Wife and Auto Trouble

Wife and Auto Trouble
Directed byDell Henderson
Mack Sennett
Written byRoy Del Ruth (scenario)
Produced byMack Sennett
StarringWilliam Collier Sr.
Blanche Payson
Joseph Belmont
Alice Davenport
Mae Busch
Production
company
Distributed byTriangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 5, 1916 (1916-03-05)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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]

Plot

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.

Cast

Preservation

A 16 mm copy of the film is held by George Eastman House.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Walker, Brent E. (2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland Inc. pp. 327–328. ISBN 9780786457076. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "Wife and Auto Trouble". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved August 30, 2025.


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