1923 in film

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

1. 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.
• 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

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)

Deaths

• January 18 – Wallace Reid actor
• March 26 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress