Souls for Sale (1923)
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This comedy-melodrama, based on the novel by Rupert Hughes (who also directed), blends fiction and reality to tell the story of a young woman's rise in Hollywood; the film uses real stars and productions (even Charles Chaplin filming A Woman of Paris) as its backdrop. Eleanor Boardman plays… More This comedy-melodrama, based on the novel by Rupert Hughes (who also directed), blends fiction and reality to tell the story of a young woman's rise in Hollywood; the film uses real stars and productions (even Charles Chaplin filming A Woman of Paris) as its backdrop. Eleanor Boardman plays Remember Steddon, better known as Mem. Mem is a small-town girl who marries slick bad guy Owen Scudder (Lew Cody); Owen insures his brides and then murders them for the money. After the wedding, Mem starts to have her doubts about him and runs away while their train is chugging through the desert. She happens on a film crew and gets work as an extra, later becoming a famous dramatic actress in Hollywood with the help of director Frank Claymore (Richard Dix). Scudder finally tracks her down during a shoot involving a circus tent; when a storm sets the tent on fire, Scudder loses his life saving Mem from a wind machine's propeller. Freed from her marriage, Mem is able to choose between Claymore and her leading man. Boardman, whose first starring role finds her surrounded by a long and impressive supporting cast, wound up at the Goldwyn studios through a "New Faces" contest. Her co-winner, future star William Haines, also had a bit part as the company's assistant director. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rupert Hughes
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 22, 1923 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
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Cast
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Eleanor Boardman
as Remember Steddon
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Mae Busch
as Robina Teele
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Barbara La Marr
as Leva Lemaire
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Richard Dix
as Frank Claymore
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Frank Mayo
as Tom Holby
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Lew Cody
as Owen Scudder
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Arthur Hoyt
as Jimmy Leland
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David Imboden
as Caxton
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Roy Atwell
as Arthur Tirrey
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William Orlamond
as Lord Fryingham
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Forrest Robinson
as Rev. John Steddon
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Edith Yorke
as Mrs. Steddon
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William Haines
as Pinkey
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George Morgan
as Spofford
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Dale Fuller
as Abigail Tweedy
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Snitz Edwards
as Hank Kole
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Leo Willis
as Electrician
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Yale Boss
as Prop Man
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Walter Perry
as Grip
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Jack Richardson
as Motion Picture Heavy
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Rush Hughes
as 2nd Cameraman
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Aileen Pringle
as Lady Jane
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Eve Southern
as Velma Slade
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Sylvia Ashton
as Mrs. Kole
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Fred Kelsey
as Quinn
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L.J. O'Connor
as Doyle
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Jed Prouty
as Magnus
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Charles Murphy
as Boss Canvasman
- Mabel Ballin
- T. Roy Barnes
- Barbara Bedford
- Hobart Bosworth
- Charles Chaplin
- Chester Conklin
- William H. Crane
- Elliott Dexter
- Robert Edeson
- Claude Gillingwater
- Dagmar Godowsky
- Elaine Hammerstein
- Alice Lake
- Bessie Love
- Patsy Ruth Miller
- Anna Q. Nilsson
- Zasu Pitts
- John St. Polis
- Milton Sills
- Blanche Sweet
- Florence Vidor
- Johnny Walker
- George Walsh
- Kathlyn Williams
- Claire Windsor
- Raymond Griffith
- Marshall Neilan
- Fred Niblo
- King Vidor
- Erich von Stroheim
- Hugo Ballin
- June Mathis
