The sudden and mistaken marriage of Keaton to an unlikely bride is the incident that forms the basis for the plot. Confronted by animalistic in-laws, who would be any groom's nightmare, Keaton maneuvers through their opportunism and materialism. Somehow the pieces don't quite fit together. There are episodes that are almost very funny, but not quite. Perhaps grounded too deeply to contemporary reality, I'm never able to accept the premise that Keaton would acquiesce to this marriage without any form of challenge. Perhaps that direction in plot would have produced a greater opportunity for Keaton's brand of comedy to shine.
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Buster's Revenge!!!
kidboots2 May 2012
Warning: Spoilers
Buster plays a dazed young man who, through a mistake in translation, finds himself married to tough Irish woman - Kate Price no less!!! She and her family are rough and vulgar and Buster finds he is tossed around like a sack of potatoes. Buster spends meal time passing condiments and showing her boxer brother an easier and more convenient way to drink coffee. Buster must have drawn on his childhood in vaudeville for some of the extremely rough stunts which are hilarious. When Kate and her brothers believe that Buster has inherited $100,000, they make a pact to be nice to him while trying to fleece him out of his money. Fortunately Buster has the last laugh.
This was one of the 20 brilliant two reelers that Buster made between 1920 and 1922, just before he switched to features. Even though he kept his thoughts to himself, this hilarious short may have been a cynical view of what he really thought of being bound to the clannish Talmadge family. He had married Natalie, younger sister of Norma and Constance, a year before this film was made. Although everything seemed wonderful and Buster felt he had never experienced such close family ties, there was an undercurrent that he was not good enough for their Natalie, that he was only a comic. Maybe with this movie he had his revenge!!
This was one of the 20 brilliant two reelers that Buster made between 1920 and 1922, just before he switched to features. Even though he kept his thoughts to himself, this hilarious short may have been a cynical view of what he really thought of being bound to the clannish Talmadge family. He had married Natalie, younger sister of Norma and Constance, a year before this film was made. Although everything seemed wonderful and Buster felt he had never experienced such close family ties, there was an undercurrent that he was not good enough for their Natalie, that he was only a comic. Maybe with this movie he had his revenge!!
My Wife's Relations review
JoeytheBrit29 June 2020
Not one of Keaton's better efforts, but there are a few laughs to be found in this wry tale of a man who finds himself accidentally married to a battle-axe (Kate Price) with four hulking brothers, none of whom take kindly to his presence in their home.
Not One of His Best, But Has Some Good Moments
Snow Leopard16 August 2001
While routine in parts, this short comedy has some good moments. The story has Buster trying to deal with a crew of nightmarish in-laws, and the general understanding is that the material hit pretty close to home for him when he made this. When film-makers put too much of their own lives into their movies, it doesn't always lead to the best on-screen product, and some of the material here seems more labored than usual. The setup is quite creative, but some of the punch lines don't really come off. Still, it has some funny moments, and most Keaton fans will want to take a look.
Keaton gets hoodwinked into marriage into a family of huge hostile people
weezeralfalfa20 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Keaton is pulling taffy when the postman gets all mixed up in it. Keaton runs to the other side of the street before the postman hurls some taffy at him and breaks a window above. Keaton is blamed for the breakage, and hauled into court, very strangely presided over by a judge who only speaks Polish! His main accuser is a middle-aged Irish woman, named Kate, who is built like a tank. The judge can't understand her complaint, thus assumes she wants to marry Keaton, and provides a marriage certificate. She pulls him by the collar to her family residence, where he meets her 4 rambunctious big brothers, and her father. The brothers remind me of those in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", only this time its the husband, not the wife, of one who is the initiation victim.......Keaton has problems getting anything on his breakfast plate, as he is constantly bothered to pass this or that around. That evening, he has problems finding which bed is his. Turns out he sleeps in a bed near his wife's. But, they have various disturbances through the night, and Keaton's bed is broken. In the morning, he won't wake up, so water is poured on his face, to no avail. Next, a can of pepper is dumped on his face, which has results, although the whole bunch is soon sneezing.......Brother Joe Roberts opens a letter with a message that the recipient(very vague) inherited $100,000. They assume the recipient is Keaton, thus vow to be nice to him from now on. Thus, they move into a more upscale place. But, then they discover that Keaton was not the recipient of the money, and want to tear him apart. Keaton does many pratfalls, both here and throughout the film. Kate instructs Keaton to put one yeast ball in a large vat. He accidentally spills all the box into the vat, and leaves. Sometime later, the kitchen is filled with foam, and the family again wants to kill Keaton, chasing him around. He boards the train for Reno to end things......See it at YouTube
Horror of Marraige
SendiTolver24 September 2018
In the world where people misunderstand each other perfectly Buster Keaton is accidentally wedded with intimidating woman (Kate Price) with even more intimidating brothers. Buster is not very welcome in the family and he gets bullied around until one of the brothers finds an envelope in the Buster's pocket. Inside the envelope is a letter that declares that he has inherited $100.000. Suddenly all the family starts to take care of Buster - they treat him good (well, almost) and they rent an expensive mansion. Then they discover that the letter wasn't for Buster, and all hell breaks loose.
The film has some quite funny and clever moments, but they are just moments. Like usually in the Buster Keaton's movies, this time the story doesn't go nowhere and random stunts (as magnificent as they are) are just random stunts in random order. Seems bit wasted opportunity, considering the talents of Buster Keaton. Still, it is fun and entertaining enough to spend your 25 minutes.
The film has some quite funny and clever moments, but they are just moments. Like usually in the Buster Keaton's movies, this time the story doesn't go nowhere and random stunts (as magnificent as they are) are just random stunts in random order. Seems bit wasted opportunity, considering the talents of Buster Keaton. Still, it is fun and entertaining enough to spend your 25 minutes.
POINTED BUSTER
darren shan22 October 1999
Buster winds up married to a harridan and finds himself sharing a house with her, her surly father and four brutish brothers. They treat him abominably until they begin to think he might be well-off ... Made a year after Buster had got married and was single-handedly supporting his wife's large family, this is one of his more auto-biographical shorts, and feels rather bitter. Some very funny scenes, but not one of the genius' best.
Fun to watch, but certainly not one of the better Keaton shorts
planktonrules17 July 2006
Warning: Spoilers
This is a good Buster Keaton short, but that is really about all. Part of this is due to the odd and very contrived storyline as well as the unlikable characters in the film.
Buster works in a candy store and within minutes, he accidentally attacks the mailman and must flea from the store for his life! A brick gets tossed through a window and Buster tries to make a getaway--during which time a letter from the postman's bag get stuck to Buster's shoe. A rather tough-looking lady sees this and grabs Buster and takes him to the judge. However, the judge only speaks Polish (huh?!) and instead of listening to her telling him about the window, he marries the two! Oddly, Buster goes along with this and they go home to her burly and nasty dad and brothers--who treat Buster pretty badly.
Later, one of the family finds the letter that stuck to Buster's shoe and they open it (the address and recipient info was totally obscured after having been walked on and having had taffy stick to it). It says that he's inherited a fortune--not realizing the "he" is not Buster but some stranger. So, they stop mistreating him and kiss up to him--hoping to get some of the loot! However, when they finally learn the truth, they try to beat him half to death--as if this is all Buster's fault! And, the last ten minutes or so of the film consists of a giant acrobatic chase as they try to capture him. Decent stuff, but certainly far from Buster's best due to the unlikable and less than inspired script. It has been rumored, by the way, that Buster liked this script because it was a swipe at his wife and in-laws, as he was having severe marital problems with his movie star wife and the family.
Buster works in a candy store and within minutes, he accidentally attacks the mailman and must flea from the store for his life! A brick gets tossed through a window and Buster tries to make a getaway--during which time a letter from the postman's bag get stuck to Buster's shoe. A rather tough-looking lady sees this and grabs Buster and takes him to the judge. However, the judge only speaks Polish (huh?!) and instead of listening to her telling him about the window, he marries the two! Oddly, Buster goes along with this and they go home to her burly and nasty dad and brothers--who treat Buster pretty badly.
Later, one of the family finds the letter that stuck to Buster's shoe and they open it (the address and recipient info was totally obscured after having been walked on and having had taffy stick to it). It says that he's inherited a fortune--not realizing the "he" is not Buster but some stranger. So, they stop mistreating him and kiss up to him--hoping to get some of the loot! However, when they finally learn the truth, they try to beat him half to death--as if this is all Buster's fault! And, the last ten minutes or so of the film consists of a giant acrobatic chase as they try to capture him. Decent stuff, but certainly far from Buster's best due to the unlikable and less than inspired script. It has been rumored, by the way, that Buster liked this script because it was a swipe at his wife and in-laws, as he was having severe marital problems with his movie star wife and the family.
Buster, Kate, and the marriage made in Hades
MissSimonetta24 February 2016
Warning: Spoilers
When discussed at all, My Wife's Relations (1922) is interpreted as Buster Keaton slyly commenting on his imposing in-laws, the famous Talmadge clan. Years later, he would say he felt as though he had not married one woman, but her entire family as well during that ill-fated first marriage to Natalie Talmadge. Of course, I think this bitter backstory takes away from this funny film. It's not the best among Keaton's short films, but it isn't weak by any means and is very funny.
Buster is a taffy puller who, through a major misunderstanding, ends up married to an intimidating Irish-American woman played by the magnificent Kate Price. Irritated with the mix-up, she nonetheless ushers him into her home, where she lives with her burly brothers and father. Sizing up all 5'5 of Buster, they shake their heads, the dialogue card informing us, "He won't last a week in this family..." There are some stereotypical Irish jokes, but none of them are particularly mean-spirited (but as they often say with these things, your mileage could vary).
The highlight for me is the dinner scene, mainly because the humor comes from relate-able situations. The gag with the coffee always reminds me of my mother, who like Buster's brother-in-law likes coffee with her sugar rather than sugar with her coffee. Coming from a staunch Catholic family, I loved the gag where Buster fools his new family into thinking it's Friday, forcing them to forego their meat (and allowing Buster to get a slab!). My other favorite part is the hellish wedding night. Unlike a short from the early 1930s might do, there is no sexual innuendo of any kind; Buster and his bride retire to separate beds, but he goes out of his way to make sure she gets no sleep. Her solution to his annoying her gets me every time.
My Wife's Relations may not be Keaton's most imaginative work, but it's still a good twenty minutes of silliness. Plus Kate Price is one of Keaton's best leading ladies, playing off him with great panache!
Buster is a taffy puller who, through a major misunderstanding, ends up married to an intimidating Irish-American woman played by the magnificent Kate Price. Irritated with the mix-up, she nonetheless ushers him into her home, where she lives with her burly brothers and father. Sizing up all 5'5 of Buster, they shake their heads, the dialogue card informing us, "He won't last a week in this family..." There are some stereotypical Irish jokes, but none of them are particularly mean-spirited (but as they often say with these things, your mileage could vary).
The highlight for me is the dinner scene, mainly because the humor comes from relate-able situations. The gag with the coffee always reminds me of my mother, who like Buster's brother-in-law likes coffee with her sugar rather than sugar with her coffee. Coming from a staunch Catholic family, I loved the gag where Buster fools his new family into thinking it's Friday, forcing them to forego their meat (and allowing Buster to get a slab!). My other favorite part is the hellish wedding night. Unlike a short from the early 1930s might do, there is no sexual innuendo of any kind; Buster and his bride retire to separate beds, but he goes out of his way to make sure she gets no sleep. Her solution to his annoying her gets me every time.
My Wife's Relations may not be Keaton's most imaginative work, but it's still a good twenty minutes of silliness. Plus Kate Price is one of Keaton's best leading ladies, playing off him with great panache!
Less than heavenly marriage
TheLittleSongbird11 December 2020
Really love Buster Keaton, he was incredibly funny, very daring and was also one of the few in film history to make deadpan work. Love many of his feature films, with 'The General' especially being a masterwork, and most of his independent short films too ('The Scarecrow' and 'One Week' being my favourites). Not all of them though, as a few did suffer from not being particularly inspired or disjointed and cobbled together stories, such as 'Balloonatics' and 'The Frozen North'.
'My Wife's Relations' is not one of Keaton's best either, while putting it above those two only just. As far as his short films go, while above average and worth watching it is one of his lesser ones. A lot to like, but doesn't do enough with a great idea and Keaton did funnier and more imaginative work before and since. 'My Wife's Relations' is worth watching if wanting to see as much of Keaton's work and silent comedy in general, but it's not one of the essential.
There are plenty of good things. Keaton is without complaint, he has great comic timing, he shows off his fearlessness whenever he is able to and he is endearing (keep saying a lot about his near-unparallelled mastery of deadpan, but it is always impressive when something you don't usually care for is done well). His character is a likeable one in an on paper relatable predicament. Kate Price is very convincing as a formidable battleaxe of a character and Keaton regular Joe Roberts plays to his strengths very well.
It looks good with nicely framed photography throughout. There are amusing moments, especially in the second half where Keaton's bold physical comedy shines in the climax. The dinner scene has some very funny little touches and wedding nights don't often get more chaotic or hellish than the one in 'My Wife's Relations'
However, 'My Wife's Relations' did feel a bit inconsistent in the pace and laughs so it made it hard for me to fully connect with it. It does have slow spots before properly coming to life in the climactic moments and there could have been more laughs, or at least ones that felt more consistently natural than those here.
Also felt that the thin and at times contrived story brought things down as well as going well overboard on the unlikeability factor for most of the characters. While Keaton, Price and Roberts are good, the others seemed to be over-compensating.
Summing up, above average but not exceptional. 6/10
'My Wife's Relations' is not one of Keaton's best either, while putting it above those two only just. As far as his short films go, while above average and worth watching it is one of his lesser ones. A lot to like, but doesn't do enough with a great idea and Keaton did funnier and more imaginative work before and since. 'My Wife's Relations' is worth watching if wanting to see as much of Keaton's work and silent comedy in general, but it's not one of the essential.
There are plenty of good things. Keaton is without complaint, he has great comic timing, he shows off his fearlessness whenever he is able to and he is endearing (keep saying a lot about his near-unparallelled mastery of deadpan, but it is always impressive when something you don't usually care for is done well). His character is a likeable one in an on paper relatable predicament. Kate Price is very convincing as a formidable battleaxe of a character and Keaton regular Joe Roberts plays to his strengths very well.
It looks good with nicely framed photography throughout. There are amusing moments, especially in the second half where Keaton's bold physical comedy shines in the climax. The dinner scene has some very funny little touches and wedding nights don't often get more chaotic or hellish than the one in 'My Wife's Relations'
However, 'My Wife's Relations' did feel a bit inconsistent in the pace and laughs so it made it hard for me to fully connect with it. It does have slow spots before properly coming to life in the climactic moments and there could have been more laughs, or at least ones that felt more consistently natural than those here.
Also felt that the thin and at times contrived story brought things down as well as going well overboard on the unlikeability factor for most of the characters. While Keaton, Price and Roberts are good, the others seemed to be over-compensating.
Summing up, above average but not exceptional. 6/10
Poor Buster
Horst_In_Translation28 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Here we have a 25-30-minute black-and-white short film starring one of the biggest stars of the silent film era: Buster Keaton. And even if he was not even close to 30 years of age, this was already among his last efforts as a short film director writer and actor. The film was released in 1922, over 90 years ago. Buster ends up with a woman twice his age and three times his size and as if that wasn't already bad enough, she also has a handful of brothers who do not seem to approve at all of their possibly new brother-in-law. When they think he is fairly wealthy, they accept him into their family, but still won't let him really on the family photo. When they realize that it is not his money in fact, they decide to murder him first, then kill him. Oh my Buster, what kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into this time.
I like Stoneface Keaton, probably more than Chaplin and Lloyd, but the slapstick, fighting and comedy in here I found fairly forgettable. It's never really amusing or entertaining and this is already with the funny soundtrack that did not exist obviously in the original version. Keaton went on to make many more films afterward, but that cannot be said about the entire cast. One of the actors who played a brother never appeared in film again, another almost has a total of 300 credits under his back. The actress who plays Keaton's love interest has even more. And this film is interesting for including Academy Award winner Wallace Beery in an earlier effort from his career. But that's pretty much all there is. Not too memorable as a whole and not recommended.
I like Stoneface Keaton, probably more than Chaplin and Lloyd, but the slapstick, fighting and comedy in here I found fairly forgettable. It's never really amusing or entertaining and this is already with the funny soundtrack that did not exist obviously in the original version. Keaton went on to make many more films afterward, but that cannot be said about the entire cast. One of the actors who played a brother never appeared in film again, another almost has a total of 300 credits under his back. The actress who plays Keaton's love interest has even more. And this film is interesting for including Academy Award winner Wallace Beery in an earlier effort from his career. But that's pretty much all there is. Not too memorable as a whole and not recommended.
Mr. Keaton Meets The In-laws
Ron Oliver17 August 2002
A BUSTER KEATON Silent Short.
Married by mistake to a slovenly Irish-American termagant, poor Buster must learn to quickly cope with her cranky father & four bullying brothers.
MY WIFE'S RELATIONS is a very funny little film, placing hapless Keaton in one hilarious situation after another. His new spouse, played by Kate Price, is truly frightful. Highlight: Buster attempting to secure a decent repose on his wedding night.
Born into a family of Vaudevillian acrobats, Buster Keaton (1895-1966) mastered physical comedy at a very early age. An association with Fatty Arbuckle led to a series of highly imaginative short subjects and classic, silent feature-length films - all from 1920 to 1928. Writer, director, star & stuntman - Buster could do it all and his intuitive genius gave him almost miraculous knowledge as to the intricacies of film making and of what it took to please an audience. More akin to Fairbanks than Chaplin, Buster's films were full of splendid adventure, exciting derring-do and the most dangerous physical stunts imaginable. His theme of a little man against the world, who triumphs through bravery & ingenuity, dominates his films. Through every calamity & disaster, Buster remained the Great Stone Face, a stoic survivor in a universe gone mad.
In the late 1920's Buster was betrayed by his manager/brother-in-law and his contract was sold to MGM, which proceeded to nearly destroy his career. Teamed initially with Jimmy Durante and eventually allowed small roles in mediocre comedies, Buster was for 35 years consistently given work far beneath his talent. Finally, before lung cancer took him at age 70, he had the satisfaction of knowing that his classic films were being rediscovered. Now, well past his centenary, Buster Keaton is routinely recognized & appreciated as one of cinema's true authentic geniuses. And he knew how to make people laugh...
Married by mistake to a slovenly Irish-American termagant, poor Buster must learn to quickly cope with her cranky father & four bullying brothers.
MY WIFE'S RELATIONS is a very funny little film, placing hapless Keaton in one hilarious situation after another. His new spouse, played by Kate Price, is truly frightful. Highlight: Buster attempting to secure a decent repose on his wedding night.
Born into a family of Vaudevillian acrobats, Buster Keaton (1895-1966) mastered physical comedy at a very early age. An association with Fatty Arbuckle led to a series of highly imaginative short subjects and classic, silent feature-length films - all from 1920 to 1928. Writer, director, star & stuntman - Buster could do it all and his intuitive genius gave him almost miraculous knowledge as to the intricacies of film making and of what it took to please an audience. More akin to Fairbanks than Chaplin, Buster's films were full of splendid adventure, exciting derring-do and the most dangerous physical stunts imaginable. His theme of a little man against the world, who triumphs through bravery & ingenuity, dominates his films. Through every calamity & disaster, Buster remained the Great Stone Face, a stoic survivor in a universe gone mad.
In the late 1920's Buster was betrayed by his manager/brother-in-law and his contract was sold to MGM, which proceeded to nearly destroy his career. Teamed initially with Jimmy Durante and eventually allowed small roles in mediocre comedies, Buster was for 35 years consistently given work far beneath his talent. Finally, before lung cancer took him at age 70, he had the satisfaction of knowing that his classic films were being rediscovered. Now, well past his centenary, Buster Keaton is routinely recognized & appreciated as one of cinema's true authentic geniuses. And he knew how to make people laugh...
Polish language?
agoos1028 August 2008
Polish in this movie sucks. I'm from Poland and I laugh when I was reading polish subs in film. There are so many mistakes in it. I think someone who doesn't know polish made it. Sometimes I had to guess what words that was meant to be. The movie is OK, I like Buster Keaton very much, but polish subs are horrible. Buster Keaton is always funny even with his stone face. I don't know why the judge was speaking only polish. Works in USA but don't know the language? The best part of the movie took place in bride's house, when Buster meets her family for the first time. Buster Keaton's short movies are even better than short movies made by Charles Chaplin. I give 6/10.
Keaton Blurs the Lines Between Privacy and Showbiz
drqshadow-reviews21 September 2021
Buster Keaton was often one to draw creative inspiration from his personal life. Frequently his love life, which was stormy and dramatic. Here's one such example: he married his first wife in 1921, and within a year he produced this short film, about a well-meaning sucker who's torn from his happy livelihood by a sudden marriage and an abhorrent set of greedy, oafish in-laws. The fictional version involves four large, bumbling brothers, as contrasted by his real bride's two sisters (all successful actresses), but it doesn't take much effort to read between the lines.
In this case, unfortunately, the personal connection doesn't result in many laughs. Buster is unjustly abused and exploited, despite his best efforts to make nice and blend in. Even when those good intentions don't backfire, his craftiness occasionally trumping his overwhelming bad luck, he's barely given a pat on the head before catching the persona non grata tag again and the whole dance begins anew.
It all culminates in a desperate chase, as many of Keaton's capers seem to, this one through a posh mansion and across the crowded roadways just outside. That's the sizzle of the film, another example of the expressive star's knack for repurposing everyday objects in acrobatic new ways, but it's brief and inconclusive. Satisfying climaxes sometimes seem optional in these brief comedies, but this one ends far more abruptly than most. Almost as if its star hadn't yet found an answer to his own similar, private entanglement.
In this case, unfortunately, the personal connection doesn't result in many laughs. Buster is unjustly abused and exploited, despite his best efforts to make nice and blend in. Even when those good intentions don't backfire, his craftiness occasionally trumping his overwhelming bad luck, he's barely given a pat on the head before catching the persona non grata tag again and the whole dance begins anew.
It all culminates in a desperate chase, as many of Keaton's capers seem to, this one through a posh mansion and across the crowded roadways just outside. That's the sizzle of the film, another example of the expressive star's knack for repurposing everyday objects in acrobatic new ways, but it's brief and inconclusive. Satisfying climaxes sometimes seem optional in these brief comedies, but this one ends far more abruptly than most. Almost as if its star hadn't yet found an answer to his own similar, private entanglement.
family problems
Kirpianuscus2 February 2019
A broken glass, a vigilent lady, a Polish judge of peace , the marriage and a too large family, promissing letter and ...the truth. One of nice short films, not memorable but nice. Few seductive gags. And a powerful moral. So, just Buster Keaton and his universe.
Less charm, but still watchable
gbill-7487715 March 2023
"Papa! Shut your eyes and see what I married!"
Buster finds himself accidentally married to a shrewish woman with a lowbrow family in this one. The highlights for me were in smaller moments, like Buster striking various poses during the family photograph, or gently putting a brick under a guy's head after he's knocked him unconscious with it. The big chase through the mansion while the homebrew suds overflow was anticlimactic, though it included the clever gag of rolling himself up into a carpet and hurtling down the stairs to send his pursuers flying, and it was neat to see him descending from the third floor of a building like a circus acrobat using the window awnings. Overall, however, there just wasn't a lot of charm here, and it seemed less inspired to me. It's still Buster Keaton though, and he had my full attention. Even when he's just average, he's engaging.
Buster finds himself accidentally married to a shrewish woman with a lowbrow family in this one. The highlights for me were in smaller moments, like Buster striking various poses during the family photograph, or gently putting a brick under a guy's head after he's knocked him unconscious with it. The big chase through the mansion while the homebrew suds overflow was anticlimactic, though it included the clever gag of rolling himself up into a carpet and hurtling down the stairs to send his pursuers flying, and it was neat to see him descending from the third floor of a building like a circus acrobat using the window awnings. Overall, however, there just wasn't a lot of charm here, and it seemed less inspired to me. It's still Buster Keaton though, and he had my full attention. Even when he's just average, he's engaging.
Keaton Subtle Message About In-Laws
springfieldrental9 November 2021
Time and again writers/directors will insert personal stories or feelings into their movies with a loose resemblance to their actual circumstances. Buster Keaton was no exception. At 25, the rising film star had fallen for one of the famous-acting Talmadge sisters, Natalie, whom he met while working alongside Roscoe Arbuckle in his Comique Studio. She had a variety of assignments at the studio, owned by her brother-in-law, Joseph Schenck, performing secretarial duties, including working on scripts as well as occasional screen appearances. Natalie's two sisters, Constance and Norma, Schenck's wife, were producing and acting in movies in the same building as Buster while their mother Peg was always keeping a close watch on her three daughters.
Buster and Natalie married on May 31, 1921, and were reportedly very happy together their first couple of years. He released his film, May 1922's "My Wife's Relations," the year after the wedding, just before Natalie delivered the couple's first baby, Joseph, in June. The short film looks at Buster, who unwittingly is dragged into a courtroom by a witness who thought she saw him break a window in the building. The witness, a hulking Irish woman played by Kate Price, appeared before the justice of the peace who only knows Polish, believing he was marrying the two. That legal bond sets off a hilarious situation where Buster has to live with her male family members, who physically abuse him until they think he's inheriting a fortune.
There had been no negative public references to how Buster got along with his in-laws. Even the comedian wrote, "In my entire life I never knew a family so devoted to one another as my in-laws were. They all worked and thought together as a team without conflict or jealousy." But the timing and the subject matter in "My Wife's Relations" raise suspicions after knowing how Buster's relationship with his wife became unsettling with the arrival of their second baby in February 1924. Soon after delivery, Natalie declared she didn't want any more children and moved into a separate bedroom apart from Buster.
Buster and Natalie married on May 31, 1921, and were reportedly very happy together their first couple of years. He released his film, May 1922's "My Wife's Relations," the year after the wedding, just before Natalie delivered the couple's first baby, Joseph, in June. The short film looks at Buster, who unwittingly is dragged into a courtroom by a witness who thought she saw him break a window in the building. The witness, a hulking Irish woman played by Kate Price, appeared before the justice of the peace who only knows Polish, believing he was marrying the two. That legal bond sets off a hilarious situation where Buster has to live with her male family members, who physically abuse him until they think he's inheriting a fortune.
There had been no negative public references to how Buster got along with his in-laws. Even the comedian wrote, "In my entire life I never knew a family so devoted to one another as my in-laws were. They all worked and thought together as a team without conflict or jealousy." But the timing and the subject matter in "My Wife's Relations" raise suspicions after knowing how Buster's relationship with his wife became unsettling with the arrival of their second baby in February 1924. Soon after delivery, Natalie declared she didn't want any more children and moved into a separate bedroom apart from Buster.
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