Silent short
Isn't Life Terrible?
Synopsis
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 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 to the scrapyard. To make things worse they accidentally leave their young daughter on the dock and the ship sails without her. What else can go wrong on this trip?
Credits
| Role | People | Character | Billed as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast | Charley Chase | The Husband | Charley Chase |
| Cast | Katherine Grant | The Wife | Katherine Grant |
| Cast | Oliver Hardy | Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy) | Oliver Hardy |
| Cast | Lon Poff | Mr. Jolly | Lon Poff |
| Cast | Fay Wray | Potential Pen-Buyer (uncredited) | Fay Wray |
| Cast | Charlie Hall | Steward Who Drops Plates | Charlie Hall |
| Cast | Dorothy Morrison | Little Black Girl | Dorothy Morrison |
| Cast | Sammy Brooks | Short Passenger (uncredited) | Sammy Brooks |
| Director | Leo McCarey | — | Leo McCarey |
| Producer | Hal Roach | — | — |
| cinematography | Fred Jackman | — | — |
| cinematography | Len Powers | — | — |
| Cast | Nancy McKee | Daughter | — |
| Cast | Leo Willis | Neighbor with trunk | — |
| Cast | Jules Mendel | Bed salesman | — |
| Cast | Ham Kinsey | Passenger | — |
| Cast | William Gillespie | Medical officer | — |
| Cast | Ed Porter | — | — |
| Cast | Dimny Lee | — | — |
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