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  • Pluck and Luck (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
Pluck and Luck (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
When Pokes, a plumber, is dispossessed from his humble place of business owing to his inability to pay his rent, he accepts the invitation from a neighbor, the piano tuner, to share his store. Jabbs's wife is socially ambitious, and to ...See moreWhen Pokes, a plumber, is dispossessed from his humble place of business owing to his inability to pay his rent, he accepts the invitation from a neighbor, the piano tuner, to share his store. Jabbs's wife is socially ambitious, and to advance herself into the ranks of the elite of her native city has decided to give a musicale at her home. In order to have the piano in excellent condition for the great event she sends Ethel, her daughter, to notify the tuner to come and inspect the piano. During this time, Jabbs by his overbearing manner has incurred the hostility of two anarchists, tenants in one of his houses. To avenge themselves on their landlord they manage to hide a time clock bomb in the piano at Jabbs's home. When Ethel arrives at the piano tuner's she finds only Pokes present and he is so smitten with her charms that he cannot resist the desire to impersonate the tuner as he realizes that he will have an opportunity to make Ethel's acquaintance. On Ethel's arrival home she surprises the anarchists at their nefarious work and is seized by them and carried upstairs where they have her bound and helpless. Pokes's attempt to tune the piano is a dismal failure for he succeeds in demolishing all parts of it until he finds the bomb hidden in the inside. He calls the attention of Jabbs to the bomb, driving both Jabbs and his wife in a frenzy of fear as the clock lacks only a few seconds of the time set for the explosion. After they reach the street in safety, their attention is called to Ethel on the upper floor and Pokes proves his nerve by cashing into the house and saving the girl at the peril of his life. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Louis Burstein
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Updated Feb 18, 1916
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Feb 18, 1916 (United States)

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Bobby Burns's primary photo
Bobby Burns
Pokes Pokes   See fewer
Ups and Downs (1915)
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Walter Stull
Jabbs Jabbs   See fewer
Ups and Downs (1915)
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Ethel Marie Burton
Ethel (as Ethel Burton) Ethel (as Ethel Burton)   See fewer
Frenzied Finance (1916)
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