James 'Darling' Hall

born: 14 January 1923 Asheville, North Carolina, United States of America

died: 08 December 1969 Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America (age 46)

Young black child actor who was a performer, along with real-life siblings Helen 'Precious' Hall, Winifred 'Sugar' Hall and Frederick 'Honey' Hall. A fifth member of the group, Ruth 'Sweetie' Hall was not related to the others. Together they performed as The Cabin Kids.

Real name: James Joseph Hall

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1935 Beginner's Luck Singer - The Cabin Kids 1935 Teacher's Beau Singer - The Cabin Kids

Acknowledgements & sources: Hidden History Of Asheville by Zoe Rhine (book; chapter 24 'The Cabin Kids') http://caferoxy.blogspot.com/2013/01/cabin-kids-their-rise-and-fall.html (Café Roxy blog) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHKH-R93 (James in NC Birth Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHKD-3HN (James in NC Birth Index) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/222338823/ (Courier-News [Bridgewater, NJ], 10 Dec 1969) https://ourgang.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cabin_Kids Matthew Lydick (help and information) Jesse Brisson (research and information) This page was last updated on: 24 February 2020