Buster Keaton ever made. Keaton was recognized as the seventh-greatest film director by "Entertainment Weekly", and the American Film Institute ranked him in 1999 as the 21st greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema. Keaton was born into a vaudeville family in Piqua, Kansas, the small town where his mother, Myra Keaton ("née" Cutler), was when she went into labor. He was named "Joseph" to continue a tradition on his father's side (he was sixth in a line bearing the name Joseph Keaton) and "Frank" for his maternal grandfather, who disapproved of his parents' union. Later, Keaton changed his middle name to
Buster Keaton Rides Again libraries operated by university and provincial authorities. "Buster Keaton Rides Again" was submitted to the 1966 Canadian Film Awards, where John Spotton won Best General Information Award. He also won the CIDALC Award at the 1966 Venice Film Festival. Spotton was also nominated for the Flaherty Documentary Award at the 1967 BAFTA Awards. "Buster Keaton Rides Again" went on to be entered in a number of film festivals, winning other prestigious awards, including first prize at the 1967 American Film and Video Festival in the category of Music, Literature and Films (Itinerant). "Buster Keaton Rides Again" and "The Railrodder" are