Our Hospitality (1923)
Comedy | 19 November 1923
Cast:
Joe Roberts, Ralph Bushman, Craig Ward [ More ]Directors:
Buster Keaton, John BlystoneWriters:
Jean Havez, Clyde Bruckman, Joseph MitchellCinematographers:
Gordon Jennings, Elgin LessleyProduction Designer:
Fred GabourieProduction Company:
Joseph M. Schenck ProductionsThe working title of the picture was Hospitality, as noted by various contemporary sources in Aug, Sep, and Oct 1923. On 11 Aug 1923, Motion Picture News reported that Buster Keaton and his wife, Natalie Talmadge, were taking a break from filming in Truckee, CA, to visit San Francisco, CA, where Keaton intended to hold “all future premieres” of his comedies. He declared that the San Francisco Bay Area audiences were more “discriminating” than those elsewhere. Two months later, a 14 Oct 1923 FD news item announced that Keaton had completed editing and titling the picture. The title was changed to Our Hospitality prior to theatrical release, as noted by the 5 Nov 1923 FD.
According to John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes (Santa Monica, CA, 2000), the waterfall scene was probably filmed at a water tank within Robert Brunton Studios (now Paramount) in Hollywood, CA.
Our Hospitality and Keaton's The Cameraman opened and closed the 24th San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 1-5 May 2019. ...
The working title of the picture was Hospitality, as noted by various contemporary sources in Aug, Sep, and Oct 1923. On 11 Aug 1923, Motion Picture News reported that Buster Keaton and his wife, Natalie Talmadge, were taking a break from filming in Truckee, CA, to visit San Francisco, CA, where Keaton intended to hold “all future premieres” of his comedies. He declared that the San Francisco Bay Area audiences were more “discriminating” than those elsewhere. Two months later, a 14 Oct 1923 FD news item announced that Keaton had completed editing and titling the picture. The title was changed to Our Hospitality prior to theatrical release, as noted by the 5 Nov 1923 FD.
According to John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes (Santa Monica, CA, 2000), the waterfall scene was probably filmed at a water tank within Robert Brunton Studios (now Paramount) in Hollywood, CA.
Our Hospitality and Keaton's The Cameraman opened and closed the 24th San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 1-5 May 2019.
Sole surviving son William McKay settles a family feud by marrying the rival feudist's daughter, Virginia Canfield. Before the wedding, city boy McKay attempts to escape the little Kentucky hamlet unobserved. When the Canfield men give chase, he hitches a ride on a pioneer railroad train, then is swept over a high falls. A floating log saves McKay, and he rescues Virginia when she follows the chase and falls in the ...
Sole surviving son William McKay settles a family feud by marrying the rival feudist's daughter, Virginia Canfield. Before the wedding, city boy McKay attempts to escape the little Kentucky hamlet unobserved. When the Canfield men give chase, he hitches a ride on a pioneer railroad train, then is swept over a high falls. A floating log saves McKay, and he rescues Virginia when she follows the chase and falls in the water.
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