Isn't Life Terrible?

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Isn't Life Terrible?
Isn't Life Terrible FilmPoster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byLeo McCarey
Produced byHal Roach
StarringCharley Chase
Oliver Hardy
CinematographyFred Jackman
Len Powers
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • July 5, 1925 (1925-07-05)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Isn't Life Terrible? is a 1925 American film starring Charley Chase and featuring Oliver Hardy and Fay Wray. It is the debut of director Leo McCarey. This short is a parody on D. W. Griffith's 1924 drama Isn't Life Wonderful (1924). The staircase used in this film is the same outdoor staircase seen in Hats Off (1927) and The Music Box (1932). The staircase still exists in Silver Lake, Los Angeles.

Cast[]

  • Charley Chase as Charley
  • Katherine Grant as The Wife
  • Oliver "Babe" Hardy as Remington - the Brother-in-Law
  • Lon Poff as Mr. Jolly
  • Dorothy Morrison as Little Black Girl (uncredited)
  • Nancy McKee as The Daughter (uncredited)
  • Leo Willis as The salesman (uncredited)
  • Fay Wray as Potential pen buyer (uncredited)
  • Charles Stevenson as Medical Officer (uncredited)
  • Charlie Hall as Steward Who Drops Plates (uncredited)
  • William Gillespie as Latin American Official (uncredited)
  • Sammy Brooks (uncredited)

See also[]

  • List of American films of 1925

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