Our Hospitality (1923)

Directed by

John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton

Genre

silent film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 04m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 321 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his family home and gets caught up in a long-standing feud between two families. He must navigate danger and romance in the rural American South.

lightheartedwittywhimsicalplayfulmildly tensenostalgicabsurd

What happens

Our Hospitality is a 1923 American silent period comedy film directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone. Keaton stars as a young man who returns to his family home only to find himself embroiled in a generations-long family feud based on the real–life Hatfield–McCoy feud. Joe Roberts and Natalie Talmadge also feature. Produced by Joseph M. Schenck and released by Metro Pictures in theaters on November 19, 1923, Our Hospitality has grossed over $500,000 at the box office. It was a groundbreaking work of comic cinema, as Keaton included "careful integration of gags into a dramatically coherent storyline," "meticulous attention to period detail" and beautiful cinematography and extensive location shooting"—a contrast to the era's other slapstick comedies. Turner Classic Movies describes Our Hospitality as a "silent film for which no apologies need be made to modern viewers." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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