Buster Keaton

Joe Roberts

Natalie Talmadge

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Craig Ward

Joe Keaton

Kitty Bradbury

Buster Keaton Jr.

Erwin Connelly

Edward Coxen

Jack Duffy

Tom London

Monte Collins Sr.

John G. Blystone

Joseph M. Schenck

Fred Gabourie

Joseph A. Mitchell

Elgin Lessley

Walter J. Israel

Jean C. Havez

Gordon Jennings

Chick Collins

Clyde Bruckman

Comedy

Romance

Our Hospitality

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

United States of America

The horse-woman gag, and somehow not the stunt work, is what made me finally accept that Keaton > Chaplin

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Buster Keaton is the young "Willie McKay" who is returning home to his Appalachian home when he meets and immediately takes a shine to "Virginia Canfield" (Natalie Talmadge). Now these surnames make an huge difference to their chances of any relationship. Like the "Montague" and "Capulet" families of old, there is a vendetta that's been running for generations and that isn't going to end because these two fall in love. Indeed, when he visits their home, he discovers that the "Canfield" family have taken quite a drastic vow that could put an end to poor old "Willie" altogether! His saving grace is that they will not break the laws of hospitality, so he has to start thinking of ways of staying put - forever! Can he get his gal? Can he even keep breathing? This has plenty of traditional comedy stunts, a dynamited dam and slapstick fisticuffs but it's the trains that steal it for me. There are an astonishing, and entertaining, selection of contraptions that run on rails here for Keaton to use for travel and to maybe even escape his pursuers. People sedately seated in carriages filled with black smoke does raise a smile. The story itself does run a little too much to melodrama for me at times - but that was perhaps not helped by the rather soporific accompaniment that let it drag a bit. Great outdoor production though and a star who is very much at the top of his game makes for an engaging and enjoyable watch.

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BUSTER KEATON: 3 FILMS (Volume 3) (Masters of Cinema) Clips

Buster Keaton's "Our Hospitality" (1923) ✄ with "Out of Sight and Snowblind" by Laika