1923 in film
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The year 1923 in film involved many significant films.
Events
- April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1923 by U.S. gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Studio | U.S. gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Covered Wagon | Paramount Pictures | $3,800,000[2] |
| 2 | The Ten Commandments | Paramount Pictures | $3,400,000[3] |
| 3 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Universal Pictures | $1,500,000 |
| 4 | Safety Last! | Pathé Exchange | $1,500,000 |
| 5 | Daddy | Associated First National Pictures | |
| 6 | Homeward Bound | Paramount Pictures | |
| 7 | The Ne'er-Do-Well | Paramount Pictures | |
| 8 | The Pilgrim | Associated First National Pictures |
Notable films released in 1923
American films unless stated otherwise
- Adam's Rib, directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- The Ancient Law (Das alte Gesetz), directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Henny Porten - (Germany)
- Ashes of Vengeance, starring Norma Talmadge
- The Audacious Mr. Squire directed by Edwin Greenwood; starring Jack Buchanan, Valia - (GB)
- The Balloonatic, a Buster Keaton short
- Black Oxen, directed by Frank Lloyd
- The Blizzard (aka Gunnar Hedes saga), directed by Mauritz Stiller - (Sweden)
- Bonnie Prince Charlie directed by Charles Calvert, starring Ivor Novello and Gladys Cooper - (GB)
- Cameo Kirby, directed by John Ford; starring John Gilbert
- Circus Days, starring Jackie Coogan
- Cœur fidèle (The Faithful Heart), directed by Jean Epstein - (France)
- The Covered Wagon, starring J. Warren Kerrigan
- The Daring Years, starring Mildred Harris, Charles Emmett Mack and Clara Bow
- The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning), directed by Robert Wiene; starring Werner Krauss - (Germany)
- Drakula halala (Dracula's Death) - (Hungary)
- The Extra Girl, starring Mabel Normand
- Frozen Hearts, starring Stan Laurel and Mae Laurel
- The Gold Diggers
- The Grub-Stake, directed by & starring Nell Shipman
- The Harbour Lights directed by Tom Terriss; starring Tom Moore and Isobel Elsom - (Britain)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Lon Chaney
- I Will Repay directed by Henry Kolker; starring Holmes Herbert, Flora Le Breton - (GB)
- I.N.R.I., directed by Robert Wiene - (Germany)
- The Lady Owner - directed by Walter West; starring Violet Hopson and James Knight - (Britain)
- The Love Nest, a Buster Keaton short
- The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots, directed by Denison Clift; starring Fay Compton, Gerald Ames and John Stuart - (GB)
- Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske (The Man in the Iron Mask), directed by Max Glass - (Germany)
- The Merchant of Venice (Der Kaufmann von Venedig), starring Henny Porten and Werner Krauss - (Germany)
- Merry-Go-Round, directed by Erich von Stroheim
- Miss Suwanna of Siam - The first international feature film set in Thailand it features an all Thai cast
- Mysteries of a Barbershop (Mysterien eines Friseursalons) - (Germany)
- Our Hospitality, directed by & starring Buster Keaton
- Out to Win, directed by Denison Clift; starring Catherine Calvert, Clive Brook - (GB)
- Paddy the Next Best Thing, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Mae Marsh (Britain)
- The Pilgrim, directed by & starring Charlie Chaplin with Edna Purviance and Syd Chaplin
- The Purple Highway, starring Madge Kennedy, Monte Blue, Vincent Coleman and Pedro de Cordoba
- Raskolnikow, directed by Robert Wiene - (Germany)
- Rosita, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Mary Pickford
- Le Retour à la Raison (Return to Reason) - (France)
- La Roue (The Wheel), directed by Abel Gance - (France)
- Safety Last!, starring Harold Lloyd - This film has the famous scene where Lloyd is seen hanging from a clock.
- Salomé, directed by Charles Bryant; starring Alla Nazimova
- Scaramouche Starring Ramón Novarro, Alice Terry, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Ingraham
- Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination (aka Warning Shadows), directed by Arthur Robison - (Germany)
- The Shock, starring Lon Chaney
- The Shriek of Araby, starring Ben Turpin
- Souls for Sale, starring Richard Dix and Eleanor Boardman
- Die Straße (The Street), directed by Karl Grune - (Germany)
- Squibs M.P. directed by George Pearson; starring Betty Balfour - (GB)
- Suzanna, starring Mabel Normand
- The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille; starring Theodore Roberts
- This Freedom directed by Denison Clift; starring Fay Compton and Clive Brook - (GB)
- Three Ages, a Buster Keaton film
- Three Wise Fools, directed by King Vidor
- Through Fire and Water directed by Thomas Bentley; starring Clive Brook, Flora Le Breton - (GB)
- The Treasure (Der Schatz), directed by G.W. Pabst - (Germany)
- Under the Red Robe, directed by Alan Crosland; starring Robert B. Mantell
- The Unknown Tomorrow (Das unbekannte Morgen), directed by Alexander Korda - (Germany)
- The White Shadow, starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook - (GB)
- The White Sister, starring Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman
- Why Worry?, starring Harold Lloyd
- Within the Law, directed by Frank Lloyd; starring Norma Talmadge
- A Woman of Paris, directed by Charles Chaplin; starring Edna Purviance
- Woman to Woman, starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook - (GB)
Short film series
- Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)
- Buster Keaton (1917–1941)
- Laurel and Hardy (1921–1943)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
Animated short film series
- Felix the Cat (1919–1936)
- Koko the Clown (1919–1934)
- Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1934)
- Alice Comedies
- Alice's Wonderland
- The Red Head Comedies (1923).
Births
- January 7 - Pinkas Braun, actor, director (died 2008)
- January 8 - Larry Storch, actor
- January 19 - Jean Stapleton, actress (died 2013)
- January 26 - Anne Jeffreys, actress
- January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky writer (died 1981)
- February 2 - Bonita Granville, actress (died 1988)
- February 12 - Franco Zeffirelli, director
- February 21 – Lola Flores, actress (died 1995)
- February 28 - Charles Durning, actor (died 2012)
- April 2 - Gloria Henry, actress
- April 4 - Gene Reynolds, actor, producer
- April 12 - Ann Miller, dancer, actress (died 2004)
- May 7 - Anne Baxter, actress (died 1985)
- July 18 - Michael Medwin, English actor and producer
- July 22 - Mukesh, singer (died 1976)
- August 3 - Jean Hagen, actress (died 1977)
- August 10 - Rhonda Fleming, actress
- August 15 - Rose Marie, actress
- August 29 - Richard Attenborough, English actor and director (died 2014)
- September 7 - Peter Lawford, actor (died 1984)
- October 4 - Charlton Heston, actor (died 2008)
- October 5 - Glynis Johns, actress
- October 16 - Linda Darnell, actress (died 1965)
- November 28
- Gloria Grahame, actress (died 1981)
- James Karen, actor
- December 10 - Harold Gould, actor (died 2010)
Deaths
- January 18 – Wallace Reid American actor (born 1892)
- March 26 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (born 1844)
- May 21 - Charles Kent, veteran actor & director born (1852)
- June 11 - Porter Strong, American silent film actor
- June 17 - Macey Harlan, screen actor (born 1876)
- July 12 - Harry Lonsdale, stage & screen actor (born 1865)
- July 30 - Charles Hawtrey, veteran British actor (born 1858)
- August 29 - Bernard Durning, American actor and director, (born 1893)
- September 26 - Jerome Patrick, Broadway stage & silent film leading man (born 1883)
- October 28 - Joe Roberts, American actor (born 1871)
- November 20 - Allen Holubar, silent film actor and director
- November 30 - Martha Mansfield, American actress (born 1899)
- December 28 - Frank Hayes, American actor & comedian (born 1871)
Film debuts
References
- ↑ "1923 Yearly Box Office Results" (PDF). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ The Covered Wagon (1923 film), , website of The Internet Movie Database, Retrieved 6 June 2010
- ↑ Shepherd, David J. (2010). The Bible on Silent Film: Spectacle, Story and Scripture in the Early Cinema. Cambridge University Press. p. 276.
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