Tuesday, September 7, 2021, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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Our Hospitality (1923)
Our Hospitality
(Buster Keaton, John G. Blystone, US 1923, 65 min., 35mm)
Coney Island
(Roscoe Arbuckle, US 1917, 25 min., 35mm)
In one of his undisputed comic masterpieces, Buster Keaton is Willie McKay, the last remaining survivor of his wealthy family, returning home to claim his inheritance. But the woman of his dreams, Virginia Canfield (Natalie Talmadge, the real-life Mrs. Keaton), comes from the family the MacKay’s are feuding with. The hair-raising, stunt-filled finale is worth the price of admission alone.
Preceded by Coney Island, in which Keaton, “Fatty” Arbuckle, and Al St. John are romantic rivals at the famed beachside amusement park.
Live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip C. Carli