Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)

192525mdir. Leo McCareyUnited Statessilent film

With Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Fay Wray, Katherine Grant, Leo Willis, Lon Poff, Mary Kornman

Directed by Leo McCarey

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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.

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Isn't Life Terrible? dates from 1925, directed by Leo McCarey. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the SILENT ERA channel.

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