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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.
In Film Daily's national poll of critics, Skippy was chosen as one of the ten best films of 1931. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Jackie Cooper) and Best Adaptation.
In this film based on the popular comic strip, Skippy interrupts his usual routine of finding loopholes in his parents' rules when he makes friends with Sooky, a boy from the other side of the tracks.
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
Skippy (Jackie Cooper) is the feisty son of the strict Dr. Herbert Skinner (Willard Robertson) and his wife Ellen (Enid Bennett). Skinner forbids his son Skippy to play in the pauperized Shantytown, because of the unhygienic and criminal surroundings there.
Feb 22, 2020 · Skippy is a great classic kids film that surprisingly still holds up nearly 90 years later thanks to a simple story and amazing child performances.
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
