Wife and Auto Trouble

Mar 5, 1916

0h 14m

★ 5.0

Overview

A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

The Meek Husband (as William Collier)

William Collier Sr.

His Dominant Wife

Blanche Payson

The Wife's Brother

Joseph Belmont

The Wife's Mother

Alice Davenport

The Speedy Stenographer

Mae Busch

The Janitor

Fritz Schade

The Waiter

Wayland Trask

The Driver (as Eddie Cline)

Edward F. Cline

The Hayseed

Hugh Fay

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.

6.1

Early to Bed

Oct 6, 1928

Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.

6.3

Putting Pants on Philip

Dec 3, 1927

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.

6.7

Sailors, Beware!

Sep 25, 1927

A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.

6.2

The Second 100 Years

Oct 8, 1927

Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.

4.9

Slipping Wives

Apr 3, 1927

Neglected by her husband, our heroine decides to make him jealous by getting the handyman to play a literary genius at a party and flirt with her.

6.6

That's My Wife

Mar 23, 1929

Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit, Stanley is pressed into duty (and into drag) to impersonate Oliver's loving spouse.

7.5

Them Thar Hills

Jul 21, 1934

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.

5.6

Thundering Fleas

Jul 18, 1926

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.

6.9

Tit for Tat

Jan 5, 1935

Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife whom they encountered in "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan and Ollie go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer again becomes convinced that Ollie and his wife are fooling around.

6.7

Two Tars

Nov 3, 1928

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.

5.9

We Faw Down

Dec 29, 1928

Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.

5.3

Why Girls Love Sailors

Jul 17, 1927

Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.

6.0

With Love and Hisses

Aug 28, 1927

Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble.

6.7

Wrong Again

Feb 23, 1929

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."

5.8

You're Darn Tootin'

Apr 21, 1928

Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor.