Saturday, September 05, 2020
Falling Leaves
Falling Leaves is a 1912 silent short film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché. A young girl is dying of consumption. Can the doctor who has developed a cure save her? I love these old silent shorts. So much story and character development in so little time. The creators of our modern bloated films could learn a lesson from some of these little works.
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...and it's a wonderful song!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful song, yes!
DeleteI had to look up consumption. I had NO idea it was actually TB. I also had no idea there wasn't a cure for it. This film was great and I'm sure gave hope to those whose children or the elderly had the disease/virus. Yet another reason to wear a mask in public.
ReplyDelete"Consumption" was the commonly-used name due to the wasting weight loss. A cure would be a blessing.
DeleteHappy ending
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DeleteSounds like a very moving story and beautifully named too 😁. I hope you're having a lovely weekend! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely story :)
DeleteI find it so amazing that we have films from more than 100 years ago. I especially like the early Charlie Chaplin ones. This is interesting.
ReplyDeletebe well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
It is amazing, I agree, and amazing that they were able to accomplish so much that early.
DeleteNice to have a happy ending. Need more of those these days. :)
ReplyDeleteWasn't it sweet?! Yes, a bit of a happy ending is nice to see these days.
DeleteYou're right about today's film writers/directors learning from the spare but touching shorts of the silent era. Thanks for posting this one.
ReplyDeleteI"m glad you enjoyed it :)
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