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)
Featured review
Could Also Be Auto and Wife Trouble.
Comedy
Format: Standard, B&W
Directors: Dell Henderson and Mack Sennett
Starring: William Collier Sr. And Blanche Payson
A slightly jumbled and hectic story, in the slapstick style of comedy, using Keystone Kops-type of action, is presented here with plenty of classic silent-era comedy stunts. Then there is the story inside, between our hero, his abusive wife and the mother-in-law, that tends to get a little too silly. The wife shooting off the gun, chasing the husband around an apartment building, was way too cartoonish, but that is how they did things in the silent era.
Using speeded up action, because of the 18 frames per second, the blurring images sometimes helped hide some of that stuff, but not here. That was the only problem with slapstick too. Sometimes it went too far or too long and became too cartoonish, but slapstick would be a genre that would last for over 65 years and that is a good thing. It's good clean comedy. The current DVD version I saw has mediocre canned music complete with vocals that are an obvious cheap add-on by the DVD company. The problem is, I don't think it hurt the film at all. It may have helped. It still was fun to watch and short enough not to be brutal.
7.3 (C+ MyGrade) = 7 IMDB.
A slightly jumbled and hectic story, in the slapstick style of comedy, using Keystone Kops-type of action, is presented here with plenty of classic silent-era comedy stunts. Then there is the story inside, between our hero, his abusive wife and the mother-in-law, that tends to get a little too silly. The wife shooting off the gun, chasing the husband around an apartment building, was way too cartoonish, but that is how they did things in the silent era.
Using speeded up action, because of the 18 frames per second, the blurring images sometimes helped hide some of that stuff, but not here. That was the only problem with slapstick too. Sometimes it went too far or too long and became too cartoonish, but slapstick would be a genre that would last for over 65 years and that is a good thing. It's good clean comedy. The current DVD version I saw has mediocre canned music complete with vocals that are an obvious cheap add-on by the DVD company. The problem is, I don't think it hurt the film at all. It may have helped. It still was fun to watch and short enough not to be brutal.
7.3 (C+ MyGrade) = 7 IMDB.
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- Runtime14 minutes
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By what name was Wife and Auto Trouble (1916) officially released in Canada in English?
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