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Overview of the events of 1923 in film
Overview of the events of 1923 in film
This is an overview of 1923 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top eight films released in 1923 by U.S. gross are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1923
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
The Ten Commandments
Paramount
$4,169,798
[1]
2
The Covered Wagon
$3,500,000
[2]
3
Safety Last!
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Pathé Exchange
Universal
$1,500,000
[2]
4
Scaramouche
Metro
$1,000,000
[3]
5
Adam's Rib
Paramount
$881,206
[1]
6
Main Street
Warner Bros.
$510,000
[4]
7
The Gold Diggers
$470,000
[4]
8
Tiger Rose
$466,000
[4]
Events
Notable films released in 1923
American films unless stated otherwise
A
B
The Balloonatic , directed by
Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring
Buster Keaton
Barsoum Looking for a Job , directed by Mohammed Bayoumi, starring
Bishara Wakim – (
Egypt )
The Bells , directed by
Edwin Greenwood , based on the 1867 play
The Polish Jew by
Erckmann-Chatrian
[5] – (
GB )
The Bishop of the Ozarks (lost), directed by
Finis Fox
[5]
Black Oxen , directed by
Frank Lloyd , starring
Corinne Griffith
The Blizzard (lost), directed by
Mauritz Stiller – (
Sweden )
Blood and Soul (Chi to Rei) , directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
[5] – (
Japan )
The Blue Lagoon (lost), directed by William Bowden and
Dick Cruikshanks , starring
Molly Adair and
Arthur Pusey - (
GB /
South Africa )
Bonnie Prince Charlie (lost), directed by
Charles Calvert , starring
Ivor Novello and
Gladys Cooper – (
GB )
The Brass Bottle (lost), directed by
Maurice Tourneur
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
L
The Lady Owner , directed by
Walter West – (
GB )
The Last Moment (lost), directed by J. Parker Read Jr., starring
Henry Hull ,
Doris Kenyon and
Louis Wolheim
Little Old New York , directed by
Sidney Olcott , starring
Marion Davies
The Lost Soul , directed by
Hugo Werner-Kahle
[8] – (
Austria )
The Love Nest , directed by
Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring
Buster Keaton
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots , directed by
Denison Clift , starring
Fay Compton – (
GB )
M
Main Street (lost), directed by
Harry Beaumont
The Man in the Iron Mask (Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske) , directed by
Max Glass – (
Germany )
The Merchant of Venice (Der Kaufmann von Venedig) , directed by
Peter Paul Felner , starring
Werner Krauss and
Henny Porten – (
Germany )
Merry-Go-Round , directed by
Erich von Stroheim , starring
Mary Philbin and
Norman Kerry
Miss Suwanna of Siam (Nang Sao Suwan) (lost), directed by
Henry MacRae
The Monkey's Paw , directed by
Manning Haynes , based on the 1902
short story by
W. W. Jacobs – (
GB )
Mysteries of a Barbershop (Mysterien eines Friseursalons) , directed by
Erich Engel – (
Germany )
The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu , 15-part serial directed by
A. E. Coleby
[9] – (
GB )
O
P
R
Raskolnikow , directed by
Robert Wiene – (
Germany )
The Red Inn (L'auberge rouge) , directed by
Jean Epstein , based on the 1831
short story by
Honoré de Balzac (remade in 1951)
[11] – (
France )
Red Lights , directed by
Clarence G. Badger , starring
Marie Prevost , based on the play The Rear Car by
Edward Everett Rose
[12]
Le Retour à la Raison (Return to Reason) , directed by
Man Ray – (
France )
Rosita , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch , starring
Mary Pickford
La Roue (The Wheel) , directed by
Abel Gance – (
France )
Rupert of Hentzau (lost), directed by
Victor Heerman
S
Safety Last! , directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer and
Sam Taylor , starring
Harold Lloyd
Salomé , directed by
Charles Bryant , starring
Alla Nazimova
Scaramouche , directed by
Rex Ingram , Starring
Ramón Novarro ,
Alice Terry and
Lewis Stone
Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination (Shadows - a Nocturnal Hallucination) , directed by
Arthur Robison – (
Germany )
The Shock , directed by
Lambert Hillyer , starring
Lon Chaney
The Shriek of Araby , directed by
F. Richard Jones , starring
Ben Turpin
The Sign of Four , directed by
Maurice Elvey , starring
Eille Norwood , based on the 1890
novel by
Arthur Conan Doyle – (
GB )
Slave of Desire , directed by
George D. Baker , starring
Bessie Love , based on the 1831 novel
La Peau de chagrin by
Honoré de Balzac
Souls for Sale , directed by
Rupert Hughes , starring
Eleanor Boardman ,
Mae Busch and
Richard Dix
A Spectre Haunts Europe , directed by
Vladimir Gardin , based on the 1842 short story
The Masque of the Red Death by
Edgar Allan Poe
[13] – (
U.S.S.R. )
Squibs M.P. , directed by
George Pearson , starring
Betty Balfour – (
GB )
The Street (Die Straße) , directed by
Karl Grune – (
Germany )
Suzanna , directed by
F. Richard Jones , starring
Mabel Normand
T
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 , directed by
Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, starring
Buster Keaton and
Wallace Beery
Three Wise Fools , directed by
King Vidor
Through Fire and Water , directed by
Thomas Bentley , starring
Clive Brook and
Flora Le Breton – (
GB )
Tiger Rose , directed by
Sidney Franklin (director) , starring
Lenore Ulric
The Treasure (Der Schatz) , directed by
G. W. Pabst – (
Germany )
Trilby , directed by
James Young , based on the 1894
novel by
George du Maurier
[14]
Tut-Tut and his Terrible Tomb , directed by
Bertram Phillips – (
GB )
U
W
While Paris Sleeps (lost), directed by
Maurice Tourneur , starring
Lon Chaney and
John Gilbert , based on a novelThe Glory of Love by Leslie Beresford
[15]
The White Shadow , directed by
Graham Cutts , starring
Betty Compson and
Clive Brook – (
GB )
The White Sister , directed by
Henry King , starring
Lillian Gish and
Ronald Colman
Why Worry? , directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer and
Sam Taylor , starring
Harold Lloyd and
Jobyna Ralston
Wild Bill Hickok , directed by Clifford Smith, starring
William S. Hart
Within the Law , directed by
Frank Lloyd , starring
Norma Talmadge
A Woman of Paris , written and directed by
Charles Chaplin , starring
Edna Purviance
Woman to Woman (lost), directed by
Graham Cutts , starring
Betty Compson and
Clive Brook – (
GB )
Short film series
Animated short film series
Births
January 1 –
Valentina Cortese , Italian actress (died
2019 )
January 3 -
Bud Tingwell , Australian actor (died
2009 )
January 5 -
Boris Leskin , Soviet-American actor (died
2020 )
January 7 –
Pinkas Braun , Swiss actor, director (died
2008 )
January 8 –
Larry Storch , American actor (died
2022 )
January 17 -
Carol Raye , British-born Australian actress, comedian and singer (died
2022 )
January 19 –
Jean Stapleton , American actress (died
2013 )
January 22 -
Diana Douglas , American actress (died
2015 )
January 23 –
Silvano Campeggi , Italian poster designer (died
2018 )
January 26 –
Anne Jeffreys , American actress (died
2017 )
January 29 –
Paddy Chayefsky , American screenwriter (died
1981 )
February 2 –
Bonita Granville , American actress (died
1988 )
February 12 –
Franco Zeffirelli , Italian director (died
2019 )
February 18 -
Allan Melvin , American actor and impressionist (died
2008 )
February 21 –
Lola Flores , Spanish actress (died
1995 )
February 28 –
Charles Durning , American actor (died
2012 )
March 10 –
Dolores Fuller , American actress (died
2011 )
March 12 -
Vladek Sheybal , Polish character actor, singer and director (died
1992 )
March 19 –
Pamela Britton , American actress (died
1974 )
March 24 -
Murray Hamilton , American actor (died
1986 )
April 2 –
Gloria Henry , American actress (died
2021 )
April 4
April 5 -
Michael V. Gazzo , American actor (died
1995 )
April 6 -
Chang Feng , Chinese actor (died
2022 )
April 12 –
Ann Miller , American dancer, singer, actress (died
2004 )
April 13 -
Don Adams , American actor, comedian and director (died
2005 )
April 17
April 28 –
Adele Mara , American actress (died
2010 )
April 29 -
Irvin Kershner , American director, actor and producer (died
2010 )
May 4 –
Eric Sykes , British actor and comedian (died
2012 )
May 7 –
Anne Baxter , actress (died
1985 )
May 14 –
Mrinal Sen , Bengali director (died
2018 )
May 20 –
Edith Fellows , American actress (died
2011 )
May 26
May 30 -
Jimmy Lydon , American actor and producer (died
2022 )
June 5 -
Peggy Stewart , American actress (died
2019 )
June 8 –
Peggy Maley , American actress (died
2007 )
June 12 –
Herta Elviste , Estonian actress (died
2015 )
June 18 -
Robert Ellenstein , American actor (died
2010 )
June 20 -
Jerzy Nowak , Polish actor (died
2013 )
June 28 -
Ray Boyle , American actor (died
2022 )
July 6 –
Cathy O'Donnell , American actress (died
1970 )
July 8 -
Val Bettin , American actor (died
2021 )
July 14 –
Dale Robertson , American actor (died
2013 )
July 18 –
Michael Medwin , English actor and producer (died
2020 )
July 22 –
Mukesh , Indian singer (died
1976 )
July 25
August 3 –
Jean Hagen , American actress (died
1977 )
August 9 -
John Stephenson , American actor (died 2015)
August 10
August 14 –
Alice Ghostley , American actress (died
2007 )
August 15 –
Rose Marie , American actress, singer (died
2017 )
August 24 -
June Dayton , American actress (died
1994 )
August 28 -
Alexander Doré , British actor, director and screenwriter (died
2002 )
August 29 –
Richard Attenborough , English actor and director (died
2014 )
August 31 -
Ed Grady , American actor (died
2012 )
September 7 –
Peter Lawford , British-American actor (died
1984 )
September 9 -
Cliff Robertson , American actor (died
2011 )
September 11 -
Betsy Drake , American actress, writer (died
2015 )
September 23
September 27
September 28 -
William Windom , American actor (died
2012 )
October 1 –
Kim Yaroshevskaya , Russian-born Canadian actress
October 4 –
Charlton Heston , American actor (died
2008 )
October 5 –
Glynis Johns , British actress (died
2024 )
October 10 -
Patrick Jordan , British actor (died
2020 )
October 16 –
Linda Darnell , American actress (died
1965 )
October 23 -
Frank Sutton , American actor (died
1974 )
November 12 -
Richard Venture , American actor (died
2017 )
November 13 –
Linda Christian , Mexican-American actress (died
2011 )
November 21 -
Helen Horton , American actress (died
2007 )
November 28
December 10 –
Harold Gould , American actor (died
2010 )
December 11 –
Betsy Blair , American actress (died
2009 )
December 12 -
Bob Barker , American television game show host (died
2023 )
December 29
Deaths
January 18 –
Wallace Reid , American actor (born 1892)
March 3 –
Dante Testa , Italian actor and director (born 1861)
March 26 –
Sarah Bernhardt , French actress (born 1844)
May 21 –
Charles Kent , veteran actor and director (born 1852)
June 11 –
Porter Strong , American silent film actor
June 17 –
Macey Harlam , screen actor (born 1873)
July 12 – Harry Lonsdale, stage and screen actor (born 1865)
July 30 –
Charles Hawtrey , veteran British actor (born 1858)
August 29 –
Bernard Durning , American actor and director, (born 1893)
September 11 –
Siegmund Lubin , American motion picture pioneer (born 1851)
September 26 –
Jerome Patrick , Broadway stage and silent film leading man (born 1883)
October 28 –
Joe Roberts , American actor (born 1871)
November 20 –
Allen Holubar , American actor and director (born 1888)
November 30 –
Martha Mansfield , American actress (born 1899)
December 28 –
Frank Hayes , American actor and comedian (born 1871)
Film debuts
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ISBN
978-1936168-68-2 .
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ISBN
978-1936168-68-2 .
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ISBN
978-1936168-68-2 .
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ISBN
978-1936168-68-2 .
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ISBN
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