1923 in film
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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.
Top grossing films
- The Covered Wagon
Movies released
Movies released in 1923 include:- The Covered Wagon
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Lon Chaney
- The Purple Highway, starring Madge Kennedy, Monte Blue, Vincent Coleman and Pedro de Cordoba
- Safety Last, starring Harold Lloyd. In one scene, Lloyd is seen climbing around and hanging off the side of a tall building, including a very famous scene where he hangs off a clock. Lloyd did all of his own stunts, and worked without a safety net.
- Salomé, starring Alla Nazimova; directed by Charles Bryant
- Souls for Sale, starring Richard Dix and Eleanor Boardman
- The Ten Commandments, starring Theodore Roberts; directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- Why Worry?, starring Harold Lloyd
- A Woman of Paris, starring Edna Purviance; directed by Charles Chaplin
Short film series
- Charlie Chaplin (1914-1923
- Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
- Our Gang (1922-1944)
Animated short film series
- Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
- Koko the Clown (1919-1963)
- The Red Head Comedies (1923-1923).
Births
- January 7 - Pinkas Braun, actor, director
- January 11 - Jacqueline Maillan, actress (d. 1992)
- January 19 - Jean Stapleton, actress
- January 29 - Paddy Chayefsky writer (d. 1981)
- February 2 - Bonita Granville, actress (d. 1988)
- February 12 - Franco Zeffirelli, director
- February 21 – Lola Flores, actress (d. 1995)
- February 28 - Charles Durning, actor
- April 12 - Ann Miller, dancer, actress (d. 2004)
- May 7 - Anne Baxter, actress (d. 1985)
- July 22 - Mukesh, singer (d. 1976)
- August 3 - Jean Hagen, actress (d. 1977)
- August 10 - Rhonda Fleming, actress
- September 7 - Peter Lawford, actor (d. 1984)
- October 5 - Glynis Johns, actress
- October 16 - Linda Darnell, actress (d. 1965)
- November 9 - Dorothy Dandridge, singer, actress (d. 1965)
- November 28 - Gloria Grahame, actress (d. 1981)
Deaths
- January 18 – Wallace Reid actor
- March 26 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
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