Skinner's Dress Suit (1917 film)

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Skinner's Dress Suit
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Directed by Harry Beaumont
Written byCharles J. McGuirk
Based onSkinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge
Starring Bryant Washburn
Hazel Daly
Harry Dunkinson
Cinematography Jackson Rose
Production
company
Distributed byK-E-S-E Service
Release date
February 6, 1917
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Skinner's Dress Suit is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bryant Washburn, Hazel Daly and Harry Dunkinson. It is based on the short story Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge, which was again adapted into a silent film of the same title in 1926. [1]

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