| Skippy | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Written by | Norman McLeod Joseph L. Mankiewicz Don Marquis (uncredited) Sam Mintz (uncredited) |
| Starring | Jackie Cooper Robert Coogan Mitzi Green Jackie Searl |
| Music by | Irving Berlin |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 2, 1931 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Skippy is a film that was released in 1931. It was one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Don Marquis, Norman Z. McLeod, and Sam Mintz was based on the comic strip Skippy by Percy Crosby. For his performance, Jackie Cooper, at the age of nine, became the youngest person to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
The film starred Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green and Jackie Searl. Director Norman Taurog won the Academy Award for Directing. The film also did well enough to inspire a sequel called Sooky.
The story involved Skippy's efforts to help his new friend Sooky. Sooky is played by Jackie Coogan's brother Robert. In the story Sooky lives in a shantytown.
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