Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBuster Keaton
John G. Blystone
Written byClyde Bruckman
Jean Havez
Joseph A. Mitchell
Produced byJoseph M. Schenck
StarringBuster Keaton
Joe Roberts
Natalie Talmadge
CinematographyGordon Jennings
Elgin Lessley
Production
company
Joseph M. Schenck Productions
Distributed byJoseph M. Schenck Productions
Metro Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • November 19, 1923 (1923-11-19) (United States)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Box office$537,844

Our Hospitality is a 1923 American silent period comedy film directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone. Keaton stars as a young man who returns to his family home only to find himself embroiled in a generations-long family feud based on the real–life Hatfield–McCoy feud. Joe Roberts and Natalie Talmadge also feature.

Produced by Joseph M. Schenck and released by Metro Pictures in theaters on November 19, 1923, Our Hospitality has grossed over $500,000 at the box office. It was a groundbreaking work of comic cinema, as Keaton included "careful integration of gags into a dramatically coherent storyline," "meticulous attention to period detail" and beautiful cinematography and extensive location shooting"—a contrast to the era's other slapstick comedies. Turner Classic Movies describes Our Hospitality as a "silent film for which no apologies need be made to modern viewers."