Skippy (1931)
April 25, 1931Release Date
Skippy (1931)
April 25, 1931Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jackie Cooper
Skippy
Robert Coogan
Sooky
Mitzi Green
Eloise
Mitzi Green
Eloise
Jackie Searl
Sidney
Willard Robertson
Herbert Skinner
Norman Taurog
Director
Enid Bennett
Ellen Skinner
Sam Mintz
Writer
Donald Haines
Harley Nubbins
Percy Crosby
Writer
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Wayne
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer
Beaudine Anderson
Boy
Norman Z. McLeod
Writer
Dannie Mac Grant
Boy
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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.