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

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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