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Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

  • 19261926
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 16m
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6.2/10
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Louise Brooks in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
The tale of two sisters with the older one pledged to look after the younger one that transpires between a department store, NYC's Central Park and a boarding house. THe older one is the swe... Read allThe tale of two sisters with the older one pledged to look after the younger one that transpires between a department store, NYC's Central Park and a boarding house. THe older one is the sweet, old-fashioned type and the younger is a jazz-age flapper who takes whatever falls her ... Read allThe tale of two sisters with the older one pledged to look after the younger one that transpires between a department store, NYC's Central Park and a boarding house. THe older one is the sweet, old-fashioned type and the younger is a jazz-age flapper who takes whatever falls her way. Mame, the older, goes on vacation and returns home to find that her kid sister, Janie... Read all
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  • Director
    • Frank Tuttle
  • Writers
    • George Abbott(play)
    • John V.A. Weaver(play)
    • Townsend Martin(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Evelyn Brent
    • Lawrence Gray
    • Louise Brooks
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  • Director
    • Frank Tuttle
  • Writers
    • George Abbott(play)
    • John V.A. Weaver(play)
    • Townsend Martin(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Evelyn Brent
    • Lawrence Gray
    • Louise Brooks
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    • 5User reviews
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    Louise Brooks and Evelyn Brent in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
    Evelyn Brent and Lawrence Gray in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
    Louise Brooks and Dorothy Mathews in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
    Louise Brooks and Arthur Donaldson in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
    Louise Brooks in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
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    Louise Brooks in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
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    Louise Brooks and Osgood Perkins in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
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    Evelyn Brent
    Evelyn Brent
    • Mame Walshas Mame Walsh
    Lawrence Gray
    Lawrence Gray
    • Bill Billingsleyas Bill Billingsley
    Louise Brooks
    Louise Brooks
    • Janie Walshas Janie Walsh
    Osgood Perkins
    Osgood Perkins
    • Lem Woodruffas Lem Woodruff
    Jack Egan
    Jack Egan
    • Cartwrightas Cartwright
    Marcia Harris
    Marcia Harris
    • Miss Streeteras Miss Streeter
    Edward Garvie
    • Mr. Whinferas Mr. Whinfer
    • (as Edward Garvey)
    Vera Sisson
    Vera Sisson
    • Mrs. Whinferas Mrs. Whinfer
    Joseph McClunn
    • August Whinferas August Whinfer
    Arthur Donaldson
    Arthur Donaldson
    • Mr. McGonigleas Mr. McGonigle
    Elise Cavanna
    • Miss Gimpleas Miss Gimple
    Dorothy Mathews
    Dorothy Mathews
    • Minnieas Minnie
    Blanche Le Clair
    Blanche Le Clair
    Anita Page
    Anita Page
      • Director
        • Frank Tuttle
      • Writers
        • George Abbott(play)
        • John V.A. Weaver(play)
        • Townsend Martin(adaptation) (scenario)
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      The tale of two sisters with the older one pledged to look after the younger one that transpires between a department store, NYC's Central Park and a boarding house. THe older one is the sweet, old-fashioned type and the younger is a jazz-age flapper who takes whatever falls her way. Mame, the older, goes on vacation and returns home to find that her kid sister, Janie, has vamped her way into the arms of Mame's intended. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
      • jazz age
      • flapper
      • vacation
      • rescue
      • promise
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      • Taglines
        • LAUGHS- LAUGHS - LAUGHS! (original poster - all caps)
      • Genres
        • Comedy
        • Drama
        • Romance
      • Certificate
        • Passed
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      • Trivia
        The play opened on Broadway at the Sam H. Harris Theater on February 3, 1926, and ran for 152 performances.
      • Quotes

        Mame Walsh: [title card] Go on to the dance. I'll get your money from that cheap crook.

        Janie Walsh: [title card] I won't enjoy a single minute of the dance, worrying about you.

      • Connections
        Featured in Hollywood: Star Treatment (1980)

      User reviews5

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      Love 'Em and Leva e'Em
      This is the only chance I have had to see Louise Brooks practice her dancing, and I'm afraid it isn't up to much. If she could dance she wasn't going to give the audiences of this film the opportunity to find out.

      This is a reasonable effort - so probably fairly typical for Frank Tuttle. It is a sister vs. sister story - inevitably one is good (Mame Walsh, played carefully by Evelyn Brent) and the other not so good, or rather very, very bad (Janie Walsh, played by Brooks). In between them is Bill Billingsley (an average Lawrence Gray, who had a speciality in heels and sharks).

      I can't help but feel that Brent was cheated. She had struggled for several years to get top billing. She achieved it in this film, but hers is largely a thankless - indeed marginal - role. She was thought to be a little old for the part (she was nearing 30), and it must be said that with her flowing locks she could easily have stepped out of a daguerreotype, for all her beauty. Brooks, by contrast looks very modern, and she carries herself in a very 'contemporary' way. There is more than an emotional gulf between these two - and unfortunately Brent falls into it. Brooks steals the film - not by acting (her handling of her gambling problem and her indebtedness is somewhat underwhelming), but by being very, very sexy. Brent was, by contrast, to cripple her remaining years as a star by trying to hard to act the part of a great actress. Her work became ever more serious, and therefore (because her talent had its limits) more stilted, and therefore dated. Sad to say, hard work brought her diminishing returns. I'm not certain that Brooks knew what hard work was, whilst she remained an actress.

      This film is elevated from the level of pedestrian drama by its supporting cast, notably Osgood Perkins (Anthony's father, and a first class actor) as the vulpine bookie, though he sometimes looks as though he has swallowed strichnine; also Arthur Donaldson (as a self-important floor manager of the department store where the three main players 'work'). This was a pleasant and undemanding seventy minutes.
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      • Dec 30, 2006

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      • Release date
        • March 19, 1926 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • None
      • Also known as
        • Amá-las... e Deixá-las
      • Filming locations
        • New York City, New York, USA
      • Production company
        • Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 16 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Silent
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.33 : 1

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