A YOUNG COMPANY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 18 (Supplement)

A YOUNG COMPANY

ACTORS IN CHILD PICTURE. “SKIPPY” AS A FILM. The youngest cast ever assembled for a feature-length motion picture is at present at work at the Paramount studios. The actors, not one of whom is older than 10, even including the extra players, have been gathered for the filming of “Skippy,” from the famous cartoon strip by Percy L. Crosby. Until “Skippy” began production, the record for immature acting talent in a full-length picture was held by “Tom Sawyer.” This production' comprised a cast of children up to the age of 15. which was Jackie Coogan’s age. Many of the minor players were as young as nine. The cast is headed by Jackie Cooper, as Skippy, and Robert Coogan, as Sookey. Jackie Cooper is only six years old and Robert Coogan, younger brother of Jackie Coogan, celebrated his fifth birthday last December. Other leading child parts are played by Mitzi Green, nine years of age; Jackie Searl, who is eight; and Donald Haines, who has just become nine. All three of these children have been in pictures for more than two years.