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There Goes the Bride

Name: There Goes the Bride
Director: Albert de Courville
Released: 1932
Duration: 79 min

Representation Score

1.1/10

Minimal

1932

Director

Albert de Courville

Runtime

79 minutes

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The film is a classic product of its era, focusing on romantic farce and class-based social maneuvering. While the protagonist's rebellion against an arranged marriage offers a minor disruption to gendered expectations, the narrative remains firmly rooted in period-standard social hierarchies. The lack of multi-layered complexity and adherence to conventional romantic resolutions result in a low diversity score. The production prioritizes comedic timing and escapism over systemic critique or social disruption.

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Category Breakdown

Does There Goes the Bride have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film follows a traditional heterosexual storyline without any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.

How does There Goes the Bride portray gender?

Fair

Annette takes control by rejecting an arranged marriage and patriarchal domesticity, but the story eventually returns to typical romantic comedy clichés.

How racially and ethnically diverse is There Goes the Bride?

Minimal

The cast and setting reflect the homogeneous society of 1932, with no evidence of racial diversity or non-Anglo-Saxon casting.

How does There Goes the Bride represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story operates within traditional Western social structures, functioning as a lighthearted comedy without critiquing religious or social institutions.

Does There Goes the Bride include disability representation?

Minimal

No visible or invisible disabilities are shown among the characters, who are presented through standard comedic archetypes.

Present on Screen

The protagonist actively rejects a predetermined marital path, showing significant individual ability to act.
The narrative provides a minor subversion of gender hierarchies through the female lead's initial rebellion.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks racial and ethnic diversity, reflecting the homogeneous casting of its time.
The story lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
There is no inclusion of characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...

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