Leans Traditional
8.3
Greed
(1924)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Why They Left Home (1917)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Ira, who is employed at the oil station, falls in love with Flossie, wife of Jack, as they drive by. Ira later announces to his father that he is going to the city, and does. Mary, his ex-fiancée, learns he has gone to the city and consoles the father of Ira by announcing that she, too, is going to bring Ira home. In the city Ira meets Hank, a property man in a theater, who invites him to come with him behind the scenes. (Only 2 minutes survive. Held on 35mm in the Library of Congress).
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Ira, who is employed at the oil station, falls in love with Flossie, wife of Jack, as they drive by. Ira later announces to his father that he is going to the city, and does. Mary, his ex-fiancée, learns he has gone to the city and consoles the father of Ira by announcing that she, too, is going to bring Ira home. In the city Ira meets Hank, a property man in a theater, who invites him to come with him behind the scenes. (Only 2 minutes survive. Held on 35mm in the Library of Congress).
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes traditional values and the sanctity of the home, portraying the outside world as a source of moral corruption for young people who stray from established norms.
This 1918 film features traditional casting with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative frames traditional identities neutrally or positively, without any explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film portrays the Christian moral framework, despite initial strictness, as the ultimate source of guidance and redemption for the protagonist, affirming its virtues against the perils of straying from home.
The film "Why They Left Home" (1918) does not contain any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Historical records and plot summaries for this silent drama indicate no narrative elements or character depictions that align with the rubric's criteria for LGBTQ+ representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This 1917 film is an original production, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. Therefore, no characters were previously established with a canonical or historical gender to be swapped.
This 1917 silent film is an original production, not an adaptation of existing material with pre-established character races or a biopic of historical figures. There is no evidence of any character having a canonically or historically defined race that was subsequently changed for this film.
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