The Simp (1920)
- Directed by
- Owen Davis
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 22 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A bumbling man gets into silly situations. The film uses different camera tricks for laughs and has a dog in one scene.
slapsticklightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedphysical comedyplayfulgoofydog
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Fatty's Plucky Pup (1915)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.