The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim 1923

6.90

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

1923

Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality 1923

7.51

A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923

6.50

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

1923

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments 1923

6.51

The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.

1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923

6.70

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.

1923

The Covered Wagon

The Covered Wagon 1923

6.10

Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly's heart?

1923

The Balloonatic

The Balloonatic 1923

6.30

Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.

1923

Alice's Wonderland

Alice's Wonderland 1923

6.00

Instead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.

1923

Glumov's Diary

Glumov's Diary 1923

4.98

Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.

1923

Three Ages

Three Ages 1923

6.82

The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.

1923

Safety Last!

Safety Last! 1923

7.76

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

1923

The Shock

The Shock 1923

5.10

A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.

1923

La Roue

La Roue 1923

7.20

Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.

1923

Scaramouche

Scaramouche 1923

7.20

A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.

1923

Return to Reason

Return to Reason 1923

6.41

Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.

1923

Ashes of Vengeance

Ashes of Vengeance 1923

5.70

This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The plot involves a man forced into servitude who falls in love with the sister of his persecutor. It was Ms. Talmadge's fourth involvement with director, Frank Lloyd and the cast included future star, Wallace Beery.

1923

The Dare-Devil

The Dare-Devil 1923

5.00

The movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The movie's leading man wants his stunt double to do the next dangerous stunt. Purely by accident, a hapless, cross-eyed aspiring actor named Joe Magee ends up doing the stunt perfectly. He ends up doing dangerous stunt after stunt, all by accident, that fit the movie so perfectly that the movie's leading lady wants him in the picture. The exasperated director finds that getting Joe to do the stunts on command is an entirely different story.

1923

Why Worry?

Why Worry? 1923

6.57

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

1923

The Love Nest

The Love Nest 1923

6.70

In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at the sea when he's caught by pirates.

1923