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The Lady from Cheyenne

Name: The Lady from Cheyenne
Director: Frank Lloyd
Released: 1941
Duration: 88 min

Representation Score

2.2/10

Limited

1941

Director

Frank Lloyd

Runtime

88 minutes

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The film presents a female lead with significant intellectual and political ability to act, disrupting traditional gender roles. However, it remains tied to the era's traditional frameworks, lacking multi-layered depth. While it addresses historical struggles for suffrage, it focuses narrowly on a white, straight-centered perspective typical of the 1940s Western genre. Ultimately, the film offers a character-driven drama centered on a narrow demographic, with limited representation of diverse backgrounds.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Lady from Cheyenne have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film lacks any LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight relationships. The romantic tension is strictly between the heterosexual leads.

How does The Lady from Cheyenne portray gender?

Good

Annie Morgan is a strong and independent woman who challenges traditional feminine roles. She disrupts frontier hierarchies through her pursuit of property and suffrage, showcasing intellectual liberation.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Lady from Cheyenne?

Minimal

The cast is predominantly white, depicting a homogeneous frontier society. There is no significant racial diversity or non-Anglo-Saxon characters with ability to act.

How does The Lady from Cheyenne represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story examines the conflict between Quaker values and women's suffrage. It highlights the tension between individual rights and established patriarchal authority within a traditional Western moral framework.

Does The Lady from Cheyenne include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no visible or invisible disabilities depicted among the main characters or supporting cast.

Present on Screen

The film centers on women's ability to drive the story and intellectual dominance through the character of Annie Morgan.
It explores historical political themes like women's suffrage and property rights.
The narrative disrupts traditional frontier hierarchies by positioning a woman as a formidable force.

Limited or Absent

The cast lacks racial and ethnic diversity, reflecting a homogeneous frontier society.
There is a complete absence of LGBTQ+ representation or non-straight identities.
The film provides no depiction of characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!

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