Exhibiting an egalitarian marriage, he helps her set the table for a "medium-rare" steak dinner (a huge piece of meat that she cuts in half) with baked potatoes hat she has prepared in their modest kitchen." The camera tracks behind the beloved Dodsworth as he walks among the workers, assembled to bid him goodbye ("I hate to see you go, Sam")."With he approach of Humungus' gang, the gates to the refinery were hurriedly reinforced and everyone went to their battle-stations.).This spoof of detective films was the first of Keaton's feature films solely directed by himself, after his co-director stints inThree Ages (1923)andOur Hospitality (1923).