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Tight 20-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

Joe Cobb
Joe

Jackie Condon
Jackie

Johnny Downs
Johnny

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Farina
Jannie Hoskins
Mango

Mildred Kornman
Mildred

Scooter Lowry
Scooter
Jay R. Smith
Jay
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Robert A. McGowan directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
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These two-reel silent Our Gang shorts were produced by Hal Roach Studios and distributed to theaters by Pathé between 1922 and 1928.


































































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Hal Roach Studios
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