Jannie Hoskins

Jannie Hoskins

Born: March 19, 1923
Died: January 11, 1996
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for Jannie Hoskins...

Lazy Days
Title: Lazy Days
Character: Trellis, Farina's girlfriend
Released: August 24, 1929
Type: Movie
While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
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The Smile Wins
Title: The Smile Wins
Character: Mango
Released: February 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Farina's mother is very ill and the mortgage is due. He tries to take over her laundry business, but the kids just wreck the clothes. Joe takes pity and devises a scheme to make money: the gang builds their own oil well.
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Playin' Hookey
Title: Playin' Hookey
Character: Zuccini
Released: January 2, 1928
Type: Movie
Wheezer gets excited watching his dog Pansy attack and rip apart the chickens and furniture in the back yard. His mother is upset, and his father takes his rifle to shoot the dog. Meanwhile, Joe Cobb has taught Pansy to play dead, and after the deed is done, he hides the dog at Farina's house.
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Chicken Feed
Title: Chicken Feed
Character: Mango
Released: November 6, 1927
Type: Movie
Chicken Feed is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 66th Our Gang short subject released. The kids go to a magic show and decides to try a little magic of their own.
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Yale vs. Harvard
Title: Yale vs. Harvard
Character: Mango
Released: September 24, 1927
Type: Movie
The Gang turn to playing football, and face tough competition against the Gas House Garlics.
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Olympic Games
Title: Olympic Games
Character: Mango
Released: September 11, 1927
Type: Movie
While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their own games. Whether it's the shot put, the hurdles, the pole vault, or the high jump, not much goes right. There's a deep mud hole that catches several of the kids, and someone out there keeps giving them the razzberry. It's young Wheezer hiding out of sight with his dog Punch, but the kids think it's another boy, so every time they hear the Bronx cheer, they chase the innocent lad and give him a thumping.
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The Glorious Fourth
Title: The Glorious Fourth
Character: Mango
Released: June 26, 1927
Type: Movie
It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the stand, Joe does his best not to blow up himself or his friends, but a poorly-aimed skyrocket owned by Allen "Farina" Hoskins triggers a somewhat premature but undeniably spectacular display of pyrotechnics.
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Baby Brother
Title: Baby Brother
Character: Mango
Released: June 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our Gang) where Joe offers three dollars for a baby. Farina finds a fellow African-American neighbor woman who lets him mind her infant which he then paints white and sells to Joe. The rest of the gang has set an assembly-line system that washes, dries, rocks, and feeds male and female babies.
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Tired Business Men
Title: Tired Business Men
Character: Mango
Released: May 15, 1927
Type: Movie
Tired Business Men is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 60th Our Gang short subject released.
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Ten Years Old
Title: Ten Years Old
Character: Mango
Released: March 13, 1927
Type: Movie
Ten Years Old is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 58th Our Gang short subject released. It was remade as Birthday Blues in 1932. Nobody comes to Joe's birthday party so he goes to the rich kid's party with his own special cake.
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Bring Home the Turkey
Title: Bring Home the Turkey
Character: Mango
Released: January 16, 1927
Type: Movie
Habitually mistreated at the deceptively named Happyland Home Orphanage, the Our Gang kids find a loyal and kindhearted friend in the form of a black grownup named Uncle Tom. Alas, Tom's own children -- including real-life siblings Allen "Farina" Hoskins and Jannie "Mango" Hoskins -- are carted off to Happyland by the cold-hearted county officials. Farina, Mango, and the other kids escape the cruel orphanage in the dead of night, while Uncle Tom, preparing for their return, "borrows" food, clothes, and furnishings from various merchants.
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War Feathers
Title: War Feathers
Character: Mango
Released: November 20, 1926
Type: Movie
While on a cross-country train trip, the Our Gang kids drive the rest of the passengers crazy with a never-ending game of cowboys and Indians. During a stopover in the sleepy town of Red Dog, the kids disembark in hopes of savoring a taste of genuine Western life. They get more than they bargained for when a trio of bandits rides into town for a showdown with the local sherff.
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The Fourth Alarm
Title: The Fourth Alarm
Character: Mango
Released: August 11, 1926
Type: Movie
The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.
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Thundering Fleas
Title: Thundering Fleas
Character: Mango
Released: July 18, 1926
Type: Movie
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
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Monkey Business
Title: Monkey Business
Character: Mango
Released: March 21, 1926
Type: Movie
An abused chimpanzee escapes from a zoo. On the run, he meets Farina, running away from home and his battling parents. The two become friends and inspire the rest of the gang to put on a show to make money from neighborhood kids. But the chimp has his own idea and runs off creating havoc all over town until chased down by the local cops.
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Good Cheer
Title: Good Cheer
Character: Arnica
Released: January 9, 1926
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Santa Claus really exists for those who wish fervently enough.
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Boys Will Be Joys
Title: Boys Will Be Joys
Character: Mango
Released: July 25, 1925
Type: Movie
Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work on a factory. The gang travels by donkey cart to the office of Henry Mills, President of Pan American Export Company, to protest. Henry, in his 60s, is still a boy at heart: he has his chauffeur stop the car so he can join a sandlot game. He bails on a meeting with his board of directors, going with the kids to the factory site where he stops the workers and helps our gang add more rides. The directors follow him, and they get put to work. Will they ever have their meeting?
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Big Business
Title: Big Business
Character: Mango
Released: February 9, 1924
Type: Movie
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Mohawk! Scenes involving close calls with sharp scissors might make some viewers wince, while the manicurist uses a device that looks like a wire-cutter.