Skippy (1931)
April 25, 1931Release Date
Skippy (1931)
April 25, 1931Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jackie Cooper
Skippy Skinner
Robert Coogan
Sooky
Mitzi Green
Eloise
Mitzi Green
Eloise
Jackie Searl
Sidney
Willard Robertson
Herbert Skinner
Enid Bennett
Ellen Skinner
Donald Haines
Harley Nubbins
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Wayne
Beaudine Anderson
Boy
Dannie Mac Grant
Boy
Douglas Haig
Boy
Payne B. Johnson
Boy
Buddy McDonald
Boy
Carl R. Botefuhr
Skippy Skinner (age 3)
Jack Rube Clifford
Dog-Catcher Nubbins
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 25, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Genres
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Skippy is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film about the scrappy boy portrayed in the popular comic strip and novel Skippy by Percy Crosby. The screenplay was by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Don Marquis, Norman Z. McLeod, and Sam Mintz.
The film stars Jackie Cooper in the title role, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green and Jackie Searl. Director Norman Taurog won the Academy Award for Best Director (at age 32, he remained the youngest winner in this category until Damien Chazelle won for the 2016 film La La Land). The film also did well enough to inspire a sequel called Sooky (1931). Skippy was released on April 5, 1931, by Paramount Pictures.
For his performance, 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 was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.