Film

The Poor Simp

7.0192050mComedy

Director: Victor Heerman
Year: 1920

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 café 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.

Top cast

Owen Moore

Melville G. Carruthers

Nell Craig

Grace Adams

Harry L. Rattenberry

Peter Adams

Vera Lewis

Mrs. Adams

Herbert Prior

Dr. Crawford

Lassie Young

Sadie Kelly

Tom Kennedy

Jim Donnelly

Douglas Carter

Clarence

Maxfield Stanley

Directed by

Victor Heerman

Written by

Sarah Y. Mason, J. Shakespeare Sap