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After attempts at reconciliation, Natalie divorced Keaton in 1932, taking his entire fortune and refusing to allow any contact between Keaton and his sons, whose last name she had changed to Talmadge.

Keaton was reunited with them about a decade later when his older son turned 18.

The failure of his marriage, along with the loss of his independence as a filmmaker, led Keaton into a period of alcoholism.