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Skinner’s Dress Suit
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Harry Beaumont

Cast: Bryant Washburn [Skinner], Hazel Daly, Harry Dunkinson, James C. Carroll, U.K. Houpt [?] (Ulrich Haupt)?, Florence Oberle, Frances Raymond, Marion Skinner

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by K-E-S-E Service. / Scenario by Charles J. McQuirk, from the short story “Skinner’s Dress Suit” by Henry Irving Dodge. / © 27 January 1917 by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company [LP10085]. Released 5 February 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA by Victor Kremer Film Features, Incorporated, in 1920. The story was subsequently filmed as Skinner’s Dress Suit (1926).

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4071.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4071; Everson-American p. 314; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 52; Slide-Early p. 24 : Website-ASFFDb.