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The Poor Simp (1920)

Directed by Victor Heerman

Overview

Melville Carruthers finally decides to propose to his girlfriend Grace and sets out for her house, but gets a sudden attack of shyness and stops in at a cafĂ© to calm himself. A fight erupts and Melville is knocked out. He wakes up in his room the following day with a young “cabaret girl” taking care of him. Just at that time Grace and her father stop by, and Melville is unable to explain who the girl is and why she’s there. Complications ensue.

Length 50 minutes

Actors

Owen Moore | Nell Craig | Harry L. Rattenberry | Vera Lewis | Herbert Prior | Lassie Young | Tom Kennedy | Douglas Carter | Maxfield Stanley