Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute

Simple Simon (Original title)
Date: October 1922 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Henry Edwards

Synopsis: A displaced Brother from the monastry comes in to contact with a woman seeking new material for her book. She sees him as a chance to bring to life a new soul, cultivate love and crush it and see the reaction. He is saved from his misery by the love of the cottage girl.

Genre:
Romance

Subject:
Monasticism
Releases
Date: 1922Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 93 mins Length: 5400 FeetLanguage: English

Credits (5)
Production Company: Hepworth Picture Plays, Producer: Henry Edwards, Original Story: Henry Edwards, Walter Courtenay Rowden
Cast (9)
Henry Edwards (Simon, the Novice), E.C. Matthews (Grandfather Adam Spice), Henry Vibart (The Abbot), Hugh Clifton (Brother Mark), Mary Dibley (Sylvia Royal), J. Mcwilliams (Her Husband), Esme Hubbard (Munty Weir, her Companion), Mac Edwards (The Stray Collie), Chrissie White (Rosemary/Ruth)