Skinner's Baby (1917)
Comedy-drama | 6 August 1917
Skinner's Baby was the third and final film in Essanay's "Skinner" series. For information on other films featuring the character created by Henry Irving Dodge, please consult the entry for the 1917 Essanay production of Skinner's Dress Suit, directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
Skinner's Baby was the third and final film in Essanay's "Skinner" series. For information on other films featuring the character created by Henry Irving Dodge, please consult the entry for the 1917 Essanay production of Skinner's Dress Suit, directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bryant Washburn and Hazel Daly.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
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 ...
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.
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