This brief overview tour includes pickford, chaplin, keaton, and lloyd. Buster keatons third starring feature discounting 1920s the saphead, which was not conceived with keaton in mind, our hospitality is a boisterous satire of family feuds and southern codes of honor. Our hospitality 1923, directed by buster keaton and john. A daring rescue performed by buster at a waterfall is just one of the amazing stunts in this energetic silent romp. The more we study his films, the more we understand where and how he staged his elaborate scenes. How to move a donkey away from railroad tracks, or viceversa. The great silent stars filmed far more on this one block than at any other spot in town. See more ideas about silent film, comedians and hospitality.
A breathtaking comedydrama inspired by the hatfieldmccoy feud, our hospitality 1923 was buster keatons first featurelength masterpiece. Our hospitality 1923 starring buster keaton with musical score by carl davis. Our hospitality by buster keaton a movie to download, on vod and legal streaming lacinetek. The main reason why keaton is funnier and infinitely more modern than chaplin is that his movies are written, directed and shot as movies, never as excuses for comedy andor pathos. In 1831, keaton leaves his home in new york to take charge of his family mansion down south.
Buster keatons the general from 1926 was a silent film that hilariously displayed the idea of love verging on obsession. Trains frequently play important parts in keaton films, particularly todays our hospitality 23. Buster keatons first fulllength feature with a single storyline, our hospitality shows the performerdirector reaching in a different direction than his fellow silent movie greats. He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname the great stone face.
With buster keaton, natalie talmadge, joe keaton, joe roberts. This film exhibited how love for objects, people, and a cause can make people transcend what was thought to be humanly impossible. Our hospitality is a 1923 silent comedy film directed by and starring buster keaton. Buster keaton 19171928 full movies with musicd playlist. Our hospitality 1923 willie mckay 21 years old three ages 1923 the boy the love nest short. Keaton loved trains and had stephensons rocket recreated along with just on a mile of rickety track just for this film. Buster keaton our hospitality the playhouse video dailymotion. Even though buster keaton had an acting career of nearly 50 years, his greatest period can be narrowed down to only about six years, starting with our hospitality in 1923 and ending about 1929. En route, keaton befriends pretty natalie talmadge, who invites him to dinner. Buster keatons our hospitality 1923 remains one of his very funniest films, but it was also a groundbreaking work of silent film comedy at the time of its release. Busters second feature fi lm is set in 1831 and has him take a slow train from rural new york city to end up embroiled in the middle of a hat fi eld and mccoy feud.
Our hospitality is one of buster keatons best silent films, a hilarious spoof of the story of the feuding hatfield and mccoy families, beautifully blending slapstick and deathdefying stunts with. Silent movie clips buster keaton the playhouse 1921. Hollywoods silent echoes cahuenga tour 2018 buster keaton studio tour as part of the buster keaton weekend studio plaque dedication. The post dives deep into the filming of buster keatons 1830s hatfieldmccoy feudthemed feature our hospitality restored by lobster films. Not nearly as funny, or inventive as some of his other films, but it does still manage to entertain.
Our hospitality is a 1923 silent film where the canfields and mckays have been feuding so long that the actual cause for the dispute is long forgotten. Our hospitality is buster keatons warmup for future greater films. Together, these works put keaton, along with harold lloyd and charlie chaplin, as one of his eras true comedy masters 1. Buster keaton full movies with misic 19171928 youtube. In this film, buster keaton travels down south to take charge of his family mansion. Buster keaton, natalie talmadge, buster keaton, jack blystone. See more ideas about silent film, comedians and silent film stars. Our hospitality 1923 youtube buster keaton battling butler 1926 duration. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
Released in 1923 by metro pictures corporation, the movie uses slapstick and situational comedy to. Buster keaton our hospitality 1923 full movie youtube. Buster keaton, kathryn mcguire, natalie talmadge, joe keaton. Our hospitality starring buster keaton was released in 1923 by metro pictures. One of the last great silent comedies with keaton was steamboat bill, jr. Blystone and cinematographers gordon jennings and elgin lessley, he crafts shots that. Buster keaton celebrity profile check out the latest buster keaton photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. It is the story of a boy keaton who fall into a hatfield mccoy like feud. Academy honorary award winning famous yesteryear american actor, comedian, filmmaker, screenwriter, and stunt performer buster keaton began his journey in the entertainment industry as a child artist. Not the least of its triumphs is its careful integration of gags into a dramatically coherent storyline. Buster keaton 3 episodes, 19501951 the misadventures of buster keaton 1950 buster sunset blvd.
Joseph frank keaton october 4, 1895 february 1, 1966, known professionally as buster keaton, was an american actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. Keaton tours chaplinkeatonlloyd film locations and more. Buster keaton, original name joseph frank keaton iv, born october 4, 1895, piqua, kansas, u. Our hospitality, buster keaton silent internet archive. To keep her son safe, his mother moves him to new york. Chaplinkeatonlloyd film locations and more by john. Our hospitality 1923 broadened the boundaries of slapstick and proved that buster keaton was not just a comedian, he was an artist. Keaton was a brave genius, who not only understood comedy and action, but filmmaking.
Keaton stars as youthful dreamer willie mckay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to nd that his inheritance is a rundown shack. Comedian buster keaton was a pioneer of silent comedies in the 1920s. Our hospitality is a silent comedy directed, produced, written by and starring buster keaton. Our hospitality 1923 was the first of buster keatons 1920s silent comedy masterpieces, which also included sherlock jr. Travelling to antebellum dixie to claim his family estate, hapless heir willie mckay buster keaton learns hes also inherited a longstanding feud with the clan of his new girlfriend natalie talmadge, keatons reallife wife. Buster keaton great director profile senses of cinema. Watch buster keaton our hospitality the playhouse film gorillas on dailymotion. Building on the popular legend of clan feuds in the kentucky hills, buster establishes an entire period world before introducing his personal brand of comedy. Among the things you will learn from watching buster keatons our hospitality. From my piece on buster keatons our hospitality at alt screen. He went on to garner immense popularity earning the epithet the great stone face for his physical comedy that became his trademark. The silent clowns film series januaryapril 2020 programs. Our hospitality 2001 sole heir willie mckay buster keaton journeys by train from new york city to kentucky to claim his fortune amid a decadesold feud with the canfield family.
Released by metro pictures corporation, the film uses slapstick and. Our hospitality 1923 starring buster keaton and joe roberts. Loews transferred to raymond rohauer transferred to cohen film collection, 1953. Joseph frank keaton was born on october 4, 1895 in piqua, kansas, to joe keaton and myra keaton. How to put on a top hat in a lowceilinged carriage and why a porkpie. It was the last silent he made for universal pictures, and the last film where he had almost total creative freedom. Joe and myra were vaudevillian comedians with a popular, everchanging variety act, giving keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. It is the story of a boy keaton who fall into a hatfield mccoy. Blystone, buster keaton, natalie talmadge, joe keaton august 21, 2019 after her husband john mckay is killed in an ongoing feud with the canfield family, a woman takes her baby boy willie to her sisters house in new york hoping he will never know of the feud with the canfields.
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