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Isn’t Life Terrible?
(1925) American
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 1.37:1 format. / [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 5 July 1925.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm positive, 16mm reduction positive].

Keywords: African-Americans - Children - Contests - Families: Brothers-in-law - Salesmen (Door-to-door) - Ships - Vacations

Listing updated: 9 December 2006.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.

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