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Forgotten

Name: Forgotten
Director: Richard Thorpe
Released: 1933
Duration: 65 min

Representation Score

0.4/10

Minimal

1933

Passed

Director

Richard Thorpe

Runtime

65 minutes

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Forgotten is a typical 1930s melodrama that upholds the social and domestic hierarchies of its time. The plot revolves around the widower Papa Strauss being displaced by his sons, eventually rescued by his daughter's romantic and financial success. The film presents a homogeneous worldview, relying on traditional familial structures and socioeconomic status quo without challenging existing power dynamics or exploring diverse identities. While Lena provides a central emotional arc, the film remains firmly rooted in the conventional cinematic constraints of the early 20th century.

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Category Breakdown

Does Forgotten have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or explore non-straight relationships.

How does Forgotten portray gender?

Limited

Female characters primarily fulfill traditional domestic roles, with Lena providing the emotional core of the story. The plot revolves around conflicts between daughters-in-law and the patriarchal figure.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Forgotten?

Minimal

The film focuses on a homogeneous, white-centric social structure without any characters of color or racial diversity.

How does Forgotten represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story examines the dissolution of the traditional nuclear family and emphasizes the restoration of social stability through a new conventional domestic unit.

Does Forgotten include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the narrative.

Present on Screen

Lena offers a strong emotional core within the family drama.
The narrative critiques the breakdown of traditional familial cohesion.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight characters.
The cast is homogeneous, lacking racial or ethnic diversity.
Gender roles remain confined to traditional domestic hierarchies.

Official Synopsis

Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and is unwelcome at all because his daughter-in-laws' object to his smelly pipe smoking. Finally the family tucks him 'out of sight and out of mind' into a nursing home, with very little 'honor thy father' thought given to it. However, unmarried daughter, Lena, who loves her father dearly, has a bright fiancée, who makes a lot of money off of a patent, and they make a home for him.

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