Allen 'Farina' Hoskins — Actor (40)
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You Said a Mouthful (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
You Said a Mouthful
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Joe E. Brown / Ginger Rogers …
other title: Badenixe / À tour de brasses …
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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Spook Spoofing (1928) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Spook Spoofing
director: Robert F. McGowan actor: Allen 'Farina' Hoskins / Joe Cobb …
As a joke, several members of the gang convince Farina, who is "brave but superstitious", that he's caused the demise of a young acquaintance and must therefore lay the body (actually still very alive) to rest in the old burying ground, under the watchful eye of "the graveyard witch". The joke backfires spectacularly on the pranksters.
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Dog Days (1925) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dog Days
director: Robert F. McGowan actor: Joe Cobb / Jackie Condon …
The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs away, Mickey comes to the rescue with his dog. In gratitude, Mary invites all the boys and their dogs to her party, much to the chagrin of her wealthy mother.
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July Days (1923) WikiData IMDb TMDB
July Days
director: Robert F. McGowan actor: Sunshine Sammy Morrison / Joe Cobb …
The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mickey and Jack are trying to win the affections of Mary. In the interim, the village blacksmith, "Dad" Anderson, receives a lucrative contract to produce a creation of his: a sail-propelled scooter. The gang is lucky enough to get a hold of a few of these scooters, and happily sail down the city streets.
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Railroadin' (1929) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Railroadin'
director: Robert F. McGowan actor: Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins / Joe Cobb …
The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area. True to his word, after Joe and Chubby's father leaves, a crazy man starts a train with most of the kids on it, save for Farina who is nearly run over several times. Once Farina manages to climb aboard himself, the kids attempt to stop the runaway locomotive, but have no luck until the engine crashes into a grocery truck. As it turns out, however, the entire incident is revealed to be a dream Farina had as Joe and Chubby's father lectured the kids about rail-yard safety.
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When the Wind Blows (1930) WikiData IMDb TMDB
When the Wind Blows
director: James W. Horne actor: Norman Chaney / Jackie Cooper …
Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it. Finding himself locked out, he tries various means of getting back inside without his parents finding out. When his parents mistake his noises for a burglar, a local policeman is called, but he seems incompetent to catch either the phony burglar or the real one who has shown up in the meantime
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The Mayor of Hell (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Mayor of Hell
director: 阿奇·梅奥 actor: James Cagney / Madge Evans …
other title: Le Bataillon des sans-amour / Por el mal camino …
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. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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The Stolen Jools (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB Eggplant.place
The Stolen Jools
director: William C. McGann / Thomas Atkins … actor: Norma Shearer / Richard Barthelmess …
other title: I gioielli rubati / Juwelenraub in Hollywood …
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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45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) WikiData IMDb TMDB
45 Minutes from Hollywood
director: Fred Guiol actor: Glenn Tryon / 夏洛特·米诺 …
other title: 45 Minuten von Hollywood / Laurel Et Hardy - Scandale à Hollywood …
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.