Leans Traditional
8.1
National Velvet
(1945)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
The Commanding Officer (1915)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
When Colonel Archer, the commanding officer of the military post, refuses to lend money to his second-in-command, Captain Waring, Waring obtains the money from Brent Lindsay, from the nearby mining town, in exchange for his promissory note. Both Waring and Lindsay court Floyd Bingham, the daughter of a retired colonel, but Floyd learns that Lindsay is involved with Queen, a dancing girl.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Overview
When Colonel Archer, the commanding officer of the military post, refuses to lend money to his second-in-command, Captain Waring, Waring obtains the money from Brent Lindsay, from the nearby mining town, in exchange for his promissory note. Both Waring and Lindsay court Floyd Bingham, the daughter of a retired colonel, but Floyd learns that Lindsay is involved with Queen, a dancing girl.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter, focusing on a commanding officer and military life in 1915, inherently emphasizes themes of duty, discipline, and hierarchy. These themes align with conservative values of order and tradition, leading to a right-leaning bias.
This film exhibits traditional casting and narrative framing, consistent with its historical context. It features mainstream representation without explicit diversity initiatives and portrays traditional identities neutrally or positively, without incorporating modern DEI critiques into its central themes.
Secondary
The film 'The Commanding Officer' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a love triangle and military duty, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences, resulting in a net impact of N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1915 film is an adaptation of Archibald Clavering Gunter's 1894 novel. A comparison of the main characters in the source material and the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender was altered.
Based on available information for the 1915 film and its source material, there is no indication that any character canonically established as one race was portrayed by an actor of a different race. All major characters in the film were portrayed by white actors, consistent with the likely racial depiction in the original novel and play.
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