1923 Short Movies

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The Balloonatic(1923)

3.2/5 (with 33 votes)

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 proves useful later on as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.

Directed by Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline - With Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, Babe London

The Love Nest(1923)

20min | Comedy

3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at the sea when he's caught by pirates.

Directed by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton - With Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Buster Keaton

Glumov's Diary(1923)

5min | Fantasy, Comedy

2.6/5 (with 18 votes)

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.

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein - With Grigori Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Pavlovich Antonov, Maxim Strauch, Sergei Eisenstein

The Soilers(1923)

20min

2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.

Directed by Ralph Ceder - With Stan Laurel, Jimmy Finlayson, Joe Bordeaux, John B. O'Brien, Katherine Grant, Marvin Loback, ...

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The Cobbler(1923)

22min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

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

Directed by Tom McNamara - With Jackie Condon

Stage Fright(1923)

20min | Comedy, Kids & Family

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Author Fawn Ochletree stages a charity performance of her latest play, a Romanesque epic. The gang and other neighborhood kids are forced into starring in the play, much to the chagrin of the gang. They are completely unable to remember their lines, and struggle with maintaing their composure during the more serious moments of the melodrama. Finally, Jackie sets off a slew of firecrackers as the finale, scaring all involved.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan - With Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen Hoskins, Mary Kornman, Ernie Morrison, ...

A Man About Town(1923)

11min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.

Directed by George Jeske - With Stan Laurel, Katherine Grant, Jimmy Finlayson, Charles Stevenson, Sammy Brooks, Sam Lufkin, ...

Dogs of War!(1923)

| 24min | Comedy, Kids & Family

2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan - With Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, Allen Hoskins, Mary Kornman, ...

White Wings(1923)

11min

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.

Directed by George Jeske - With Stan Laurel, Jimmy Finlayson, Marvin Loback, Katherine Grant

Scorching Sands(1923)

10min | Comedy

2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.

Directed by Hal Roach - With Stan Laurel

The Champeen(1923)

23min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan - With Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, Johnny Downs, Allen Hoskins, ...

The Barnyard(1923)

| Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Lay Zee works on a farm and has won the heart of the farmer's daughter. There is oil on the farmland, and some swindlers are determined to get their hands on the property, by force if necessary. Lay Zee, who knows that oil has been found on nearby farms, convinces the farmer not to sell, and the swindlers enlist the help of another farmhand, who is jealous of Lay Zee's relationship with the girl.

Directed by Larry Semon - With Oliver Hardy, Al Thompson, Larry Semon

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Back Stage(1923)

20min | Kids & Family, Comedy

3.6/5 (with 1 vote)

The gang operates a donkey-propelled tour bus. Later, a cut-rate vaudeville producer hires them to help out with his show, which they wreck.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan - With Joe Cobb

It's a Gift(1923)

14min

3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives in a home filled with his eccentric inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation.

Directed by Hugh Fay - With Snub Pollard

Pick and Shovel(1923)

11min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Directed by George Jeske - With Stan Laurel

Derby Day(1923)

27min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 1 vote)

After the gang goes to the horse races, they decide to have a derby of their own.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

July Days(1923)

20min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mickey and Jack are trying to win the affections of Mary. In the interim, the village blacksmith, "Dad" Anderson, receives a lucrative contract to produce a creation of his: a sail-propelled scooter. The gang is lucky enough to get a hold of a few of these scooters, and happily sail down the city streets.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan - With Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, Allen Hoskins, Mary Kornman, ...

Roughest Africa(1923)

29min

2.7/5 (with 5 votes)

Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.

Directed by Ralph Ceder - With Stan Laurel, Jimmy Finlayson, Katherine Grant

Short Orders(1923)

11min

2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines. The first is a Limburger cheese bit that is low-brow but funny. The second is the final scene with dogs following Stan at the end.

Directed by Scott Pembroke, Hal Roach - With Stan Laurel

Oranges and Lemons(1923)

12min | Comedy

2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.

Directed by George Jeske - With Stan Laurel, Jimmy Finlayson, Katherine Grant, Sammy Brooks

A Pleasant Journey(1923)

20min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Ernie and Farina anger the police force with their shoeshine scheme. Later, the gang switches places with some runaways about to board a train.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Sunday Calm(1923)

20min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 1 vote)

The kids gets taken on a Sunday picnic in this early three-reeler and after the first ten minutes, manage to elude the adults in this typically charming effort from Our Gang.

Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Always Tell Your Wife(1923)

20min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A comedic short filmed directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock about an affair.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Seymour Hicks - With Gertrude McCoy, Stanley Logan

The Shriek of Araby(1923)

50min | Comedy, Action

2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

An employee in a theater showing Valentino's "The Shiek" daydreams about himself playing Valentino's role.

Directed by F. Richard Jones - With Ben Turpin

Mother's Joy(1923)

23min

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Directed by Ralph Ceder - With Stan Laurel, Jimmy Finlayson, Charlie Hall, Earl Mohan, Glenn Tryon, Joe Bordeaux, ...

The Handy Man(1923)

20min | Comedy

A 1923 silent comedy.

Directed by Robert P. Kerr - With Stan Laurel

The Noon Whistle(1923)

11min

Stan is a lazy employee at a lumber company. Much of the first portion of the film has to do with Stan trying to sneak into work late--past the violent and rather insane supervisor. Later, however, Stan walks into a plot to steal the company away and frame the owner for a crime he did not commit.

Directed by George Jeske - With Stan Laurel, Jimmy Finlayson, John B. O'Brien, Katherine Grant, Noah Young, Sammy Brooks, ...

Collars and Cuffs(1923)

11min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Directed by George Jeske - With Stan Laurel

The Whole Truth(1923)

10min | Comedy

A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted. He goes to take another sip of his drink but instead picks up a different glass containing something very different.

Directed by Ralph Ceder - With Stan Laurel

Under Two Jags(1923)

11min

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Stan is in the company of ladies in this film. He is serving in the military with female officers, but there is also a demure lady who wins his affections.

Directed by George Jeske - With Stan Laurel

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1923 Short Movies

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The Balloonatic(1923)

The Love Nest(1923)

Glumov's Diary(1923)

The Soilers(1923)

The Cobbler(1923)

Stage Fright(1923)

A Man About Town(1923)

Dogs of War!(1923)

White Wings(1923)

Scorching Sands(1923)

The Champeen(1923)

The Barnyard(1923)

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Back Stage(1923)

It's a Gift(1923)

Pick and Shovel(1923)

Derby Day(1923)

July Days(1923)

Roughest Africa(1923)

Short Orders(1923)

Oranges and Lemons(1923)

A Pleasant Journey(1923)

Sunday Calm(1923)

Always Tell Your Wife(1923)

The Shriek of Araby(1923)

Mother's Joy(1923)

The Handy Man(1923)

The Noon Whistle(1923)

Collars and Cuffs(1923)

The Whole Truth(1923)

Under Two Jags(1923)

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