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John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor and director. Known as Jackie Cooper , he began his career performing in film as a child, and successfully transitioned to adult roles and directing in both film and television.
Jackie Cooper starred in Newsboys' Home, but was not a member of the team. Only David Gorcey and Hally Chester remained from the first film, Little Tough Guy . This was the beginning of the members of the team changing on almost a film-to-film basis.
Cooper proved to be the personality the series had been missing since Mickey Daniels left and was featured prominently in three 1930/1931 Our Gang films: Teacher's Pet, School's Out, and Love Business. These three shorts explored Jackie Cooper's crush on the new schoolteacher Miss Crabtree, played by June Marlowe.
Her debut was an auspicious one: in Pups Is Pups (1930), she plays Jackie Cooper's younger sister. Dorothy DeBorba, age 5, in the Our Gang short film School's Out. With her trademark curls and elaborate hair bows, Dorothy quickly became an audience favorite.
Donald Haines (May 9, 1919 – February 20, 1943) was an American child actor who had recurring appearances in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1930 to 1933. He appeared in Our Gang during the early sound days along with Norman "Chubby" Chaney, Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Jackie Cooper, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins, and Dorothy DeBorba.
Bobby Hutchins (replaced Jackie Condon in 1929) Clifton Young; Norman Chaney as Chubby (replaced Joe Cobb in 1929) Jackie Cooper (replaced Harry Spear in 1929) Donald Haines (replaced Jay R. Smith in 1929) Dorothy DeBorba; Buddy McDonald; Matthew "Stymie" Beard (joined in 1930, became Allen Hoskins (Farina)'s replacement in 1931) Shirley Jean ...
A picture of the crew, inclusive of Michael's brother, Jackie Jackson, and his wife and children—9-year-old twin sons Jaylen and River Jackson and daughter Brandi Jackson, 41—was posted on ...
When his father, a small town sheriff, is slain by a big city gangster, "Rifle" Edwards becomes a homeless vagabond, drifting from town to town. Arriving broke and hungry in a large metropolis, he seeks food and shelter at the Newsboys' Home, where the kids force him to fight an amateur bout with the champ, Danny Shay, before he can eat.