Isn't Life Terrible?
| Isn't Life Terrible? | |
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| File:Isn't Life Terrible? FilmPoster.jpeg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Leo McCarey |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Starring | Charley Chase Oliver Hardy |
| Cinematography | Fred Jackman Len Powers |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent 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)
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