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The Golden Bed

Name: The Golden Bed
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Released: 1925
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

1.4/10

Minimal

1925

Passed

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Runtime

90 minutes

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The film functions as a typical silent-era melodrama, relying on well-known archetypes such as the femme fatale and titled aristocrats. The narrative progresses through personal morality and social consequences rather than social critique. While the protagonist exhibits significant influence, her actions serve as a cautionary tale. The film upholds the social and moral hierarchies of the 1920s without challenging them. Overall, the film remains within the cultural frameworks of its time, focusing on maintaining status and dealing with the instability of wealth.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Golden Bed have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The movie adheres to a traditional structure focused on heterosexual relationships and competition. It does not include any same-sex relationships or non-cisgender identities.

How does The Golden Bed portray gender?

Limited

Flora, the main character, uses her influence through marriage and manipulation to achieve her goals. However, her actions are portrayed as morally wrong and lead to her downfall.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Golden Bed?

Minimal

The story revolves around European nobility and plantation owners, emphasizing Western European social hierarchies without showing diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds.

How does The Golden Bed represent religion and culture?

Limited

The plot examines social climbing and marriage as economic strategies within a traditional moralistic framework. It does not critique the institutions of wealth and status.

Does The Golden Bed include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

The female protagonist, Flora, navigates complex economic and social changes with considerable influence.

Limited or Absent

The narrative relies on the femme fatale cliché, portraying female autonomy as a moral transgression.
The setting emphasizes homogeneous Western European social structures and nobility.
The film lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or diverse racial and ethnic groups.

Official Synopsis

Femme fatale Flora marries a titled European to save the family planation. Her husband and a rival fall to their deaths in a glacier. Next Flora weds her sister Margaret's love Admah. She bleeds him dry, until he goes to prison.

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