4.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Boomerang (1919)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 4.0
Overview
Millionaire meat packer Peter Cameron, greedy for more money and power, maneuvers an alliance between his daughter Rose and George Gray, the son of Cameron's business rival Max Gray, in order to increase his control of the food industry. George, a lawyer, opposes the trust, and as a result is professionally ruined by Cameron, disinherited by his father, and jilted by his fiancée. Out on his own, George gets a job at a mill and starts at the bottom. When an epidemic breaks out among his fellow laborers due to their eating spoiled meat from the trust, George secures evidence of criminal practices which ultimately brings about the conviction of Cameron and the trust. In championing the rights of the downtrodden, George wins back Rose and reforms Cameron.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Millionaire meat packer Peter Cameron, greedy for more money and power, maneuvers an alliance between his daughter Rose and George Gray, the son of Cameron's business rival Max Gray, in order to increase his control of the food industry. George, a lawyer, opposes the trust, and as a result is professionally ruined by Cameron, disinherited by his father, and jilted by his fiancée. Out on his own, George gets a job at a mill and starts at the bottom. When an epidemic breaks out among his fellow laborers due to their eating spoiled meat from the trust, George secures evidence of criminal practices which ultimately brings about the conviction of Cameron and the trust. In championing the rights of the downtrodden, George wins back Rose and reforms Cameron.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores the societal shifts of the 1920s, particularly the tension between traditional values and the emerging desire for women's independence, without explicitly endorsing one side over the other. Its narrative likely focuses on the protagonist's personal journey to navigate these changes, leading to a neutral stance.
This 1925 silent film features a cast typical of its era, primarily consisting of white actors, without any intentional recasting of traditional roles for diversity. The narrative centers on a romantic drama and does not include critical portrayals of traditional identities or explicit themes related to diversity, equity, or inclusion.
Secondary
The film "The Boomerang" (1925) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a heterosexual romantic drama, offering no portrayal, positive or negative, of queer identity within its storyline.
The 1919 film 'The Boomerang' does not feature any discernible transsexual characters or themes within its plot, which centers on a jewel theft and romantic entanglements. Consequently, an evaluation of its portrayal of transsexual identity is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Based on available information for the 1919 film "The Boomerang" and its source novel, there is no indication of any character whose gender was changed from the original canon to the screen adaptation.
The 1919 film "The Boomerang" is an adaptation of a 1915 play. There is no evidence that any character in the original source material was canonically, historically, or widely established as a different race than portrayed in the film.
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