Goodbye, Mr. Germ (1940)
1940 · Animation · 14 min · dir. Edgar Ulmer
- Animation
- Drama
Synopsis
A doctor explains to his children the dangers of tuberculosis, what it is and how to prevent against contracting it.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Edgar Ulmer
- Studio
- Springer Pictures, National Tuberculosis Association
- Released
- 1940-09-18
- Running time
- 14 minutes
Cast & crew
Edgar Ulmer Director
James Kirkwood
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Yay! it's Mr. Germ! · Spuzz · 2015-02-18
Edgar Ullner is at it again with the TB films.. This time it's a children's film about it! The film opens up with a dad and their two kids, the kids want to know what Dad is reading, and the dad, who repetitiously keeps poking junior in the stomach with his pipe, says it's about TB! The kids say wouldnt it be great if the TB germ could talk, and dad says "yessssss..." and from there of course, we're in fantasy land where a scientist, who has FAR too many animals in his lab, talks to a TB germ (actually animated of course). Pretty engaging, and for sure will keep the kids entertained.
★★ · Informative/Weird · Vic Demise · 2011-01-12
Most of this info is still pretty valid. The film itself is very stilted and awkward. The doctor character is rather creepy in a sweet sort of way. Probably not the guy you'd want to leave your children with for any extended period of time. I like old films like this- They show where we were at and help us to understand how we got to here. So, in conclusion, educational, a bit weird, and definitely one for the vaults.
