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Name: Skippy
Released: 1931-4-2
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson

Skippy

NR
1h 25m
1931

83%

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Skippy Skinner, the mischievous son of a small-town doctor, defies his father's warnings and sneaks off to Shantytown where he befriends Sooky, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks. When a spiteful dogcatcher impounds Sooky's beloved dog, Skippy and Sooky have only days to raise the license money, testing Skippy's loyalty as time runs out.

Director:

Norman Taurog

Producer:

Louis D. Lighton

Writer:

Norman Z. McLeod, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz

Cast:

Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Enid Bennett, Donald Haines, Helen Jerome Eddy

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Reviews

The New Masses

Harry Alan Potamkin

Redemption is the keynote of every American film. Bourgeois society is a coupon. Skippy puts its bid across through the popularity of young children as players.

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TV Guide

A charming children's picture that doesn't neglect adults.

Norman Taurog won the Best Director Oscar for this charming tale, based on Crosby's comic strip featuring child star Jackie Cooper in one of his endearing performances.

Skippy is very effective at showing the world through a child's eyes: issues like class divides, deep pockets and public perceptions are meaningless.

Cooper's playing could not be improved upon.

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