The little town of Dogville is thrown into a feverish excitement. The advance agent of "Stickum's Imperial Mammoth East Lynne Co." is putting up glaring four-colored posters announcing the coming of that stupendous aggregation of talent. "...See moreThe little town of Dogville is thrown into a feverish excitement. The advance agent of "Stickum's Imperial Mammoth East Lynne Co." is putting up glaring four-colored posters announcing the coming of that stupendous aggregation of talent. "Red Curtis," a well-to-do young cattle owner, is attracted by the play bills, and when the troupe opens at the Opera House, he is on hand to witness the performance. All is well and the delighted audience is loud in its approbation, when suddenly an accident occurs that throws the house into wild panic. An oil lamp, suspended by a rotten wire, falls on the stage and explodes. "Red" sees the peril of the leading lady, and, instead of joining the mad throng, he springs upon the stage and, rescuing her from the flames, bears her fainting form without the burning theater. Returning, he makes his way through the smoke and fire to the dressing room, where her child lies asleep. He barely succeeds in escaping with his life, but does so, and restores the little one to its frantic mother. Written by
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