Louise Brooks with Arthur Donaldson | Paramount Studios Film Still from LOVE 'EM & LEAVE 'EM 1926

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Louise Brooks with Arthur Donaldson | Paramount Studios Film Still from LOVE 'EM & LEAVE 'EM 1926 by agent lee

Is Louise contemplating a Faustian bargain? Or is she merely experiencing an ever so slight pang of conscience as the naughty baby sister whose bad deeds go unpunished? LOVE 'EM & LEAVE 'EM is one of the most enjoyable of Brooks's American films still in existence. At the time she shot it, Louise was unaware that her role was comedic. Director and admirer Frank Tuttle directed her to play the role straight, realizing that if he instructed Louise to be funny she would have become, in her own words, "an immobilized personality."

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Title: Louise Brooks with Arthur Donaldson | Paramount Studios Film Still from LOVE 'EM & LEAVE 'EM 1926
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