Wolf Tracks

Wolf Tracks 1923

1

Poverty-row Western story of two young strangers -- Jack Hastings and Jean Meredith -- inheriting one-half of a map to a hidden gold mine. A villain, Wolf Santell, steals Jack's half of the map, which is enclosed in a locket, only to lose it again in the river.

1923

Bella Donna

Bella Donna 1923

1

Bella Donna, a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of her simple husband, Bella becomes involved with brutish Baroudi.

1923

Drifting

Drifting 1923

6.20

In Shanghai, an American girl who helps run an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.

1923

Big Brother

Big Brother 1923

1

When gangster Jimmy Donovan is made guardian of Midge, the 7-year-old brother of his friend Big Ben Murray, he decides to reform and rear Midge properly. The court takes custody of Midge, but Donovan proves himself by recovering a payroll stolen by some of his ex-colleagues, thereby winning Midge and Kitty, his girl.

1923

Sweetie

Sweetie 1923

1

A Baby Peggy two-reeler

1923

Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes 1923

1

Papists hire a Dutchman to blow up Parliament in revenge for an anti-Catholic decree.

1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923

6.78

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

Safety Last!

Safety Last! 1923

7.73

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

Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality 1923

7.48

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

Zaza

Zaza 1923

6.19

Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.

1923

Always Tell Your Wife

Always Tell Your Wife 1923

5.70

A British short comedy about two married couples whose romantic entanglements lead to farcical complications. When the original director Hugh Croise fell ill, Alfred Hitchcock and Seymour Hicks completed the film. Released in 1923 as a remake of the 1914 Leedham Bantock version, only one of its two reels is known to survive.

1923

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments 1923

6.50

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

Jazzmania

Jazzmania 1923

1

The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.

1923

Hoodman Blind

Hoodman Blind 1923

5.00

John Linden, a victim of wanderlust, jumbles up his life and that of his two daughters. One is a daughter by marriage, the other an offspring of Jessie Walton, a young woman of the village. Noting the resemblance of the two, unscrupulous Mark Lezzard, the sea town's only lawyer, arouses the jealousy of the first daughter's husband Jack Yeulette, the skipper of a fishing smack, hoping to gain her for himself and thereby obtain control over the money John provides for her on a regular basis. After much havoc, happiness is the lot of everyone except Lezzard, whom the crowd "fixes" when they learn of what a wretch he is. A lost film.

1923

The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim 1923

6.87

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

1923

The Tragedy of Love

The Tragedy of Love 1923

1

The husband of Countess Manon Moreau is found murdered. André Rabatin, who belongs to the same club as Count Moreau, is the suspect. Rabatin, a old-school gentleman, affirms his innocence to the widow and claims that the death of the count must have been a tragic accident. Manon believes Rabatin and begins to fall in love with him. But Rabatin himself suspects that she has murdered her husband.

1923

Felix Revolts

Felix Revolts 1923

5.80

After enduring various indignities by the human population in town, including getting beaten up by the fish market owner and forced to eat hot mustard by a customer in a restaurant, Felix finally breaks when he hears the mayor give a speech vowing to drive all cats out of town. Felix gathers his feline friends and stages a revolution to restore cats to their rightful place in society.

1923

St. Elmo

St. Elmo 1923

1

St. Elmo is a man who killed his romantic rival in a brawl. Traveling the world as a confirmed misogynist, St. Elmo returns to home and hearth only to fall in love with the daughter of the local blacksmith. The film is based on the 1867 novel of the same name written by Augusta Jane Evans. Today, St. Elmo is a lost film.

1923

Plunder

Plunder 1923

1

Various groups of people, both well-intentioned and otherwise, search for a buried treasure that is buried underneath a skyscraper.

1923

Judith

Judith 1923

1

Judith, Count Robert de Bertan's daughter, is on holiday with her friend Louise and her father Marquis Emile de Fers. Meanwhile, banker Charles Delcourt has introduced De Bertan to the owner of a gambling-and-dance hall, Olga Tatschowas. De Bertan, unaware that his banker has lost the capital he gave him to invest at Olga's gambling tables, falls in love with Olga. He marries her, unaware that he is the victim of a plot hatched by Delcourt and Olga, who desires a title and De Bertan's possession.

1923