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Tempest and Sunshine (1910)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Planter Middleton of Kentucky has two beautiful daughters, "Tempest," and "Sunshine," because of their different dispositions. "Sunshine" loves Dr. Lacey of New Orleans but is wooed by village postmaster Bill Jeffreys, who she rejects when he proposes. Soon after the Dr. & Sunshine become engaged, he is compelled to return to his home city. During his absence, "Tempest," who loves him, conspires with Bill Jeffreys to intercept the lovers' letters making the pair doubt each other. The Doctor decides to marry "Tempest” while Sunshine is brokenhearted. Just as Tempest and the Doctor are about to be married, the ceremony is interrupted by Jeffreys, who confesses the plot, and the lovers reunited.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Planter Middleton of Kentucky has two beautiful daughters, "Tempest," and "Sunshine," because of their different dispositions. "Sunshine" loves Dr. Lacey of New Orleans but is wooed by village postmaster Bill Jeffreys, who she rejects when he proposes. Soon after the Dr. & Sunshine become engaged, he is compelled to return to his home city. During his absence, "Tempest," who loves him, conspires with Bill Jeffreys to intercept the lovers' letters making the pair doubt each other. The Doctor decides to marry "Tempest” while Sunshine is brokenhearted. Just as Tempest and the Doctor are about to be married, the ceremony is interrupted by Jeffreys, who confesses the plot, and the lovers reunited.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter, a melodrama focused on individual moral choices and their consequences within a domestic setting, lacks an inherent political valence, leading to a neutral rating. The narrative champions universal ethical principles rather than a specific political ideology.
Based on the context of the 1854 novel 'Tempest and Sunshine' and the absence of specific movie adaptation details, the evaluation assumes traditional casting and a narrative that does not critically portray traditional identities or explicitly feature modern DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'Tempest and Sunshine' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on traditional Western tropes, and there is no depiction of queer identities or experiences within the story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1910 film is an adaptation of Mary Jane Holmes' 1854 novel. There is no available information suggesting that any character's established gender from the source material was altered in this early film adaptation.
There is no historical or canonical evidence to suggest that the 1910 film "Tempest and Sunshine" involved any race swaps. The characters from the source novel were implicitly or explicitly white, and there is no record of actors of a different race being cast in those roles.
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