Simple Souls

{{infobox film

| name = Simple Souls

| image = Simple Souls (1920) - Ad 1.jpg

| caption = Ad for film

| director = Robert Thornby

| producer = Jesse D. Hampton

| writer = Fred Myton (scenario)

| based_on = {{based on|Simple Souls|John Hastings Turner}}

| starring = Blanche Sweet

| cinematography = Charles E. Kaufman

| editing =

| distributor = Pathé Exchange

| released = {{Film date|1920|05|12}}

| runtime = 6 reels; 5,264 feet

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

}}

Simple Souls is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Hampton and distributed through Pathé Exchange. It is based on a 1919 novel of the same name by John Hastings Turner and stars Blanche Sweet. Robert Thornby directed.{{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}} It is not known whether the film currently survives.{{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}}

Plot

Based upon a description in a film publication,{{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}} 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.