External links
- Wife and Auto Trouble at IMDb
- Wife and Auto Trouble is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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| Wife and Auto Trouble | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dell Henderson Mack Sennett |
| Written by | Roy Del Ruth (scenario) |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Starring | William Collier Sr. Blanche Payson Joseph Belmont Alice Davenport Mae Busch |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Wife and Auto Trouble is a 1916 American silent comedy film short directed by Dell Henderson and Mack Sennett. It was made by the "Tri-Stone Film Company", an evolution of "Keystone Triangle" which in turn evolved from the famous Keystone Film Company. [1]
A new husband shares a house with his wife and mother-in-law and a second man (listed as a brother-in-law). The first scene shows favoritism at the breakfast table to the second man, but whilst he reads his paper the table is rotated to ensure a good cup of coffee for the husband.
At work the husband chats up his secretary Mae Busch and is discovered by the second male who calls his mother-in-law. A car bought for the secretary is given to the wife as a gift to stall her, but the secretary demands it back. Action moves to a private booth in a restaurant/dance hall where a similar evasion act ensues.
A car chase ensues followed by the "Tri-Stone Kops", an evolution from the earlier Keystone Kops.
A 16 mm copy of the film is held by George Eastman House. [2]
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