2.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Poor Relations (1919)
Poor Relations (1919)
Overview
Dorothy Perkins, the eldest daughter of a simple, wholesome country family, leaves for the big city to study architecture. After winning a competition, she is a success, and meets Monty Rhodes, the son of aristocratic parents. Despite his parents' objections, Monty and Dorothy marry, but Mrs. Rhodes continually humiliates Dorothy for her lack of breeding. When she finally succeeds in driving the heartbroken Dorothy back to her own family, Monty realizes his mistake, and follows her to the country, where he finds happiness with his wife and their poor relations.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
2.7
Overview
Dorothy Perkins, the eldest daughter of a simple, wholesome country family, leaves for the big city to study architecture. After winning a competition, she is a success, and meets Monty Rhodes, the son of aristocratic parents. Despite his parents' objections, Monty and Dorothy marry, but Mrs. Rhodes continually humiliates Dorothy for her lack of breeding. When she finally succeeds in driving the heartbroken Dorothy back to her own family, Monty realizes his mistake, and follows her to the country, where he finds happiness with his wife and their poor relations.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores universal moral dilemmas concerning social aspiration, family loyalty, and the superficiality of wealth, focusing on individual choices rather than advocating for specific political ideologies or systemic changes.
The movie features traditional casting, consistent with films of its era, without explicit diversity or intentional race/gender swaps of roles. Its narrative does not critique traditional identities, maintaining a neutral or positive framing.
Secondary
The 1927 silent film 'Poor Relations' centers on a woman navigating class distinctions within her marriage. There are no discernible LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes present in the film's storyline or character arcs, resulting in a net impact of N/A.
The film 'Poor Relations' (1919) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a young woman's struggles with ambition, class, and romance in the city, without any elements related to transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This 1919 silent film is not an adaptation of a widely known source material with pre-established characters whose genders were altered. The characters appear to be original to the story or its immediate source, with no indication of a gender swap from prior canonical or historical portrayals.
The 1919 film "Poor Relations" is an adaptation of a story by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The characters, implicitly understood as white within the context of early 20th-century American literature and film, were portrayed by white actors. There is no evidence of any character being depicted as a different race than established or implied by the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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