Buster Keaton up to provide replacements, as happened to some other late-arriving divisions. During his time in uniform, he suffered an ear infection that permanently impaired his hearing. In February 1917, Keaton met Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle at the Talmadge Studios in New York City, where Arbuckle was under contract to Joseph M. Schenck. Joe Keaton disapproved of films, and Buster also had reservations about the medium. During his first meeting with Arbuckle, he asked to borrow one of the cameras to get a feel for how it worked. He took the camera back to his hotel room and dismantled and reassembled it.
Buster Keaton Rides Again with a retrospective of Keaton's work including scenes from "The Butcher Boy" (1917), "The Frozen North" (1922), "Seven Chances" (1925), and "The General" (1927). Keaton and Gerald Potterton, his director on "The Railrodder", discussed and occasionally argued over gags in the film with the director concerned about the safety of his star. During the filming of "The Railrodder", Keaton celebrated his 69th birthday. He also had the opportunity to meet fans across Canada. Filmed concurrently with the production of "The Railrodder" during the fall of 1964, the NFB documentary was filmed in black-and-white, as opposed to the short film itself,