Skinner's Big Idea
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Lynn Shores
Director
Bryant Washburn
Skinner
William Orlamond
Hemingway
James Bradbury Sr.
Carlton
Robert Dudley
Gibbs
Ole M. Ness
Perkins
Film Details
Release Date
Apr
24,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
FBO Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Skinner's Big Idea by Henry Irving Dodge (New York, 1918).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,967ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
McLaughlin and Perkins, partners in a nut-and-bolt concern, take a vacation after promoting Skinner to junior partner and instructing him to fire Hemingway, Gibbs, and Carlton, the company's eldest employees. Instead, Skinner decides to retain and rejuvenate the three by hiring chorus girl Dorothy Cabot to pep up the office; and he also takes a vacation. Soon they are better groomed, show more initiative, and become addicted to golf--a detriment to their office work. However, on the golf course they accidentally win a big contract with Jackson, a customer of the company, thus gaining the respect of McLaughlin and Perkins, who, on their return, decide to retire from the business.
Director
Lynn Shores
Director
Cast
Bryant Washburn
Skinner
William Orlamond
Hemingway
James Bradbury Sr.
Carlton
Robert Dudley
Gibbs
Ole M. Ness
Perkins
Charles Wellesley
McLaughlin
Martha Sleeper
Dorothy
Hugh Trevor
Jack McLaughlin
Ethel Grey Terry
Mrs. Skinner
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Apr
24,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
FBO Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Skinner's Big Idea by Henry Irving Dodge (New York, 1918).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,967ft
(7 reels)
