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Isn't Life Terrible?

  • 1925
  • Passed
  • 22m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
276
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Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, and Katherine Grant in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
ComedyShort

Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen... Read allCharley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with the first prize being an ocean trip. To win the prize Charley has to sell t... Read allCharley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with the first prize being an ocean trip. To win the prize Charley has to sell those pens - surprisingly he wins, but the ship turns out to be a wreck on it's last trip t... Read all

  • Director
    • Leo McCarey
  • Stars
    • Charley Chase
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Katherine Grant
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    276
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Leo McCarey
    • Stars
      • Charley Chase
      • Oliver Hardy
      • Katherine Grant
    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Fay Wray, and Nancy McKee in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Charley Chase and Leo Willis in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Charley Chase in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, and Dorothy Morrison in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Dorothy Morrison in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, and William Gillespie in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Charley Chase in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, and Dorothy Morrison in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, and Dorothy Morrison in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
    Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Dorothy Morrison, and Lon Poff in Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)

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    Charley Chase
    Charley Chase
    • Charley - The Husband
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Remington - the Brother-in-Law
    • (as 'Babe' Hardy)
    Katherine Grant
    Katherine Grant
    • Charley's Wife
    Lon Poff
    Lon Poff
    • Mr. Jolly
    Sammy Brooks
    • Short Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Kathleen Collins
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    William Gillespie
    William Gillespie
    • Medical Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Charlie Hall
    Charlie Hall
    • Steward Who Drops Plates
    • (uncredited)
    Ham Kinsey
    Ham Kinsey
    • Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Nancy McKee
    • The Daughter
    • (uncredited)
    Jules Mendel
    • Bed Salesman
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Morrison
    • Little Black Girl
    • (uncredited)
    George Rowe
    George Rowe
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Stevenson
    Charles Stevenson
    • Medical Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Leo Willis
    Leo Willis
    • Neighbor with Trunk
    • (uncredited)
    Fay Wray
    Fay Wray
    • Potential Pen-Buyer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Leo McCarey(uncredited)
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    Did you know

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    • Alternate versions
      In 2005, Milestone Film & Video copyrighted a 22-minute version of this film, with a new piano music score composed and performed by 'David Drazin'.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Pass the Gravy (1928)

    User reviews11

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    7/10
    All at Sea
    A lesser but still funny Charley Chase short from his peak period. All not as tightly plotted as MIGHTY LIKE A MOOSE, it has its amusing moments as Charley and his family -- his wife, Katherine Grant, his useless brother-in-law, Oliver Hardy, and a child they picked up on the dock while losing their daughter take an ocean voyage in an ocean liner built of swiss cheese. That's a non-screaming Fay Wray as a housewife Charley tries to sell a squirting fountain pen to.
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    • May 2, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 5, 1925 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ist das Leben nicht schrecklich?
    • Filming locations
      • Steps between 923 & 935 North Vendome Street, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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