--- name: "Joseph A. Mitchell" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-a-mitchell" fi1m_id: "joseph-a-mitchell" imdb_id: "nm0593477" tmdb_id: 10519 wikidata_id: "Q99620939" roles: ["Writer"] born: "22 May 1866" died: "21 April 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_as: "writer" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-25T06:13:47.988885+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Joseph A. Mitchell ## Identity Joseph A. Mitchell - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-a-mitchell - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** joseph-a-mitchell - **IMDb ID:** nm0593477 - **TMDB ID:** 10519 - **Wikidata ID:** Q99620939 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99620939, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10519 Writer. Born 22 May 1866 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 21 April 1950. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 22 May 1866, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - **Died:** 21 April 1950 - **Active:** 1923–1925 - **Also known as:** Joseph Albert Mitchell - **Frequently works with:** [Buster Keaton](https://film.one/person/buster-keaton.md), [Jean C. Havez](https://film.one/person/jean-c-havez.md), [Joseph M. Schenck](https://film.one/person/joseph-m-schenck.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Comedy 3, Romance 2, Action 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99620939, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593477/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10519 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Our Hospitality*](https://film.one/film/our-hospitality.md) (81), [*Seven Chances*](https://film.one/film/seven-chances.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Joseph A. Mitchell, also credited as Joe Mitchell, was an American screenwriter. He was born on 22 May 1866 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died on 21 April 1950 in Los Angeles, California. Mitchell contributed to several Buster Keaton silent comedy films in the 1920s. He received story credit on *Sherlock Jr.* (1924), shared with Jean Havez and Clyde Bruckman. He is credited on the screenplay and story for *Our Hospitality* (1923) and provided the screen version for *Seven Chances* (1925). Other credits include story work on *Three Ages* (1923) and *The Navigator* (1924). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, grokipedia.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Seven Chances* (1925), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-chances.md) - *Sherlock Jr.* (1924), Fi1m 91, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-jr.md) - *Our Hospitality* (1923), Fi1m 81, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/our-hospitality.md) ## Complete filmography (9) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ragtime* (1927), Story - *The Love Thrill* (1927), Writer - *He's a Prince!* (1925), Story - *Seven Chances* (1925), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-chances.md) - *The Navigator* (1924), Writer - *Sherlock Jr.* (1924), Story — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-jr.md) - *Our Hospitality* (1923), Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/our-hospitality.md) - *Three Ages* (1923), Writer - *The Balloonatic* (1923), as Barker outside the House of Trouble ## Gallery - ![From left to right: Buster Keaton, Clyde A. Bruckman, writer and "gag" man; Joseph A. Mitchell, author; Jean C. Havez, author and song writer; and Eddie Cline, (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/155344/gallery-70c805d391b1.jpg) From left to right: Buster Keaton, Clyde A. Bruckman, writer and "gag" man; Joseph A. Mitchell, author; Jean C. Havez, author and song writer; and Eddie Cline, (1923) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Buster_Keaton%2C_Clyde_A._Bruckman%2C_Joseph_A._Mitchell%2C_Jean_C._Havez%2C_Eddie_Cline_1923_%28Better_Version%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![From left to right in this photo, They are: Joseph A. Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Jean C. Havez, and Edward F. Cline. (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/155344/gallery-bbce03da6ca7.jpg) From left to right in this photo, They are: Joseph A. Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Jean C. Havez, and Edward F. Cline. (1923) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Buster_Keaton_with_writers_and_director_in_1923.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photograph of Buster Keaton with his writing staff. Caption reads as follows:Buster Keaton's gag department at work, with (left to right) Joe Mitchell, Clyde Br (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/155344/gallery-73efd57290cb.jpg) Photograph of Buster Keaton with his writing staff. Caption reads as follows:Buster Keaton's gag department at work, with (left to right) Joe Mitchell, Clyde Br (1923) — Photoplay Publishing Company; no photographer credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Keaton-Writers-1923.jpg/1280px-Keaton-Writers-1923.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![The people in this photo are Joseph A. Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Jean C. Havez, and Edward F. Cline. The man holding the megaphone onto his mouth (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/155344/gallery-1caf95dbc05a.jpg) The people in this photo are Joseph A. Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, Jean C. Havez, and Edward F. Cline. The man holding the megaphone onto his mouth (1923) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Keaton_and_friends_with_musical_instruments_in_1923.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joseph-a-mitchell