Louis was a Broadway stage star. He lived at the YMCA and met Taylor there. Taylor took him to the Silver Factory and Andy asked him to be in a movie. The fact that there was never any script was frustrating to Louis. Andy wanted to pay him with paintings, but Louis insisted on $200 per filmed performance. Louis and Viva did the last movie that Andy directed called San Diego surf. It was never released. Too bad Louis, you should have taken the art.