STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Fall events at Tarleton State University\u2019s W. K. Gordon Center begin with the 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 showing of the 1931 film classic, \u201cSkippy,\u201d as part of the museum\u2019s Night at the Opera House series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pre-code comedy, based on the popular Percy Crosby novel and comic strip, stars Jackie Cooper in the title role, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green and Jackie Searl. Director Norman Taurog won the Academy Award for Best Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mischievous Skippy (Cooper) ignores his parents’ rules, finding loopholes in their instructions. He disobeys his father and regularly visits Shantytown on the wrong side of the tracks. He befriends young Sooky (Coogan) who lives with his mother and dog, Penny. The family is too poor to afford a dog license and when Penny is captured by an evil dog catcher, Sooky and Skippy must find the money to get her back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admission and intermission snacks are free, though space is limited and reservations are suggested. To reserve seats, call 254-968-1886 or email gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The W. K. Gordon Museum and Research Center is located at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. To learn more about the museum, visit tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Fall events at Tarleton State University\u2019s W. K. Gordon Center begin with the 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 showing of the 1931 film classic, \u201cSkippy,\u201d as part …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":51311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,424,425],"tags":[442],"class_list":["post-51310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-community-events"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/07\/Skippy-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Community Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Community Events<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on July 17, 2024","modified":"Updated on August 15, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on July 17, 2024 9:04 am","modified":"Updated on August 15, 2024 5:11 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"\"Night at the Opera House, August 10, 6 PM, featuring 'Skippy' poster.\"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}