Isn't Life Terrible?

1925 film

  • July 5, 1925 (1925-07-05)
Running time
20 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Isn't Life Terrible? is a 1925 American film starring Charley Chase and featuring Oliver Hardy and Fay Wray. 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

External links

  • Isn't Life Terrible? at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Isn't Life Terrible? at SilentEra
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Films directed by Leo McCarey


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