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West of the Water Tower (1924)
West of the Water Tower (1924)
Overview
Young marrieds Guy & Bee are ostracized by their supposed friends in town when Bee discovers she is expecting but the legitimacy of their union is called into question. Eventually the squire who performed their ceremony becomes aware of the scandal and produces the necessary certificate.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Young marrieds Guy & Bee are ostracized by their supposed friends in town when Bee discovers she is expecting but the legitimacy of their union is called into question. Eventually the squire who performed their ceremony becomes aware of the scandal and produces the necessary certificate.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central conflict critiques the harshness and hypocrisy of rigid social norms in a small town, advocating for compassion and understanding towards an ostracized individual. This focus on challenging oppressive societal judgment aligns with left-leaning values of social justice and empathy.
This film, produced in 1923, reflects the traditional casting and narrative conventions of its era. Its representation primarily features mainstream actors, and the storyline does not present critical portrayals of traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film critiques the hypocrisy and rigid moralism of a small-town community that uses Christian values for judgment and social control. By exposing these abuses and positioning the audience to sympathize with the victim of this judgmentalism, the narrative implicitly affirms the virtues of true compassion and forgiveness, distinguishing them from the community's flawed interpretation.
The film 'West of the Water Tower' does not feature any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on heterosexual relationships and societal challenges within a small town setting, typical of silent dramas from its era. Consequently, there is no LGBTQ+ portrayal to evaluate.
The film "West of the Water Tower" (1923) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on other dramatic elements, resulting in no portrayal of transgender identity within its story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1924 film "West of the Water Tower" is an adaptation of Homer Croy's 1923 novel. Character genders in the film align with their portrayals in the source material, with no instances of a character established as one gender being depicted as another.
The 1924 film "West of the Water Tower" is an adaptation of Homer Croy's 1923 novel. Both the source material and the film's cast portray the characters as white, consistent with the rural Midwestern setting. There is no indication of any character being established as one race in the source and then portrayed as a different race in the film.
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