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.
Plot This plot summary was published in Motion Picture News for July 4, 1925:
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
References
External links
Isn't Life Terrible? at SilentEra