Simple Souls
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Robert Thornby
Director
Blanche Sweet
Molly Shine
Charles Meredith
Duke of Wynninghame
Kate Lester
Lady Octavia
Herbert Standing
Peter Craine
Mayme Kelso
Mrs. Shine
Film Details
Release Date
May
23,
1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jesse D. Hampton Productions
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Simple Souls by John Hastings Turner (New York, 1918).
Synopsis
When the Duke of Wynninghame, a "simple soul" who prefers science to royalty, meets Molly Shine, a London shopgirl, he is enthralled by her love of books and begins to send her two pounds weekly so that she can purchase the books that she adores. Molly's mother discovers the money and, assuming that the duke is paying her daughter for immoral reasons, drags the girl to the duke's home, where she charges him with seduction. The duke good-naturedly agrees to marry Molly, and then ignores her. Molly loves her husband, but his neglect, coupled with the enmity of Octavia, the duke's sister, compels her to leave. As she prepares to flee, the duke realizes that he has fallen in love with his wife, and the two face a happy future together.
Director
Robert Thornby
Director
Cast
Blanche Sweet
Molly Shine
Charles Meredith
Duke of Wynninghame
Kate Lester
Lady Octavia
Herbert Standing
Peter Craine
Mayme Kelso
Mrs. Shine
Herbert Grimwood
Samuel Shine
Film Details
Release Date
May
23,
1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Jesse D. Hampton Productions
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Simple Souls by John Hastings Turner (New York, 1918).
