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Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins was born on August 9, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as Allen Clayton Hoskins. He was an actor, known for Pups Is Pups (1930), Shivering Shakespeare(1930) and Bear Shooters (1930). He was married to Frances. Has two children: a daughter Candy and a son Chris. He died on July 26, 1980 in Oakland, California, USA. Brother of actress Jannie Hoskins. 

On screen from the age of 14 months, he acquired the name 'Farina' from the cereal. Member of 'Our Gang' in 106 episodes between 1922 and 1931. His last "Our Gang" contract with the Hal Roach Studios called for a weekly salary of $350 a week; far more than any of the other kids (even Jackie Cooper) were paid at that time.

Served in the military during World War II. In his later years, made a successful career at Los Angeles area medical centers, helping disabled young people afflicted with drug problems and mental illnesses.

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The Little Rascals - CENTENNIAL BONUS DISC (2023)

The BONUS DISC included in the Centennial Collection. ...

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The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition) (2022)

A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, this 6-disc set also includes over 4 hours of bonus material and features the talents of George "Spanky" McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Darla Hood, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Jackie Cooper, Bo ...

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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 2 (2021)

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 2 contains the next 11 Our Gang sound shorts produced by Roach at the dawn of the "talkie era": Pups is Pups (1930) to Dogs is Dogs (1931) -- with each short newly scanned and restored from original ...

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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1 (2021)

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1 contains the first 11 Our Gang sound shorts produced by Roach at the dawn of the "talkie era": Small Talk to A Tough Winter—with each short newly scanned and restored from original Hal Roach 35m ...

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Our Gang - Comedy Festival (2001)

Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty years of classic Our Gang comedies to tickle your funny bone and includes rarely seen silent footage. See Alfalfa sing "The Barber of Seville" at the "Our ...

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The Our Gang Story (1994)

Join all your favorites—Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more—in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 episodes of Hal Roach's inimitable brand of childhood magic. This fascinating video offers insight into t ...

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Classic Comedy Teams (1986)

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Marti ...

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It's Showtime (1976)

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors. ...

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After the Thin Man (1936)

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's ...

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The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're ...

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Reckless (1935)

A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire. ...

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The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thomps ...

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The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and sk ...

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Fish Hooky (1933)

A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him. ...

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You Said a Mouthful (1932)

Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race. ...

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Fly My Kite (1931)

A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates. ...

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Bargain Day (1931)

Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl. ...

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The Stolen Jools (1931)

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium. ...

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Little Daddy (1931)

Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage. ...

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Love Business (1931)

Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house. ...

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Helping Grandma (1931)

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out. ...

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