Pinched off meaning

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows pinched off meaning

poster Much Ado About Mutton
Much Ado About Mutton
(3.6/5)
7mn - Animation
The big bad wolf is hungry and thinks lamb-chops would fill his need, so he puts the a snatch of a couple of Uncle Blackie's fleecy-white nephews. Uncle Blackie takes offense at this and dispatches the wo…
poster The Family Next Door
The Family Next Door
(3/5)
64mn - Comedy
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her smart aleck son Sammy hears that an electric railroad li…
poster Police Chasing Scorching Auto
Police Chasing Scorching Auto
3mn - Action, Crime
Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once that film had been edited to fit a standard 1,000 foot …
poster Ambrose's Sour Grapes
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
21mn -
Ambrose loses his girl-friend to Harry Gribbon in the park. When Ambrose's "girl-friend"'s twin sister and husband arrive everybody gets mixed-up between the two twins.
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster Scene on the River Thames
Scene on the River Thames
1mn -
Dangled precariously off a boat, a baby falls into the river. Many people on the bank quickly scramble to its rescue.
poster All Wet
All Wet
0mn -
In this film, Snub leaves his extremely tiny town to go live with his aunt, who he doesn't even know. He arrives at her house when she's throwing a party and she doesn't want to invite him inside...until …
poster Insect to Injury
Insect to Injury
(3.4/5)
0mn - Animation
Popeye has just finished his house when a band of termites attacks.
poster Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
poster The Sick Kitten
The Sick Kitten
1mn - Drama
A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is important for being one of the earliest films to cut to a close…
poster Baby Brother
Baby Brother
20mn - Comedy
Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our Gang) where Joe offers three dollars for a baby. Farin…
poster Electrocuting an Elephant
Electrocuting an Elephant
1mn - Documentary
This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
poster Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
(3.3/5)
74mn - Drama
Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thi…
poster The Peachbasket Hat
The Peachbasket Hat
10mn - Comedy, Drama
Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid invites a band of gypsies into the house for a palm reading. After the gypsies leave, no one can find the baby…
poster Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek
4mn - Western
A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.
poster Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit
(3.3/5)
87mn - Drama, Romance
Mary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has no real prospects of earning money. Mary's employers, are trying to strike an oil related business deal with…
poster Pleased to Eat You
Pleased to Eat You
(2.6/5)
6mn - Animation
A hungry lion is captured, shortly after being tricked by a hunter. He escapes his cage and robs a hot dog stand. A chase ensues when the police pursue him.
poster A Victim of Misfortune
A Victim of Misfortune
4mn - Comedy
Painter pursued by policeman, laundress, milkman, etc.
poster Oranges and Lemons
Oranges and Lemons
12mn - Comedy
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside …
poster The Watermelon Patch
The Watermelon Patch
11mn - Drama
Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.
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