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Les joyeux microbes
(The Joyous Microbes)
Also known as The Merry Microbes in the United Kingdom; The Jolly Germs and A Bad Case in the USA
(1909) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Émile Cohl
Cast: (unknown)
Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont production; distributed by Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont. / Released April 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as The Jolly Germs by Kleine Optical Company in a split-reel with Visions of Mother (1909) on 10 July 1909.
Comedy: Cartoon.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? This subject will give rise to unrestrained laughter and will infect your entire audience with the jovial microbe. A learned man is seen in his laboratory studying microbes. His friend enters and after exchanging salutations the visitor is proclaimed to be full of microbes. Through a microscope the victim is permitted to view the many microbes with which he is infected and as each microbe is displayed to the view of the audience its exhibition creates wild applause. The microbes shown are as follows: Political Microbe, Functionary Microbe, Mother-in-Law Microbe, Chauffeur’s Microbe. The poor man faints and the doctor of science laughs at his terrified friend.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animation
Listing updated: 31 March 2020.
References: Bardèche-History p. 18 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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