All Films

The Queen of Hearts

1923 • 32 min • United Kingdom

Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...

The Face on the Barroom Floor

1923 • 60 min

As a derelict paints the face of a girl on a barroom floor, the plot is developed in a series of flashbacks: Robert Stevens, an artist engaged to marry Marion, a society girl, becomes charmed with a fisherman's daughter who poses for him. The society girl's brother brings dishonor upon the fisherman's daughter, and when she commits suicide the artist shields the brother. Stevens is blamed by his fiancée, who terminates their engagement. The artist becomes a derelict and is wrongfully imprisoned. Eventually Stevens is exonerated and reunited with Marion.

Don't Marry for Money

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

Don't Marry for Money is a 1923 silent drama

The Smiling Madame Beudet

1923 • 43 min • France

An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.

Brigade Commander Ivanov

1923 • 52 min • Soviet Union

Story of combrig Ivanov who wished to marry a prayers' daughter.

The Green Cat

1923 • 16 min

Snub is determined to make his new restaurant, The Green Cat, a success— no matter what it takes.

Your Friend and Mine

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

Oil man Hugh Stanton embarks on one of his frequent business trips and leaves his wife, Patricia, in the care of Ted and Beatrice Mason. She also spends considerable time with Victor Raymier, the artist who is painting her portrait, unaware that he is a fraud who merely signs his name to the work of a real artist in his employ. One day, Victor persuades Patricia to accompany him to his country home. A storm forces them indoors and the fake artist proceeds to make unwanted advances on Patricia. The Masons come to her rescue, and following their return to the city, Patricia telephones her husband, asking him to come home. He informs her that the proceeds from his new oil well will enable him to be a full-time husband.

Uncensored Movies

1923 • 20 min • United States of America

A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation.

Oh! Shoot

1923 • 20 min • United States of America

Short silent comedy starring Chaplin imitator Bobby Dunn.

The Widower's Mite

1923 • 21 min • United States of America

14th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

1923 • 7 min

Early sound film featuring comedian Eddie Cantor.

Blinky

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

Blinky, the bespectacled son of Col. "Raw Meat" Islip, is scorned by his fellow cavalrymen stationed on the Mexican border because his previous military experience was as a Boy Scout.

Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande

1923 • 50 min • United States of America

"Pep" Pepper, a romantic cowboy whose faculty for dreaming loses him his job, tries to emulate Don Quixote's courage after reading the Spanish classic.

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1923 • 60 min

Edith sets out to prove that a wife can never be fooled by her husband - but will she succeed?

It's a Gift

1923 • 12 min • United States of America

A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives in a home filled with his eccentric inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation.

Barnaby's Grudge

1923 • 23 min • United States of America

18th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.

Voice of the Nightingale

1923 • 13 min • France

A young girl who has caught a nightingale dreams about the songbird and its mate, and comes to realize that birds are not meant to be captive.

The Silent Partner

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

Wall Street clerk George Coburn leaves the employ of broker Ralph Coombes to become an independent speculator. Although she disapproves, George's wife, Lisa, insists on being his "silent partner" with a fifty percent share of the profits. Lisa avoids spending lavishly and saves her share of the money. Later, Ralph, who is in love with Lisa, conspires with brokers Jim Harker and Charles Nesbit to involve George in a stock deal that will likely ruin his business and his marriage. George loses his fortune and leaves his wife. Ralph conspires with his friend, Gertie Page, to lure Lisa on a voyage to Europe. Soon after boarding the ship, Lisa learns of the plot and disembarks. She reunites with George and assures him that they are not destitute. (Source: AFI)

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923 • 19 min • United States of America

The story of the first Thanksgiving is re-imagined as a father tells it to his son.

The Great Outdoors

1923 • 12 min • United States of America

The Spats go on a camping trip that begins with the destruction of their cabin and ends with them being pursued by bandits, a railroad bull, and the police. The Great Outdoors is the fourth episode of The Spat Family series.

The Buster

1923 • 50 min • United States of America

In an attempt to try and tame young city girl Charlotte Rowland, Bill Coryell, a young rancher, plans a fake kidnapping party from which he is to rescue her. However, a bully interferes and incites her against Bill, but Charlotte discovers the ruse in time to save herself and Coryell.

Chastity

1923 • 60 min

A young woman trying to make it in Hollywood decides that the only way she can attain stardom is to go the "vamp" route, although in her private life she's nothing like her on-screen character. She gets the recognition she wants, but for the wrong reason--she finds herself in the middle of a notorious society scandal.

Out to Win

1923 • 50 min • United Kingdom

A tramp is hired to pose as a financier to obtain a Balkan radium concession.

The Lone Star Ranger

1923 • 60 min • United States of America

An outlaw named Duane ( Tom Mix ), captured by the Texas Rangers, is promised a pardon if he rounds up a gang of cattle thieves. The man he suspects as the leader is revealed to be the father of Duane's sweetheart, Helen ( Billie Dove ). Duane captures the gang, gets a pardon for Helen's father, and marries Helen.