Jean Darling
Birthday: 1922-08-23
Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
Biography: Date of Birth: 23 August 1922, Santa Monica, California, USA Date of Death: 4 September 2015, Rödermark, Hesse, Germany (undisclosed) Having toured the world with husband, Kajar the Magician's Show 'Magicadabr', Jean Darling settled in Dublin and became an author of dozens of short mysteries for Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazines and Horror Fantasy for Whispers Magazine, etc. In 1980 she became Aunty Poppy (named for her home State flower) writing and telling over 450 children's story on both RTE radio and TV. Jean has also written several radio plays broadcast on RTE.
Movies
The Holy Terror
Mary Ann is becoming a serious problem to the other gang members and Joe was given the job of traini...
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Bring Home the Turkey
Habitually mistreated at the deceptively named Happyland Home Orphanage, the Our Gang kids find a lo...
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Chicken Feed
Chicken Feed is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 6...
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Yale vs. Harvard
The Gang turn to playing football, and face tough competition against the Gas House Garlics....
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The Old Wallop
Wheezer likes to hit people on the nose, and his folks encourage him to do so. Then the Gang wanderi...
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Heebee Jeebees
A hypnotist comes to town and puts the gang in animal-like trances. Now that the spell is off, the g...
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Barnum & Ringling, Inc.
The kids decide to put on a circus at the local hotel. Seeing various pets and other domestic animal...
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Fair and Muddy
Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequ...
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Crazy House
Crazy House is a 1928 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 76...
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Growing Pains
Mary Ann has a liking toward Wheezer. Her mother tells her that if she gives him cod liver oil, he c...
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Playin' Hookey
Wheezer gets excited watching his dog Pansy attack and rip apart the chickens and furniture in the b...
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The I Don't Care Girl
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera h...
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Boxing Gloves
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actual...
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Lazy Days
While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his ...
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Railroadin'
The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures ...
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Small Talk
The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". ...
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Jane Eyre
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi...
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Seeing the World
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe a...
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Baby Brother
Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side ...
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The Ol' Gray Hoss
This story revolves around an old man who feels alone in the world aside from the gang who keeps him...
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The Spanking Age
Mary Ann Jackson and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced ...
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Little Mother
Little Mother is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. Produced by...
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Cat, Dog & Co.
Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head o...
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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curt...
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Bouncing Babies
With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back....
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Rainy Days
Jay and Wheezer are left alone on a rainy afternoon when Mom goes out to run errands. But when their...
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Tired Business Men
Tired Business Men is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was...
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Olympic Games
While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their ow...
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Saturday's Lesson
A man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers....
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Babes in Toyland
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mort...
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Fast Freight
Fast Freight is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film. It was the 85th Our Gang short that was re...
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Noisy Noises
Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who...
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School Begins
One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a...
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Wiggle Your Ears
This is a really strange, but thought provoking film. Here, beloved Mary literally lets Harry Spear ...
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Dog Heaven
Poor Pete the Pup. He wants to hang himself because his master, Joe, has given up playing with him a...
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Ten Years Old
Ten Years Old is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the ...
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The Story of Hal Roach and Our Gang
This is a documentary that's included with the Our Gang mega-set of eight DVDs. This in on disc eigh...
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