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Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)

Directed by Leo McCarey

Overview

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?

Length 25 minutes

Actors

Charley Chase | Katherine Grant | Oliver Hardy | Lon Poff | Fay Wray | Charlie Hall | Dorothy Morrison