Souls for Sale

1923Movie⏱️ 1h 30mPassed

ComedyDramaRomance

⭐ 7

IMDB Rating

1,196 votes

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

Director

Rupert Hughes

Writers

N/A

Stars

Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr

Release Date

April 22, 1923

Language

None, English

Country

United States

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Wins

💬 33

Reviews

📋 1.6K

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🎭 Top Cast

Eleanor Boardman

as Remember 'Mem' Steddon

Mae Busch

as Robina Teele

Barbara La Marr

as Leva Lemaire

Richard Dix

as Frank Claymore

Frank Mayo

as Tom Holby

Lew Cody

as Owen Scudder

Forrest Robinson

as Rev. John Steddon

Edith Yorke

as Mrs. Steddon

Snitz Edwards

as Komical Kale

William Haines

as Pinkey

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Silent

Filming Location

Palm Springs, California, USA

Production

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

🏷️ Keywords

casting couchscreen testrunaway bridehospital tentmoviemaking

🎯 Categories

FarceRomantic ComedyComedyDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

"The Usual Sheik Led the Usual Captive Across the Usual Dessert"

by boblipton • 2006-01-24

8/10

"So reads a title card in this not brilliant but enormously entertaining comedy-drama from 1923. Rupert Hughes did the screenplay and the direction from his own novel and he has a great main cast, including Eleanor Boardman, Richard Dix, Mae Busch, William Haines, Lew Cody.... well, the list goes on and on, because there are dozens of cameos here, including shots of Chaplin directing A WOMAN OF Paris and von Stroheim directing GREED, in this kindhearted look at Hollywood. It is a feast for lovers of old movies who love to play spot the stars, and everyone seems to be having a fine old time. Tr..."

💡 Did You Know?

The character of Owen Scudder, played by Lew Cody, may have been inspired by a real life bigamist and serial killer James 'Bluebeard' Watson (1870-1939). Watson traveled the United States under several aliases, marrying 19 different women between 1918 and 1920 and murdering at least nine of them for financial gain. He was apprehended in April, 1920, in Los Angeles.