The Poor Boob is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and produced by Paramount Pictures.

[1][2] It starred Bryant Washburn, Wanda Hawley, Richard Rosson, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, and Jay Dwiggins.

Simp goes to New York and works at Platt's Provision Factory, and holds the job for a considerable time until he makes a bonehead mistake and gets fired.

The town makes great preparations for the return of its successful son, and Simp arrives and is greeted by its prominent citizens.

As his boyhood sweetheart Tiny now weights two hundred pounds, his youthful illusion has faded and he begins to look to Hope with the eyes of love.