Skinner's Dress Suit (1926 film)

Skinner's Dress Suit
Film poster
Directed byWilliam A. Seiter
Written byRex Taylor (scenario)
Walter Anthony (intertitles)
Based onSkinner's Dress Suit
by Henry Irving Dodge
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringReginald Denny
Laura La Plante
Hedda Hopper
CinematographyArthur L. Todd
Edited byJ. R. Rawlins
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 18, 1926 (1926-04-18)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Skinner's Dress Suit is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starring Reginald Denny. William Seiter was the director of the film which was based on the 1916 novel of the name by Henry Irving Dodge. Laura La Plante and Hedda Hopper co-star in this comedy which has seen video and DVD releases.[1][2]

A previous silent film based on this story had been made in 1917 directed by Harry Beaumont for the Essanay Company.[3]

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Skinner's Dress Suit at silentera.com
  2. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 167 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Skinner's Dress Suit