Why does the plot of Skippy involve raising three dollars?

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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them. — Norman Taurog Norman Taurog (right) with Mickey Rooney on the set of *Boys Town* (1938).

In the 1931 film Skippy, directed by Norman Taurog, the protagonist attempts to raise three dollars for a specific, compassionate purpose: to pay the fee required to rescue his friend Sooky’s dog from the local animal pound.1