Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project

S4E6: Skippy, 1931

March 01, 2024 Shea Cinema Season 4 Episode 6
S4E6: Skippy, 1931
Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project
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Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project
S4E6: Skippy, 1931
Mar 01, 2024 Season 4 Episode 6
Shea Cinema

Today we are covering Skippy, which was adapted from a hugely popular comic strip. This is our first "kids' movie," and features Jackie Cooper in the title role. His performance in this film (at nine years old) garnered him a nomination for Best Actor. What might seem like a frivolous premise actually carries some significant emotional weight.

Unexpected connections we make during our examination of this Outstanding Production nominee:

  • Sir Lawrence Olivier
  • Treasure Island
  • Superman
  • Batman
  • Star Trek
  • women in baseball
  • songs referencing drug use/addiction

But the most important question we explore is...Does Skippy deserve to be on THE LIST?


Please leave us a review wherever you are listening!

Email us rants as well as raves: sheacinema@gmail.com

You can also find us on Instagram (and now Twitter/X): @sheacinema

Show Notes

Today we are covering Skippy, which was adapted from a hugely popular comic strip. This is our first "kids' movie," and features Jackie Cooper in the title role. His performance in this film (at nine years old) garnered him a nomination for Best Actor. What might seem like a frivolous premise actually carries some significant emotional weight.

Unexpected connections we make during our examination of this Outstanding Production nominee:

  • Sir Lawrence Olivier
  • Treasure Island
  • Superman
  • Batman
  • Star Trek
  • women in baseball
  • songs referencing drug use/addiction

But the most important question we explore is...Does Skippy deserve to be on THE LIST?


Please leave us a review wherever you are listening!

Email us rants as well as raves: sheacinema@gmail.com

You can also find us on Instagram (and now Twitter/X): @sheacinema