Growing Pains

Name: Growing Pains
Genre: comedy
Released: 1928
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Growing Pains (1928) — comedy film. Directed by Robert A. McGowan. Starring Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins. This page maps 9 characters and 8 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

Interactive Features for Growing Pains

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Story Analysis

The supplied reference documents the film's identity, ensemble, circus-related credit, and lost-film history, but does not preserve its scene-by-scene plot.

Comedy · 8/10 · 20 min · 1928

Based On

Growing Pains

Credits

Director

Robert A. McGowan
Cast

as Joe

Joe Cobb
Cast

as Jackie

Jackie Condon
Cast

as Jean

Jean Darling
Cast

as Farina

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Cast

as Wheezer

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Cast

as Mary Ann

Mary Ann Jackson
Cast

as Jay

Jay R. Smith
Cast

as Harry

Harry Spear
Cast

as Pete

The Wonder Dog Pal
Cast

as Jimmy

Jimmy Farren
Cast

as Circus giant

John Aasen

Universe & Franchise Timeline

Our Gang: The Roach/MGM silents (1927–1929) — Watch Order · Character Knowledge Graph

Growing Pains is title 12 of 22 in the Our Gang: The Roach/MGM silents (1927–1929) release order. Previous: School Begins (1928). Next: The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928).

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Content sources

Plot analysis generated from content on Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related entry on Wikidata (Q5611631), public domain (CC0).