Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Paramount yakakurumidza kugadzirisa hunhu hwaSternberg hunotevera, "Thunderbolt", nokuda kwokusunungurwa kwokutaura muna 1929. Rwiyo rwacho rwunonzi underworld melodrama-musical, rwunoshandisa zvinhu zvitsva zvinonzwika uye zvinoridza, kazhinji kuti vanhu vafare. "Thunderbolt" yakawana mutambi mukuru George Bancroft mubayiro weMutambi Akanakisisa
, asi ramangwana raSternberg neParamount rakanga risina chokwadi nemhaka yenhevedzano refu yekurasikirwa kwezvokutengeserana.