A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.
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William Collier Sr.
- The Meek Husband
- (as William Collier)
Edward F. Cline
- The Driver
- (as Eddie Cline)
Jimmy Bryant
- Tri-Stone Cop
- (uncredited)
Joseph Callahan
- Tri-Stone Cop
- (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
- Tri-Stone Cop
- (uncredited)
Al Kaufman
- Tri-Stone Cop
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaDebut of actress Blanche Payson .
- GoofsDuring the street scene outside the Cafe Royale, bystanders in the background can be seen stopping to gawk at the movie being made. Most notably, while Collier's mother-in-law is being arrested, a man walks into frame behind her car, looks briefly at the camera, then kneels down in front of the car behind hers, as if to start it - then he quickly leaves the picture. In the same scene, a truck drives up in the street beyond the car, the driver realizes he's in the shot, then he backs up and hides behind the car that's directly behind Collier's car.
- Quotes
The Meek Husband: I'm married to a dreadnaught. She would have made a good freak in a side-show!
- ConnectionsReferenced in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
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Wife and Auto Trouble is another Mack Sennett short featuring a young Mae Busch
Wife and Auto Trouble is the now old hat story of a meek man, his wife and mother-in-law, his brother-in-law, and the secretary he's having an affair with. It was a nice surprise seeing Mae Busch, long before her appearances with Laurel and Hardy, playing the secretary. Dig her jumping several feet in the air when the mother-in-law and wife appear in the office! There's also some hilarious shooting involving all the main characters there! Then there's the chase involving the Tri-Stone Cops (formerly Keystone Kops) that brings everything to an exciting climax and you have the typical Mack Sennett flourish. Another highly amusing effort worth seeing for silent movie buffs.
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- tavm
- Jul 29, 2007
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- His Marriage Flivver
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- Runtime14 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Wife and Auto Trouble (1916) officially released in Canada in English?
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