thumb|thumbtime=3|Love 'em and Weep (1927)
Love 'em and Weep is a 1927 American silent comedy short film starring Mae Busch, Stan Laurel and James Finlayson, with Oliver Hardy featured in a small role.
This is Mae Busch's first of fifteen appearances with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
Plot
An old flame of businessman Titus Tillsbury threatens to expose their past, destroying both his marriage and career. He sends his aide to keep her away from a dinner party he and his wife are hosting that evening.
Romaine fails to do this, but temporarily smooths things by pretending Peaches is his wife. An incriminating photograph is disposed of, although Titus must painfully remove pieces of the glass frame from his posterior.
Titus threatens to shoot himself if Peaches doesn't leave; causing her to faint. This leads to the first showing of a classic Laurel & Hardy routine called "Bent Double". Two people standing on each other's shoulders while dressed as a woman, being
"escorted home" by Titus. The deception proves difficult due to repeated pratfalls on a highly polished marble floor.
Titus is ferociously beaten by his wife at the end. Not because of anything Peaches said; but just on general suspicion.
Cast
Production
Love 'em and Weep was filmed in January 1927 and released June 12 of that year by Pathé Exchange.