Skinner's Baby


50m 1917

Film Details

Release Date
Aug 6, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Essanay Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
K-E-S-E Service
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Skinner's Baby by Henry Irving Dodge (New York, 1917).

Technical Specs

Duration
50m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

When the head bookkeeper at the office announces one morning that he is the proud father of a bouncing boy, Skinner realizes that there is something missing in his life. Soon after Skinner's wife Honey confides that she is pregnant, and Skinner, convinced that the baby will be a boy, makes great preparations for his arrival: he is to be named William Skinner, Jr., and will become President one day. Notified at the office that Skinner, Jr. has finally arrived, Skinner rushes out and buys every toy that a little boy could desire. When he arrives at the hospital, however, he discovers that Skinner, Jr. is a girl, but Honey and he are as happy as if she were a he.

Film Details

Release Date
Aug 6, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Essanay Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
K-E-S-E Service
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Skinner's Baby by Henry Irving Dodge (New York, 1917).

Technical Specs

Duration
50m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

This picture was the third in the "Skinner Series" of three films made by Essanay, which were based on stories and novels by Henry Irving Dodge.