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Synopsis
Percy Crosby's popular newspaper comic strip Skippy comes to life in this 1931 film. Designed as a vehicle for Our Gang's Jackie Cooper -- then all of nine years old -- Skippy jettisons most of the trenchant cynicism of Crosby's creation (the strip was something of a 1930s Calvin and Hobbes) in favor of sentiment. Skippy, the son of the local health inspector (Willard Robertson) conspires with his best friend, Sooky (Robert Coogan), a poor kid, to raise enough money for a dog license. The mutt in question is eventually shot by the mean dogcatcher, and the effect on Skippy and Sooky (not to mention the audience) is devastating. The tragedy leads Skippy's dad to soften his disciplinarian stance and to draw closer to his son. Skippy was followed by an even more lachrymose sequel, Sooky, also released in 1931. Twenty-five years later, Jackie Cooper, by that time a prominent TV producer/director, tried to revive Skippy as a weekly series, with future My Three Sons co-star Stanley Livingston in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Enid Bennett Mrs. Ellen Skinner
Jack Clifford Dogcatcher Nubbins
Robert Coogan Sooky Wayne
Jackie Cooper Skippy Skinner
Helen Jerome Eddy Mrs. Wayne
Mitzi Green Eloise
Donald Haines Harley Nubbins
Guy Oliver Dad Burkey
Willard Robertson Dr. Herbert Skinner
Jackie Searl Sidney

Production Crew

Karl Struss Cinematographer
Norman Taurog Director
Louis D. Lighton Producer
Don Marquis Screenwriter
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Screenwriter
Norman Z. McLeod Screenwriter
Percy Crosby Screenwriter
Sam Mintz Screenwriter
Year: 1931
Runtime: 85
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature


Produced by
Paramount

Release
by Paramount

Awards
1930-1931 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1930-31 - Best Picture - Academy
1931 - 10 Best Films - Film Daily
1931 - 10 Best Films - New York Times