Movies - 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
Safety Last, starring Harold Lloyd
. In one scene, Lloyd is seen climbing around and hanging off the side of a tall building. Lloyd did all of his own stunts, and worked without a safety net.
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)
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
)

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