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Auction History Result

1v105 ISN'T LIFE TERRIBLE linen 3sheet '25 great stone litho of Charley Chase & solo Oliver Hardy!

Date Sold 8/28/2008
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 40 3/4" x 79 1/2") (Learn More)

Isn't Life Terrible, the 1925 Leo McCarey romantic slapstick comedy short ("Some men can afford a vacation others are married."; "'What is this- a store or a slide-show?'"; produced by Hal Roach) starring Charley Chase (primarily remembered as a great silent comedian who appeared in 276 movies, most of them comedy shorts, Chase also directed 140 comedy shorts), Katherine Grant, Oliver Hardy (in an early solo appearance without Stan Laurel, as Charley Chase's brother-in-law!), Lon Poff, Leo Willis, Mary Kornman, Fay Wray, and Dorothy Morrison (she was the sister of Our Gang's Sunshine Sammy Morrison, uncredited as the "little black girl"). Note that star Charley Chase had previously worked with Oliver Hardy (he had been a major solo star in the 1910s as "Babe Hardy" in several "Fatty" comedies), and he brought him to Hal Roach. Chase had previously brought Stan Laurel to Hal Roach, and of course, it was there that the two met each other and formed their most famous comedy team (and they did not forget Chase, and included him in perhaps their best movie, "Sons of the Desert"). Finally, note that director Leo McCarey, who had directed some thirty comedy shorts in 1924 and 1925 prior to this one, would later go on to much bigger successes, including the classic "Going My Way"!
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Important Added Info: Note that this three-sheet has a great comic stone litho image, but best of all, the man at right is Oliver Hardy, a couple of years before he would team up with Stan Laurel, to form the greatest comedy duo of all time!

Condition: very good to fine. The poster had creases, tiny tears, and tiny areas of paper loss in the top left vertical foldline running from above the "H" of "HAL" down to the accent mark above the "e" of "Pathe" (this was the part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded). There was very minor wear on the other foldlines and the most minor of border defects. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great!
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