Movie

The Untameable

1923 · 65 min

An old dark melodrama with hypnotic menace and a lurid alter-ego lurking behind polite 1920s drawing rooms.

Overview: The Most Shocking Film of 1923! Directed by Herbert Blache, The Untameable dramatizes the then-sensational subject of dual personality, with Gladys Walton in the dual role of Joy and her whip-toting, brutal, sadistic alter-ego Edna, and Etta Lee as her faithful Asian lesbian maid.

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
identity
deception
betrayal
love
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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