The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments 1923

6.51

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

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923

6.50

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

1923

The Shock

The Shock 1923

5.10

A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.

1923

Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality 1923

7.51

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

Safety Last!

Safety Last! 1923

7.76

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

Three Ages

Three Ages 1923

6.82

The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.

1923

Cœur fidèle

Cœur fidèle 1923

7.10

The good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but who eventually finds happiness when she marries an honest man who extricates her from her situation.

1923

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923

6.70

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

The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim 1923

6.90

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

1923

La Roue

La Roue 1923

7.20

Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.

1923

Cameo Kirby

Cameo Kirby 1923

5.50

Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.

1923

Return to Reason

Return to Reason 1923

6.41

Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.

1923

Alice's Wonderland

Alice's Wonderland 1923

6.00

Instead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.

1923

The Balloonatic

The Balloonatic 1923

6.30

Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.

1923

Scaramouche

Scaramouche 1923

7.20

A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.

1923

Glumov's Diary

Glumov's Diary 1923

4.98

Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.

1923

Black Oxen

Black Oxen 1923

5.20

A Manhattan playboy falls for a mysterious European woman, whom he notices is an exact double for a famous socialite who disappeared at the turn of the century. At first he thinks it's just a coincidence, as the beautiful young woman he's romancing is much younger than the woman who vanished, who would be in her late 50s or early 60s by now. Soon, however, he begins to believe that maybe it's not such a coincidence after all.

1923

Three Wise Fools

Three Wise Fools 1923

1

Sydney Fairchild, the daughter of a woman who was once loved by three bachelors, surprises the men with a visit. Findley, Trumbull, and Gaunt honor their former sweetheart's last request by becoming Sydney's guardians.

1923

The Cobbler

The Cobbler 1923

6.00

A cobbler receives his back pension and invites the gang to celebrate with a picnic, but his car stalls along the way.

1923

The White Rose

The White Rose 1923

7.00

A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and finds himself attracted to a poor, unsophisticated orphan girl, Bessie. One thing leads to another, and before long Bessie finds that she is pregnant with Joseph's child.

1923