The Simp (1920)
22m
Running Time
October 23, 1920Release Date
Plot.
A simpleton finds love but can't get past a pesky dog and some no-good kids.
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The Simp is an extant 1920 silent comedy film starring Lloyd Hamilton. It is a Hamilton and Jack White production distributed by Educational Pictures. The film was directed by Owen Davis and Arthur Roch.A dog features in one of its episodes. Various filming techniques are used to comedic effect. The cast features a man bumbling through various scenarios. It was also released as a Pathescope film.
A colored lobby card for the film picturing Hamilton, Marvel Rea, and a dog survives.Billy Dooley used a similar wringing out the wet dog routine in the 1926 film Briny Boob as did Shemp Howard in the 1952 film He Cooked His Goose.