Movies 1923 Page 43

Two peasant sisters flee Russia during the revolution and sail to America. One, Olga Farinova (Mae Murray), masquerades as a princess, becomes a...

The Drakenhjelm family has lived in the Rautakylä manor for over 150 years. The current master of the house, elderly baron Magnus, has been living...

John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become a minister in a western town. Marian appears, and...

Images of everyday life in the poorest sectors of Dominican society.

Elliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is dismissed; Elliot finds her, proposes marriage, and returns...

A spoof of Bizet's Carmen, showcasing child star Baby Peggy.

Konia Markham, the daughter of an American father and a Hawaiian mother, is told by a sorceress that the man who presents her with a perfect white...

Short silent film.

A silent film drama based on the Broadway play of the same name by James Forbes..

A group of seven people find themselves on a ship in the middle of an endless ocean, with no recollection of how they got there. (lost film)

A lost educational film from Serbia.

Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines....

Barbara Winslow helps her rebel brother, Rupert, escape from the king's forces by disguising herself as him. Captain Prothero captures her, but he...

An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the...

While traveling in Europe Philip Quentin encounters his former sweetheart, Dorothy Garrison, and finds that she is now engaged to Prince Ugo...

Frances Collier sets a love trap for landowner Don José O'Neil to help her father acquire his potentially oil-rich land, then falls genuinely in...

Ruth, the owner of Haunted Valley, borrows a million dollars in order to finish a dam. The terms of the loan specify that if she doesn't pay it back...

Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.

A cat and mouse duo score an illicit bottle of booze, but their attempts to uncork it lead to misadventure.

Documentary, 1923

Cross-Play (A reflector light play) Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, 1923 This copy was produced in 1965 with narration.

Witness a breakthrough athletics event which paved the way for women to compete more fully at the Olympic Games. Although the games at the time...

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

Newsreel coverage of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's wedding cake. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Directed by William Topkis.

A silent travelogue showcasing the sights of Scotland, which originally featured live accompaniment of traditional Scottish songs when touring...

A one-reel British adaptation of the novel about the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame.

An Aesop Fables animation.

The Duke of York and his bride board a train in South London. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Lost Cartoon

Fashion newsreel

News item about the christening of the ship Belgenland by Cardinal Mercier. The Belgenland was the flagship of the Red Star Line for many years and...

"Pathe presents its sixth all-British cartoon of The Adventures of Pongo the Pup."

An Aesop Fables animation.

C-V News follows the cast and crew of "Greed" (1925) into Death Valley while filming the infamous closing scenes in 150+ degree heat in 1923 at the...

Silent cartoon.

"No discovery of our time has so moved the whole world," proclaims an intertitle introducing this special extended newsreel edition. For once,...