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Our hospitality [videorecording (DVD)].

Kino International, 2011.

Culture conflict -- Drama.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (75 min.) : Dolby digital si., sd. (music score), col. ; 12 cm.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1923.

Special features: Music score composed and conducted by Carl Davis, performed by the Thames Silents Orchestra (in 5.1 Surround or 2.0 stereo.) ; musical score compiled by Donald Hunsberger (2.0 stereo.) ; "The Iron Mule" (1925, 19 min.), with music of Ben Model ; original documentary on the making of the film, written by film historian Patricia Eliot Tobias with David B. Pearson ; "Hospitality, a 49 minute alternative cut of the film, with an explanatory introduction, and an organ score by Lee Erwin ; 2 photo and snapshot galleries.

Joseph M. Schenck Productions ; directed by Buster Keaton and Jack Blystone ; produced by Joseph M. Schenck ; screenplay by Jean Havez, Clyde Bruckman & Joseph Mitchell.

Buster Keaton with Natalie Talmadge, Joe Roberts and Joe Keaton.

"Like his 1926 film The General, this elaborate historical comedy broadened the boundaries of slapstick and proved that Keaton was not just a comedian, he was an artist. Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his inheritance is a shack. And he learns that the object of his affection (Keaton's real-life wife, Natalie Talmadge) is the daughter of a man with whom his family has been engaged in a long, violent feud. McKay's personal struggles are punctuated by brilliant slapstick set pieces that involve an exploding dam, raging waterfalls, and a primitive steam engine. Keaton supervised the design and construction of the train, which he revived two years later for the short The Iron Mule (in which he appears without credit as an Native American chief). This definitive edition of Our Hospitality features an exquisite orchestral score by Carl Davis, performed by the Thames Silents Orchestra; a documentary on the making of the film; and a rare alternate cut entitled Hospitality."--Container.

Adventure films.

Romantic comedy films.

Keaton, Buster, 1895-1966.

Blystone, John, 1892-1938.

Talmadge, Natalie, 1899-1969.

Roberts, Joe, 1870-1923.

Keaton, Joe, 1867-1946.

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