title: Skinner's Big Idea
text: # Skinner's Big Idea
  
  Skinner's Big Idea is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Lynn Shores and written by Matt Taylor and Randolph Bartlett. It is based on the 1918 novel Skinner's Big Idea by Henry Irving Dodge. The film stars Bryant Washburn, William Orlamond, James Bradbury Sr., Robert Dudley, Ole M. Ness and Charles Wellesley. The film was released on April 24, 1928, by Film Booking Offices of America.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Bryant Washburn as Skinner
  * William Orlamond as Hemingway
  * James Bradbury Sr. as Carlton
  * Robert Dudley as Gibbs
  * Ole M. Ness as Perkins
  * Charles Wellesley as McLaughlin
  * Martha Sleeper as Dorothy
  * Hugh Trevor as Jack McLaughlin
  * Ethel Grey Terry as Mrs. Skinner
  