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The Microbe

★ 8.0 TMDB Rating · 1 votes

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.

Director
Henry Otto
Release date
Jul 21, 1919
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The Microbe

  • Portrait of Viola Dana

    Viola Dana

    Happy O'Brien, The Microbe

  • Portrait of Kenneth Harlan

    Kenneth Harlan

    DeWitt Spense

  • Portrait of Bonnie Hill

    Bonnie Hill

    Judith Winthrope

  • Arthur Maude

    Robert Breton

  • Ned Norworth

    Norman Slade

  • Lucy Donahue

    Mrs. Risden

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