on the wrong trek aspect ratio represent 1 . 37 represent1sound format represent mono ( black and white short film ) force to take part in a californian driving holiday with his eager to please wife ( rosina lawrence ) and domineer mother in law ( bonita weber ) and our hero ( charley chase ) encounter a series of crisis which ruin his vacation . feature a brief cameo from laurel and hardy ( repay a debt to star chase and who have appear in some of their early picture ) and on the wrong trek follow it protagonist through depression era california and where itinerant workman be dismiss a bum by law enforcement officer and refuse permission to cross state boundary and and where desperate criminal stage fake traffic accident to ensnare unwitting victim . unfortunately and weber isn not nearly as domineering a she need to be and which render chase reluctant obedience all the more difficult to comprehend and and most of the comic situation ( include an unlikely song and dance number between chase and lawrence at a gathering of hobo . ) be only fitfully amuse . chase co direct the film with harold law .