#our hospitality

[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton & Natalie Talmadge Our Hospitality - 1923

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[thepopculturearchivist]

MOVING PICTURE WORLD, December 8, 1923

#buster keaton #1920s #movie ad #vintage advertising #vintage advertisement #silent film #silent comedy #our hospitality #1923

[exdeputysonso]

Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923)

#buster keaton #our hospitality #1923 #1920s #silent movies #film #filmedit #myedit #ourhospitality* #busterkeaton* #that hair #he's so beautiful

[justbusterkeaton]

#buster keaton #comedy #go west #our hospitality #the haunted house #silent movies #1920s #silent film #silent comedy #1920s cinema #golden age of hollywood #hollywood #slapstick #running

[littlehorrorshop]

Our Hospitality (1923)

#Buster Keaton #Our Hospitality #1920s #classic film #classicfilmblr #black and white #vintage #silent film #gif #mine #buster* #our hospitality*

[busterkeatonsociety]

#ThrowbackThursday A cute fold-out ad for “Our Hospitality” that came with the Silent Movie Herald.

#throwback thursday #buster keaton #our hospitality #francis x bushman #big joe roberts #1920s #silent era #silent movies #vintage hollywood #ibks #the international buster keaton society #buster keaton society #the damfinos #damfino #damfamily

[cassidylea123]

My Movie Reviews of the Day:

• Our Hospitality (1923)

Directed By: John G. Blystone & Buster Keaton

Plot Summary: on a trip back to his childhood home, a man falls in love with a woman he meets on the train. However, that woman comes from a family who has vowed to kill every member of his family.

Where to Watch: YouTube

This film is one of Buster Keaton's best. It is an absolute masterpiece. The way he can command a screen without uttering one single word is completely unmatched. This film absolutely masters being both a comedy and a drama. The central plot is very dramatic, being very reminiscent of 'Romeo & Juliet' (except with a much happier ending); a man and a woman from to feuding families fall in love. They manage to perfectly offset this drama with the use of ironic comedy; Buster Keaton's character becomes a guest in the house of thr family who is trying to kill him. I was laughing my butt off yet still hanging on the edge of my seat during the chase scenes. Everyone should watch this film.

•La roue [translates to 'The Wheel'] (1923)

Directed By: Abel Gance

Plot Summary: a railway engineer adopts a young girl who was orphaned by a train crash. As she gets older, he battles with whether to tell her about her true parentage.

Where to Watch: an app called Kanopy. It is free to use. All you have to do is enter in your library card.

This film is not for the faint of heart, mostly due to the fact that it is sad, on top of sad, on top of even more sad. The movie starts off sad, and ends even more sad. However, this truly is a beautiful film. There are actually a lot of ties to Greek mythology in this film. The main character, Sisif, is derived from Sisyphus, who was punished to endlessly push a rock uphill by the gods. Similarly, Sisif's life seems to be an endless tragedy. There are also ties to Oedipus, as Sisif harbors incestuous desires towards his adoptive daughter. You can't help but admire Sisif's resilience throughout this almost five hour long film. He eventually marries his daughter off to a wealthy businessman, as it is the only way he can keep his desires at bay. While it pains him a great deal to send her away, he finds some form of solace in his work, as he is truly passionate about being a train engineer. Then, ab accident at work blinds him, and while it is completely devastating for him, it leads to his reunion with his daughter. In conclusion, while it may seem like asking someone to dedicate five hours of their life to a French silent film from the 1920s is a lot, I really suggest you give this film a try.

•Der Letzte Mann [translates to 'The Last Laugh'] (1924)

Directed By: F.W. Murnau

Plot Summary: an aging doorman faces the scorn of his neighbors, friends, and society after being fired from his job at a luxurious hotel.

Where to Watch: YouTube

I believe this film is an absolute must-watch because the ideas presented in this film can be easily translated to modern day, those ideas being the self-imposed importance on society and status. This film follows an older man who works as a doorman at a prestigious hotel, a job he is very proud to have. He wears his uniform with pride, that uniform becoming an extension of his own identity. He is not himself without it. However, after his age starts to interfere with his work, he his demoted to a lowly bathroom attendant. This absolutely devastates him. He went from a position where guests and friends looked up to him to being someone who is essentially invisible. No one usually takes a second glance at the man who hands you a hand-towel in the bathroom. The most devastating part of this whole ordeal is his uniform being taken away from him. His boss literally rips the jacket of his uniform off of him, thus also ripping his own sense of identity with it. After all, who is he without that uniform? After he is demoted, he is now at the bottom of the food chain, and everyone around him treats him as such. They laugh at him behind his back and give him no respect. These themes are absolutely still seen today. There are certain professions that are more highly regarded than others. Doctors, lawyers, CEOs, are people who are very often looked up to. They are treated with the utmost respect. People take one look at their uniform and they think, "Wow, they really did something with their life". Then, on the flip side of the coin, there are professions that are looked down upon. Mechanics, cashiers, house cleaners, are often treated with very little respect. People take one look at their uniforms and think, "Wow, they really must have slacked off. They could've been a doctor and yet they settled for being a cashier". In conclusion, watch this film.

#1001 movies #movie review #1920s art #silent movies #buster keaton #our hospitality #la roue #the wheel #french #the last laugh

[pacingmusings]

Seen (again) in 2022:

Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton & John G. Blystone), 1923

#films #movies #stills #silent #Our Hospitality #Buster Keaton #John G Blystone #Natalie Talmadge #1920s #Hollywood #seen in 2022

[alias71]

Buster Keaton Tribute

#Buster Keaton #Tribute #Silent Film #The Great Stone Face #The General #Our Hospitality #Three Ages #Sherlock Jr #The Navigator #Seven Chances #Steamboat Bill Jr #Go West #Battling Butler #College #Youtube

[kevinpshanblog]

100 Year Old Film

Our Hospitality December 13th, 1923

On December 13th, 1923, Buster Keaton's second feature film, Our Hospitality, was released to the public. The film, co-directed by Keaton and John G. Blystone, is a hilarious and inventive satire of the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, which pitted two rival families against each other in a bloody and violent conflict.

The film stars Keaton as Willie McKay, a young man who inherits his father's estate in the South, unaware of the feud that has been raging for decades. On his way there, he meets and falls in love with Virginia Canfield (played by Keaton's real-life wife Natalie Talmadge), the daughter of the head of the Canfield clan. When he arrives at his ancestral home, he discovers that the Canfields have sworn to kill any McKay on sight, except when they are inside their own house, where hospitality rules prevent them from harming a guest.

What follows is a series of hilarious and ingenious gags, as Keaton tries to stay alive and win the heart of his beloved, while avoiding the wrath of the Canfields. The film showcases Keaton's trademark physical comedy, as well as his remarkable attention to detail and historical accuracy. The film features a realistic recreation of an early 19th century steam locomotive, a thrilling chase sequence involving a horse, a bicycle, and a waterfall, and a spectacular stunt where Keaton hangs from a rope over a rocky gorge.

Our Hospitality is widely regarded as one of Keaton's best and most influential films, as well as one of the greatest comedies of all time. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1995, as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

If you are a fan of Buster Keaton, or of silent comedy in general, you should definitely watch Our Hospitality, or rewatch it if you have already seen it. It is a film that will make you laugh, marvel, and appreciate the genius of one of the greatest comedians and filmmakers of all time.

#silent film #silent comedy #silent cinema #silent era #silent movies #slapstick #100 years ago #100 years old #our hospitality #buster keaton #Youtube

[friendlessghoul]

Our Hospitality - 1923

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[marisatomay]

blah blah blah aging tumblr population etc etc if you are ever visiting a family that just had a baby, and you know that they have other small children, bring a little something for each of the other kids. it doesn’t have to be anything fancy but, even the most charitable, well-behaved child starts feeling left out and lonely after the nth visitor brings gifts and attention for their parents and new sibling and, either isn’t there for them at all or the only engage with them about their baby sibling, especially since their parents have probably been completely consumed with the new baby. make their day and they will remember that bit of kindness and attention from you forever.

#like i still remember when my brother was born my sister and i were bored shitless in the hospital and really lonely #because all of the attention was on our parents and nate #or if people did even say hi to us it was just to ask if we were excited about the baby #but when my aunt visited before even saying hi to my parents she came right up to emma and i and gave us each a beanie baby #she’s the eldest of four so like. she Understood. #and that meant so much to us skjfkdjdjkfdkdkdk #yes this happened in 2000 yes i still remember it what about it!!!!!!!

[exdeputysonso]

Our Hospitality (1923)

#buster keaton #our hospitality #our hospitality 1923 #1920s #film #filmedit #silent movies #myedit #busterkeaton* #i love him #so much

[justbusterkeaton]

Socially Awkward Buster

Music: If You Wanna Come Back by The Vaccines

#buster keaton #the vaccines #if you wanna come back #comedy #silent movies #1920s #our hospitality #three ages #the cameraman #silent film #silent comedy #1920s cinema #golden age of hollywood #hollywood #slapstick #social awkwardness #autism

[littlehorrorshop]

Our Hospitality (1923)

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[busterkeatonsociety]

#TalkieTuesday Howard Hawks on Buster Keaton, part of the late Peter Bogdanovich’s “One Handshake Away” podcast - thanks to Karen Katz for pointing us in that direction!

#talkie tuesday #buster keaton #howard hawks #quote #one handshake away #podcast #peter bogdanovich #our hospitality #silent era #silent movies #vintage hollywood #1920s #ibks #the international buster keaton society #buster keaton society #the damfinos #damfino #damfamily