| Skippy | |
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Written by | Norman McLeod Joseph L. Mankiewicz Don Marquis Sam Mintz |
| Based on | Skippy comic strip by Percy Crosby |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky B. P. Schulberg |
| Starring | Jackie Cooper Robert Coogan Mitzi Green Jackie Searl |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Music by | John Leipold |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Skippy is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film based on 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.[1][2] 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.[3]
- ^ "Skippy (1931) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (April 4, 1931). "Movie Review - Skippy - THE SCREEN; Two Boys and a Dog. Mr. Keaton's New Farce. Beauty's Power. A Russian Film. "The Stolen Jools."". NYTimes.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ^ "The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org. Retrieved May 24, 2019.