brien, called "The Microbe," or "Mike" for short, a female street urchin who sells newspapers dressed as a boy to avoid harassment, is saved from arrest for fighting other newsboys in Chinatown by wealthy author DeWitt Spense. DeWitt, there to purchase drugs, is so moved by Mike's pugnacity, that he takes her to his mansion for literary inspiration. When DeWitt learns that Mike is a girl, he resolves to educate her. As Mike blossoms, DeWitt's attentions turn to love, to the dismay of Judith Winthrope, who wants to marry him, and his friend Robert Breton, who, with Judith, convinces Mike that DeWitt's writing is suffering because of her.

Viola Dana

Happy O'Brien, The Microbe

Kenneth Harlan

DeWitt Spense

Arthur Maude

Robert Breton

Bonnie Hill

Judith Winthrope

Ned Norworth

Norman Slade

Lucy Donahue

Mrs. Risden

• Henry OttoDirector
• June MathisWriter
• Henry AltimusStory
• Maxwell KargerDirector of Photography
• John ArnoldDirector of Photography

Release date

July 21, 1919

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Comedy