Our Hospitality

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Our Hospitality

1923,

1h 14m,

Comedy

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97%

31 Reviews

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2,500+ Ratings

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31 Reviews

90%

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2,500+ Ratings

Sole heir Willie McKay (Buster Keaton) journeys by train from New York City to Kentucky to claim his fortune amid a decades-old feud with the Canfield family. En route, he meets and is smitten with young beauty Virginia (Natalie Talmadge), who invites him to dinner, but he realizes too late that she is the only daughter of patriarch Joseph Canfield (Joe Roberts). The rules of hospitality protect McKay from harm in their house, but he must outwit her brothers to resolve the feud.

Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Mar 4, 2022

4/5

That waterfall swing and rescue of Talmadge was surely one of the greatest, most thrilling action scenes in cinema history in 1923 and in 2022, it still is.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Sep 3, 2019

Buster Keaton's ingenuity, acrobatics, and romanticism flourish equally in this antic twist on melodrama...

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TIME Magazine

Jun 1, 2015

The Keatons, four of them, combine to make this picture highly hilarious.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Mar 27, 2024

3.5/4

a much more assured and mature work, not to mention a film that is decidedly more cinematic in its visuals than Keaton's previous feature

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Jules Caldeira

Film Inquiry

Apr 1, 2023

Our Hospitality stands on its own as a masterful comedy while also paving the way for his films to come. It is a must for comedy nerds and fans of old Hollywood alike.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

Feb 25, 2022

2.5/4

...plays more like straight-up adventure than the ticklish comedy Keaton had mostly been known for.

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Feb 2, 2019

The best comedy movie ever made!

Anakin R

Jul 27, 2017

At a time when movies were trying to portray dramatic presentation like plays and novels, Keaton and Chaplin came to show us that movies can also appeal to us and be amusing to watch.

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Hermione W

Oct 22, 2009

Our Hospitality is a fine comedy from Buster Keaton. An oblivious and hapless young man visits the South to claim his father's house, and falls in love with a woman whose family has a blood feud with him. Chaos ensues, but its a fun and enjoyable comedy with a warm hearted ending.

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John G. Blystone

Director

Buster Keaton

Director

Buster Keaton

Willie McKay (21 years old)

Natalie Talmadge

Virginia Canfield

Buster Keaton Jr.

Willie McKay (1 year old)

Joe Keaton

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Synopsis

Sole heir Willie McKay (Buster Keaton) journeys by train from New York City to Kentucky to claim his fortune amid a decades-old feud with the Canfield family. En route, he meets and is smitten with young beauty Virginia (Natalie Talmadge), who invites him to dinner, but he realizes too late that she is the only daughter of patriarch Joseph Canfield (Joe Roberts). The rules of hospitality protect McKay from harm in their house, but he must outwit her brothers to resolve the feud.

Director: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton
Screenwriter: Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph A. Mitchell
Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc., Kino Video
Production Co: Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 19, 1923, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2019
Runtime: 1h 14m

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