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Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves

19126.60h 12m

Overview

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
Written by Alice Guy-Blaché, O. Henry
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Top Cast

Mace Greenleaf

Mace Greenleaf

Dr. Earl Headley - A Lung Specialist

Blanche Cornwall

Blanche Cornwall

Mrs. Griswold Thompson - The Mother

Marian Swayne

Marian Swayne

Winifred Thompson

Magda Foy

Magda Foy

Little Trixie Thompson

Darwin Karr

Darwin Karr

Mr. Griswold Thompson

Mary Foy

Mary Foy

Dr. Headley's Nurse (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

lovedoctordiseasesilent filmtuberculosiscurewoman directorill girlcaring childbacteriologistchildhood innocenceshort film

About Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves is a drama film released in 1912 exploring themes of love, doctor, disease, silent film, tuberculosis, cure. Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché, it stars Mace Greenleaf, Blanche Cornwall, Marian Swayne. It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.

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