Souls for Sale (1923)
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The souls in question are silver-screen hopefuls in this witty, insightful glimpse at the early movie business. Feared lost for decades, it includes unique working cameos of director Erich von Stroheim and a non-Tramp Charlie Chaplin, and features starlet Eleanor Boardman, the "Cinderella of Hollywood" whose rags-to-riches story echoed her character's. Escaping from a train journey with her sinister new husband, Mem Steddon (Boardman) crawls across the California desert and spies her salvation: an Arab sheik riding a camel! The location movie crew brings Mem to Tinseltown, where bit parts and acting lessons lead her to starring roles - and a fiery finale with her murderous spouse Lew Cody). If you like classic Hollywood, you'll love this picture, full of carefully observed detail, warmth and plenty of soul.
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R.I.P Roger Ebert
This was the only movie from roger Ebert great movies list that I hadn't seen... I rented this movie just for him . Souls for sale had passed the test of time. It is still as entertaining as the first time it was played in 1923 and this movie is a great window to the world of silent hollywood ... Nice cameo by Charlie Chaplin ardently working on A woman in Paris (bomb) and Erich Von Strogeim on his masterpiece Greed (another bomb) rent it or buy it .. It's a really great and entertaining silent movie as only hollywood could make them
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- $9.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 1923
- © Souls for Sale 1923 Turner Entertainment Co. Package Design 2009 Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.