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Skinner Steps Out
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 6597 feet / 70 minutes
Directed by William James Craft
Cast: Glenn Tryon [William Henry Skinner], Merna Kennedy [‘Honey’ Skinner], E.J. Ratcliffe [Jackson], Burr McIntosh [McLaughlin], Lloyd Whitlock [Parking], William Welsh [Crosby], Katherine Kerrigan [Mrs. Crosby], Frederick Lee [Gates], Jack Lipson [the neighbor], Edna Marion [the neighbor’s wife]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Matt Taylor, with dialogue by Albert De Mond and Matt Taylor, from the short story “Skinner’s Dress Suit” by Henry Irving Dodge. Cinematography by Al Jones. Film editor, Harry Lieb. Intertitles written by Albert De Mond and Matt Taylor. Music score by David Broekman. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Released 24 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Hirschhorn-Universal p. 70 mistakenly lists the release year as 1930. The story was previously filmed as Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926). / Full-sound film.
Comedy.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4071; AFI-F2 nn. F2.5133, F2.5135; Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 52, 70 : Website-AFI.
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