Isn't Life Terrible?

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?

Directed by Leo McCarey

Top cast

Charley Chase

The Husband

Katherine Grant

The Wife

Oliver Hardy

Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)

Lon Poff

Mr. Jolly

Fay Wray

Potential Pen-Buyer (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Steward Who Drops Plates

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Dorothy Morrison

Little Black Girl

Sammy Brooks

Short Passenger (uncredited)

William Gillespie

Medical Officer (uncredited)

Ham Kinsey

Passenger (uncredited)

Charles Stevenson

Medical Officer (uncredited)

Leo Willis

Neighbor with Trunk (uncredited)

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Nancy McKee

The Daughter (uncredited)

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Jules Mendel

Bed Salesman (uncredited)

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