# Simple Souls

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{{short description|1920 film}}
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{{infobox film
| name           = Simple Souls
| image          = Simple Souls (1920) - Ad 1.jpg
| caption        = Ad for film
| director       = [Robert Thornby](/source/Robert_Thornby)
| producer       = [Jesse D. Hampton](/source/Jesse_D._Hampton)
| writer         = [Fred Myton](/source/Fred_Myton) (scenario)
| based_on       = {{based on|''Simple Souls''|[John Hastings Turner](/source/John_Hastings_Turner)}}
| starring       = [Blanche Sweet](/source/Blanche_Sweet)
| cinematography = Charles E. Kaufman
| editing        = 
| distributor    = [Pathé Exchange](/source/Path%C3%A9_Exchange)
| released       = {{Film date|1920|05|12}}
| runtime        = 6 [reels](/source/reel); 5,264 feet
| country        = United States
| language       = Silent (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}

'''''Simple Souls''''' is a 1920 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) produced by Jesse Hampton and distributed through [Pathé Exchange](/source/Path%C3%A9_Exchange). It is based on a 1919 novel of the same name by [John Hastings Turner](/source/John_Hastings_Turner) and stars [Blanche Sweet](/source/Blanche_Sweet). [Robert Thornby](/source/Robert_Thornby) directed.<ref name="SilentEra">{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SimpleSouls1920.html|title=Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List|website=Silentera.com|accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref> It is not known whether the film currently [survives](/source/lost_film).<ref name="SilentEra"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9207/default.html|title=Simple Souls|date=September 29, 2017|website=Lcweb2.loc.gov|accessdate=September 29, 2017}}</ref>

==Plot==
Based upon a description in a film publication,<ref>{{cite journal |title=''Simple Souls'': Pleasing Picture Which Should Entertain |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=21 |issue=20 |page=4065 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City |date=May 8, 1920 |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew212unse |accessdate=April 2, 2014}}</ref> Molly Shine (Sweet) is a simple girl who likes her books, and lives with a drinking father (Grimwood) and weeping mother (Kelso). One day she meets the young Duke (Meredith) who falls in love with her and marries her, astonishing her parents who do not believe it until they see the marriage certificate. After the marriage she faces the problems of all who marry outside of their class. The Duke's sister Lady Octavia (Lester) tries to snub her at every turn, resulting in Molly's dejection and wish to leave. When an opportunity presents itself, she attempts to escape but fate returns her to her husband in a peculiar but pleasing way.

==Cast==
*[Blanche Sweet](/source/Blanche_Sweet) as Molly Shine
*[Charles Meredith](/source/Charles_Meredith_(actor)) as Duke of Wynningham
*[Kate Lester](/source/Kate_Lester) as Lady Octavia
*[Herbert Standing](/source/Herbert_Standing) as Peter Craine
*[Mayme Kelso](/source/Mayme_Kelso) as Mrs. Shine
*Herbert Grimwood as Samuel Shine

==See also==
*[Blanche Sweet filmography](/source/Blanche_Sweet_filmography)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Simple Souls}}
* {{IMDb title|0011696}}

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Category:1920 films
Category:1920 drama films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films directed by Robert Thornby
Category:American independent films
Category:Pathé Exchange films
Category:1920s independent films
Category:1920 American films
Category:1920 English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:English-language independent films

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