Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926) DVD-R

Starring Evelyn Brent, Lawrence Gray, Louise Brooks, Osgood Perkins,
Jack Egan
Directed by Frank Tuttle

Print: black/white
Runtime: 76 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Based on a play by George Abbott and John V.A. Weaver, Love 'Em and
Leave 'Em stars Evelyn Brent and Louise Brooks as sisters in competition
over the affections of Lawrence Gray. One sister covers for the other
when a large amount of money is stolen, but her selflessness is rewarded
when 'bad' sis steals Gray away. Things eventually get straightened out,
no thanks to would-be seducer Osgood Perkins, who, as the title tells us,
'spent three years curing himself of halitosis, only to find out that he was
unpopular anyway.' The two leading ladies are far more interesting than
the vapid hero, who spends half his time looking cow-eyed or comporting
about in a silly party costume. Louise Brooks would later recall that
director Frank Tuttle didn't inform her that the film was a comedy; he
wanted her to play the material straight, which turned to be most
effective. Love 'Em and Leave 'Em was remade as a talkie starring Clara
Bow and Jean Arthur, 1929's The Saturday Night Kid.