Skippy (film)
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Written by |
Norman McLeod Joseph L. Mankiewicz Don Marquis Sam Mintz |
| Starring |
Jackie Cooper Robert Coogan Mitzi Green Jackie Searl |
| Music by | Irving Berlin |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Skippy is a film that was released in 1931. 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.
This film was going to be one of Universal's first MOD titles released, but was withdrawn without explanation. It has yet to be announced as an MOD title.
Synopsis
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, and both he and Skippy try desperately to save a dog. In one scene, director Norman Taurog needed to get his nephew, Jackie Cooper, to cry, so he told young Jackie that he was going to kill his dog. Jackie did the scene and proceeded to find out his dog would be unharmed. From this point on, Jackie Cooper had mixed feelings toward his uncle, almost to the point of hatred, and rarely spoke to him again.
Cast
- Jackie Cooper as Skippy
- Robert Coogan as Sooky
- Mitzi Green as Eloise
- Jackie Searl as Sidney
- Willard Robertson as Dr Skinner
- Enid Bennett as Mrs Skinner
- Donald Haines as Harley Nubbins
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Mrs Wayne
External links
- Skippy at the Internet Movie Database
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