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The electrical bomb at the climax failed to explode on Monday night. However, the audience understood and the accident did not handicap the finale.
Walsh presents Arthur Hopkins' "The Thunder Gods," complete with every detail and equipped with some great electrical effects. The story tells of an eastern society man (John E. Ince), exiled for crimes he did not commit. He is riding over a mountain when a terrific thunderstorm breaks loose. He falls over a precipice and looses consciousness. When he regains it he discovers a Sioux Indian girl (Blanche Walsh) at his side. They become man and wife, his devotion to her increasing with each passing year. The next scene shows the pair five years after they were happily married. The man's friend (William N. Travers) pays him a visit, announcing that the exile is over. The guilty man had confessed on his death bed. The friend convinces the man to return to civilization. The man prepares to leave. After telling his wife of his intention she kneels down and prays to the "White Man's God" whom she was taught to fear. In her despair, she begs to the God of thunder to help her. Immediately a storm arises and the husband is seen returning down the path. When he nears his wife a flash of lightning hit him; he is stricken dead.
“At last a legitimate star has come to headline an ordinary vaudeville bill with a sensible sketch and a capable cast. Blanche Walsh can look the Majestic management straight in the eye when she accepts her salary for she will have earned every penny.” The act is one of the best dramatic attempts ever shown at the local house. The final scene showing Miss Walsh loudly calling upon God to assist her is exceptionally strong and from the women calls for tears aplenty. Ince does some excellent work and Travers passes nicely. The act is fitting for an emotional actress of Miss Walsh's standing.
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24:5 (10/07/1911)