More than 590 American feature films were released in 1923.Pierce, David (2013) The Survival of American Silent Feature Films, 1912-1929 ISBN 978-1-932326-39-0 p18–19 Fig. 9Gallagher, Raymond E. (1923) Motion Picture News Booking Guide p9–59 (partial)
A Title Director Cast Genre Notes Abysmal Brute Hobart Henley Reginald Denny, Mabel Julienne Scott Sports Universal The Acquittal Clarence Brown Claire Windsor, Norman Kerry, Barbara Bedford Mystery Universal Adam and Eva Robert G. Vignola Marion Davies, T. Roy Barnes, Luella Gear Comedy Paramount Adam's Rib Cecil B. DeMille Milton Sills, Elliott Dexter, Anna Q. Nilsson Drama Paramount The Age of Desire Frank Borzage Josef Swickard, William Collier Jr., Mary Philbin Drama First National Alias the Night Wind Joseph Franz William Russell, Wade Boteler Mystery Fox Film Alice Adams Rowland V. Lee Florence Vidor, Claude Gillingwater, Gertrude Astor Drama Associated Exhibitors All the Brothers Were Valiant Irvin Willat Lon Chaney, Malcolm McGregor, Billie Dove Adventure Metro Anna Christie John Griffith Wray Blanche Sweet, William Russell Drama First National The Apache Dancer Charles R. Seeling George Larkin, Ollie Kirby, Julian Rivero Drama Independent April Showers Tom Forman Colleen Moore, Kenneth Harlan, Ruth Clifford Romance Preferred The Acquittal Clarence Brown Claire Windsor, Norman Kerry, Barbara Bedford Mystery Universal Are You a Failure? Tom Forman Madge Bellamy, Lloyd Hughes, Tom Santschi Comedy Preferred Around the World in Eighteen Days B. Reeves Eason, Robert F. Hill William Desmond, Laura La Plante Adventure Universal As a Man Lives J. Searle Dawley Robert Frazer, Gladys Hulette, Frank Losee Drama Independent Ashes of Vengeance Frank Lloyd Norma Talmadge, Conway Tearle, Wallace Beery Drama First National At Devil's Gorge Ashton Dearholt Edmund Cobb, Helene Rosson, Wilbur McGaugh Western Independent
B Title Director Cast Genre Notes Backbone Edward Sloman Edith Roberts, Alfred Lunt Drama Goldwyn The Bad Man Edwin Carewe Holbrook Blinn, Jack Mulhall, Walter McGrail Western First National Bag and Baggage Finis Fox Gloria Grey, Carmelita Geraghty Romantic comedy Selznick The Barefoot Boy David Kirkland John Bowers, Marjorie Daw, Sylvia Breamer Drama Columbia Bavu Stuart Paton Wallace Beery, Estelle Taylor, Forrest Stanley Drama Universal Bell Boy 13 William A. Seiter Douglas MacLean, John Steppling Comedy First National Big Brother Allan Dwan Tom Moore, Edith Roberts Crime drama Paramount Big Dan William A. Wellman Charles Jones, Marian Nixon Comedy Universal The Bishop of the Ozarks Finis Fox Milford W. Howard, Derelys Perdue Drama FBO The Bolted Door William Worthington Frank Mayo, Phyllis Haver Drama Universal Boston Blackie Scott R. Dunlap William Russell, Eva Novak Crime Fox Film Boy of Mine William Beaudine Ben Alexander, Rockliffe Fellowes, Henry B. Walthall Family drama First National Black Oxen Frank Lloyd Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle Drama First National Blinky Edward Sedgwick Hoot Gibson, Esther Ralston Comedy western Universal Blow Your Own Horn James W. Horne Warner Baxter, Ralph Lewis Comedy FBO Bluebeard's 8th Wife Sam Wood Gloria Swanson, Huntley Gordon Romantic comedy Paramount Boy of Mine William Beaudine Rockliffe Fellowes, Irene Rich Drama First National Brass Sidney Franklin Monte Blue, Marie Prevost Romance Warner Bros. The Brass Bottle Maurice Tourneur Harry Myers, Ernest Torrence Comedy First National Brass Commandments Lynn Reynolds William Farnum, Wanda Hawley Western Fox Film Breaking Into Society Hunt Stromberg Bull Montana, Florence Gilbert Comedy FBO Bright Lights of Broadway Webster Campbell Doris Kenyon, Lowell Sherman Drama Independent The Bright Shawl John S. Robertson Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, Mary Astor Drama First National The Broad Road Edmund Mortimer Richard Travers, May Allison Drama First National Broadway Broke J. Searle Dawley Mary Carr, Percy Marmont Drama Selznick Broadway Gold Edward Dillon Elaine Hammerstein, Elliott Dexter Drama Independent Broken Hearts of Broadway Irving Cummings Colleen Moore, Johnnie Walker, Alice Lake Drama Selznick The Broken Violin John Francis Dillon Dorothy Mackaill, Reed Howes, Zena Keefe Drama Independent The Broken Wing Tom Forman Kenneth Harlan, Miriam Cooper Comedy Preferred Bucking the Barrier Colin Campbell Dustin Farnum, Arline Pretty Drama Fox Film Burning Words Stuart Paton Laura La Plante, Harold Goodwin Action Universal The Buster Colin Campbell Dustin Farnum, Francis McDonald Western Fox Film
C Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Call of the Canyon Victor Fleming Richard Dix, Lois Wilson Western Paramount The Call of the Wild Fred Jackman Jack Mulhall, Sidney D'Albrook Adventure Pathé Exchange Cameo Kirby John Ford John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead Drama Fox Film Can a Woman Love Twice? James W. Horne Ethel Clayton, Kate Lester Drama FBO Canyon of the Fools Val Paul Harry Carey, Marguerite Clayton Western FBO Cause for Divorce Hugh Dierker Fritzi Brunette, Helen Lynch, Pat O'Malley Drama Selznick A Chapter in Her Life Lois Weber Claude Gillingwater, Jacqueline Gadsden Drama Universal Chastity Victor Schertzinger Katherine MacDonald, Huntley Gordon Drama First National The Cheat George Fitzmaurice Pola Negri, Jack Holt Drama Paramount Children of Dust Frank Borzage Johnnie Walker, Pauline Garon Drama First National Children of Jazz Jerome Storm Theodore Kosloff, Ricardo Cortez, Eileen Percy Comedy Paramount The Christian Maurice Tourneur Richard Dix, Mae Busch, Gareth Hughes Drama Goldwyn Circus Days Eddie Cline Jackie Coogan, Claire McDowell Comedy First National The Clean Up William Parke Herbert Rawlinson, Claire Adams Drama Universal A Clouded Name Austin O. Huhn Norma Shearer, Gladden James Drama Independent The Common Law George Archainbaud Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle Drama Selznick Cordelia the Magnificent George Archainbaud Clara Kimball Young, Huntley Gordon Mystery Metro Counterfeit Love Ralph Ince Joe King, Marian Swayne, Jack Richardson Drama Independent The Country Kid William Beaudine Wesley Barry, Spec O'Donnell, Bruce Guerin Comedy drama Warner Bros. The Courtship of Miles Standish Frederic Sullivan Charles Ray, Enid Bennett, Sam De Grasse Historical Associated Exhibitors The Covered Wagon James Cruze J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Alan Hale Western Paramount Crashin' Thru Val Paul Harry Carey, Cullen Landis Western FBO The Cricket on the Hearth Lorimer Johnston Josef Swickard, Fritzi Ridgeway, Virginia Brown Faire Comedy Selznick Crinoline and Romance Harry Beaumont Viola Dana, Claude Gillingwater, John Bowers Comedy Metro Crooked Alley Robert F. Hill Thomas Carrigan, Laura La Plante Crime Universal Crossed Wires King Baggot Gladys Walton, Eddie Gribbon Crime Universal Cupid's Fireman William A. Wellman Buck Jones, Marian Nixon Adventure Fox Film The Custard Cup Herbert Brenon Mary Carr, Ben Lyon Drama Fox Film
D Title Director Cast Genre Notes Daddy E. Mason Hopper Jackie Coogan, Josie Sedgwick Drama First National The Dancer of the Nile William P. S. Earle Carmel Myers, Sam De Grasse Drama FBO Danger Ahead William K. Howard Richard Talmadge, Helene Rosson, J.P. Lockney Crime Independent The Dangerous Age John M. Stahl Lewis Stone, Edith Roberts, Ruth Clifford Drama First National The Dangerous Maid Victor Heerman Constance Talmadge, Conway Tearle, Charles K. Gerrard Historical comedy First National Dangerous Trails Alan James Irene Rich, Tully Marshall, Noah Beery Western Independent The Daring Years Kenneth Webb Mildred Harris, Charles Emmett Mack, Clara Bow Melodrama Independent Dark Secrets Victor Fleming Dorothy Dalton, Robert Ellis Drama Paramount The Darling of New York King Baggot Sheldon Lewis, Gladys Brockwell Comedy Universal Daughters of the Rich Louis J. Gasnier Miriam Cooper, Gaston Glass Drama Preferred The Day of Faith Tod Browning Eleanor Boardman, Tyrone Power Sr. Drama Goldwyn Daytime Wives Emile Chautard Wyndham Standing, Grace Darmond Drama FBO Dead Game Edward Sedgwick Hoot Gibson, Robert McKim Western Universal Defying Destiny Louis Chaudet Monte Blue, Irene Rich Drama Selznick Desert Driven Val Paul Harry Carey, Marguerite Clayton Western FBO Desert Rider Robert N. Bradbury Jack Hoxie, Frank Rice, Evelyn Nelson Western Independent Desire Rowland V. Lee Marguerite De La Motte, John Bowers, Estelle Taylor Drama Metro The Destroying Angel W. S. Van Dyke Leah Baird, John Bowers Romantic comedy Independent Divorce Chester Bennett Jane Novak, John Bowers Drama FBO Does It Pay? Charles Horan Hope Hampton, Robert T. Haines Drama Fox Film Dollar Devils Victor Schertzinger Eva Novak, Cullen Landis Drama Hodkinson Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande George Marshall Jack Hoxie, William Steele Western Universal Don't Call It Love William C. de Mille Agnes Ayres, Jack Holt, Nita Naldi Comedy Paramount Don't Marry for Money Clarence Brown House Peters, Rubye De Remer Drama Independent Double Dealing Henry Lehrman Hoot Gibson, Helen Ferguson, Betty Francisco Comedy Universal Drifting Tod Browning Priscilla Dean, Matt Moore Drama Universal Driven Charles Brabin Emily Fitzroy, Burr McIntosh Romance Universal The Drivin' Fool Robert Thornby Wally Van, Alec B. Francis, Patsy Ruth Miller Action Hodkinson The Drug Traffic Irving Cummings Robert Walker, Gladys Brockwell, Barbara Tennant Crime Independent Drums of Fate Charles Maigne Mary Miles Minter, George Fawcett Drama Paramount The Drums of Jeopardy Edward Dillon Elaine Hammerstein, Wallace Beery, Jack Mulhall Mystery Independent Dulcy Sidney Franklin Constance Talmadge, Claude Gillingwater Comedy First National
E Title Director Cast Genre Notes The Eagle's Feather Edward Sloman James Kirkwood, Mary Alden Western Metro Pictures East Side – West Side Irving Cummings Kenneth Harlan, Eileen Percy Drama Independent The Eleventh Hour Bernard J. Durning Shirley Mason, Buck Jones Action Fox Film The Empty Cradle Burton L. King Mary Alden, Harry T. Morey, Mickey Bennett Drama Independent Enemies of Women Alan Crosland Alma Rubens, Lionel Barrymore, Gareth Hughes Romance Goldwyn The Eternal City George Fitzmaurice Lionel Barrymore, Bert Lytell, Barbara La Marr Drama First National The Eternal Struggle Reginald Barker Renée Adorée, Earle Williams, Barbara La Marr Drama Metro The Eternal Three Marshall Neilan Hobart Bosworth, Claire Windsor, Bessie Love Drama Goldwyn Eyes of the Forest Lambert Hillyer Tom Mix, Pauline Starke Western Fox Film The Exciters Maurice S. Campbell Bebe Daniels, Antonio Moreno Romance Paramount The Exiles Edmund Mortimer John Gilbert, John Webb Dillion Drama Fox Film The Extra Girl F. Richard Jones Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves Comedy Pathé Exchange
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