All Films

A Christmas Carol

1923 • 25 min

A 1923 version of the Charles Dickens classic with Russell Thorndike playing Scrooge.

The Brass Bottle

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

Horace Ventimore, a young London architect, stumbles across an old brass bottle. When he picks it up a genie suddenly appears and promises Horace that he will grant every wish Horace wants in exchange for his freedom. Horace accepts the genie's offer but finds out that things aren't working out quite as well as he thought they would.

Barsoum Looking for a Job

1923 • 16 min • Egypt

It is the story of two friends, one a Muslim, Sheik Metwalli, and the other a Coptic Christian, Barsoum, both unemployed, suffering from hunger, and competing for a job in a bank. When the bank’s director mistakes them for wealthy businessmen, he takes them to his home for a lavish lunch. But upon learning their actual status, he chases them out of the house. At the film’s conclusion, as the two friends rest on the sidewalk absorbing their long-overdue meal, they are arrested by a policeman.

The Remittance Woman

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

Anthony Campbell threatens to send his daughter, Marie, to China as punishment for her continued extravagance. She welcomes the suggestion because her sweetheart, George Holt, is planning a business trip to the Orient. When they arrive, Marie's Chinese maid, Liu Po-Yat, gives her a tiny vase to keep her from harm. However, the vase was stolen years earlier from the Manchus, China's ruling dynasty, and their pursuit of the lost treasure plunges Marie and George into danger.

The Fair Cheat

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

Camilla Van Dam is in love with her rich father's poor employee, John Hamilton. Van Dam is against their marriage but proposes an arrangement to which Camilla agrees. Van Dam goes abroad with the understanding that she will not marry for a year or reveal her whereabouts to Hamilton. Announcing to the press that she is accompanying her father, Camilla instead gets a job as a chorus girl, takes an apartment, and supports herself. Hamilton finds her and joins in the deception until Van Dam's secretary tries to make off with the fortune on hearing the false rumor of Van Dam's death. Van Dam consents readily to his daughter's marriage when he returns.

Pick and Shovel

1923 • 11 min • United States of America

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

The Call of Siva

1923 • 27 min • United Kingdom

Fourth release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Nayland Smith saves the life of Graham Guthrie, the British Resident in Bhutan, while on a visit to London from a plot by Dr. Fu-Manchu.

Dear Ol' Pal

1923 • 10 min • United States of America

Two lifelong friends vie for the affection of the same woman.

Balloons

1923 • 8 min • United States of America

The Inkwell Clown goes for a balloon ride. Later, Max's studio is filled with so many balloons that it floats away.

Bed Time

1923 • 9 min • United States of America

First, Max, in his pyjamas, gets back up and draws an isolated mountain area and puts Koko on top of a steep mountain. "That will keep you busy for the night," says the real-life somewhat nasty cartoonist to his subject. The cartoon really gets wild from that point with guest appearances from Mutt and Jeff, and other "stars" of the day as Koko experiences one adventure after another from the "Cave Of The Winds" to Goliath chasing him all over.

Love in Black and White

1923 • 18 min

The misadventures of a traveling theatrical company, as the actors attempt to put on a show while romantic rivalries erupt backstage.

Navy Blues

1923 • 24 min

The Warrens have a full dress Navy wedding, but to sneak out on the reception guests, Dorothy disguises herself as a sailor. But she's caught up with a group of real sailors and finds herself aboard a battleship. Incredibly, nobody spots her as a small female impostor, causes foul ups and gets chased around the decks and cannons.

Felix Win's Out

1923 • 9 min • United States of America

Bored with life in town, Felix sees an opportunity for some excitement when a traveling circus passes through, so he joins up. One day he overhears the Skeleton Man propose to the Fat Lady, then change his mind because she's too fat. Felix decides to help her lose weight so the Skeleton Man will marry her, but this results in the ringmaster getting angry with Felix and firing him. Felix comes up with a plan to force the circus to re-hire him.

A Tough Winter

1923 • 17 min • United States of America

An ice-cold Snub adopts a gamin and her brother; A mean landlord seeking rent complicates matters and the trio take a train to Florida. But by mistake the train goes to Iceland.

The Lion's Mouse

1923 • 50 min • United Kingdom, Netherlands

A secret society kidnaps a man to force his sister to steal plans.

The Puzzle

1923 • 8 min • United States of America

Koko the Clown and his creator, Max Fleischer, go on a strange journey to Puzzle Town.

The Man with the Limp

1923 • 33 min • United Kingdom

This action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.

Jus' Passin' Through

1923 • 27 min • United States of America

At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.

Join the Circus

1923 • 11 min • United States of America

'Snub' Pollard wants to hang himself but figures joining the circus was better idea.

The Ghost Patrol

1923 • 50 min

With his understanding manner policeman Donald Dorgan wins respect on his tough beat in "Little Hell." He tries to help Terry Rafferty "go straight" so that he may receive Rudolph Kugler's permission to marry Effie, but Terry gets into a fight and is sentenced to prison.

La Légende de sœur Béatrix

1923 • 33 min • France

Based on the short story by Nodier and the play by Maeterlinck.

Lawful Larceny

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

During his wife's absence, Andrew Dorsey is snared by Vivian Hepburn, owner of a crooked gambling house, and her silent partner, Guy Tarlow. Dorsey loses so much money that Vivian persuades him to give her one of his firm's checks for a large sum of money. Hearing her husband's confession, Marion Dorsey, returned from Europe, determines to retrieve the check.

White Wings

1923 • 11 min • United States of America

Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.

Shoot Straight

1923 • 10 min • United States of America

SHOOT STRAIGHT - starring Paul Parrott, with Jobyna Ralston, Eddie Baker and George Rowe. A rarely-seen comedy short. Parrott is a hapless hunter in this predecessor to Tex Avery toons of the 1940s, and in a series of inventive gag sequences fails to capture squirrel, rabbit, chinchilla, bobcat, duck, and bear all in one reel.