My Wife's Relations
About My Wife's Relations
Buster Keaton wakes up married to a woman played by Kate Price after a muddled ceremony. Her family wants him out until they decide he is about to inherit money. Then they turn polite. Edward F. Cline directed with him.
Cast & crew
More about My Wife's Relations
Keaton and Cline also wrote it. Joseph M. Schenck produced. Elgin Lessley photographed. Released in July 1922. The listed length is 22 minutes. Joe Roberts, Tom Wilson, Wheezer Dell, and Harry Madison are billed. A copy is on the Internet Archive as HisWifesRelations.
Themes
Look
Elgin Lessley shot the wedding mix-up and the family rooms.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The marriage is a mistake, not a courtship.
- The family's manners change when they think the money is coming.
- Roberts is in the household.
- The archive title is His Wife's Relations.
Scenes
- The family, hostile at breakfast, turns polite when the inheritance is mentioned.
Also available
- Internet Archive (HisWifesRelations)
