Souls for Sale (1923)

Eleanor Boardman: Remember 'Mem' Steddon

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• Remember 'Mem' Steddon : Are you real or a--mirage?

  Tom Holby : Neither. I'm a movie actor.

• Owen Scudder : Your salary pays for pearls?

  Remember 'Mem' Steddon : They're not real.

  Owen Scudder : Is there anything about you that *is* real? You - actress!

  Remember 'Mem' Steddon : The money I slave for is real.

• Remember 'Mem' Steddon : I don't belong to you--or anybody. I belong to myself.

• Frank Claymore : I can't offer you much except hard work and the privilege of being torn to pieces by the critics. But I'll build your soul to its height--and sell it for you to the world, if you'll let me.

  Remember 'Mem' Steddon : I'm proud to have you love me, but you mustn't--you mustn't.

• Owen Scudder : I'm sure you prefer the kisses of your lovers on the screen.

  Remember 'Mem' Steddon : I get paid for taking their kisses. That's part of my work.

• Owen Scudder : Well, what are you going to do with me?

  Frank Claymore : Turn you over to the police.

  Remember 'Mem' Steddon : No--no--think of the publicity--the newspapers! You said yourself that scandal was fatal to an actress!

  Frank Claymore : You don't want me to turn this thug loose?

• Frank Claymore : Mem, darling, but can you play one more scene?

  Remember 'Mem' Steddon : Anything--anything--you want me to.