Skippy (Paramount, 1931)... (7 items)

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Skippy (Paramount, 1931) Lobby Cards (7) (11" X 14"). Based on a popular comic strip of the day, "Skippy" is the everyday adventures of an ordinary boy in small-town America. Skippy Skinner (Jackie Cooper), his friend Sidney (Jackie Searl) and Sidney's sister Eloise (Mitzi Green) go over to Shantytown and meet a kid named Sooky (Robert Coogan). When Sooky's dog is picked up by the dogcatcher, the kids have to do a variety of things to raise money for a license. "Skippy" received Oscar nominations for Cooper for Best Actor, and for Best Picture, Screenplay and Director. Norman Taurog, Cooper's uncle, won the Oscar by using such tricks as telling Cooper that his dog had just died to get him to cry. Several pinholes, corner creases, color fading on some of the cards and paper loss on the edge of two of the cards. Very Good-.

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