Isn’t Life Terrible?
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Leo McCarey
Cast: Charley Chase [the poor young man], Katherine Grant [his wife], Babe Hardy (Oliver Hardy) [Remington, the invalid brother-in-law], Lon Poff [Mr. Jolly], Mary Kornman [?] [the couple’s daughter]?, Leo Willis [a mover], Fay Wray [a potential pen buyer], Sammy Brooks, Kathleen Collins, Jules Mendel, George Rowe
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Supervising director, F. Richard Jones. Assistant director, Lewis R. Foster. Cinematography by Frank Jackman and Len Powers. Presented by Hal Roach. / Released 21 May 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 5 July 1925.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist [35mm positive, 16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Birds: Chickens - Children - Contests - Families: Brothers-in-law - Salesmen (Door-to-door) - Ships - Vacations
Listing updated: 12 October 2014.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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