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.
International Buster Keaton Society of Muskegon—in 2010, Michigan Live in 2011, and The Muskegon Tribune in 2013. The Damfinos are listed online at Turner Classic Movies. The group has also been referenced in several Keaton related books, including Imogen Sara Smith's "Buster Keaton: The Persistence of Comedy," Kevin W. Sweeney's "Buster Keaton: Interviews," Edward McPherson's "Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat," "The Fall of Buster Keaton: His Films for MGM, Educational Pictures, and Columbia" by James L. Neibaur and "Silent Echoes: discovering early Hollywood through the films of Buster Keaton" by John Bengtson. The current president of the International Buster Keaton Society is