Falling Leaves (Short 1912)

Falling Leaves (Short 1912). 12m | Not Rated

“Early cinema was male dominated, as it is now. There was one exception, however. Alice Guy-Blache, co-owner of Solax Studios and the first director to create a plot to a movie (1896–The Cabbage Fairy). In 1910, her and her husband, along with a third partner, formed the Solax film production studio in Ft. Lee, N. J. She was the primary director at the company.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHer work stood apart from her male directing colleagues in the industry for her sensitivity and compassion. In March 1912 u0026quot;Falling Leaves,u0026quot; her look at tuberculosis is a tear jerker. A common theme as seen in the example in u0026quot;Falling Leaves,u0026quot; Guy-Blacheu0026#39;s films are replete with child heroes–after all, the doctor wouldnu0026#39;t have stopped at the house if the kid wasnu0026#39;t hanging leaves outside on the trees. Her first film for Solax was 1910u0026#39;s u0026quot;A Childu0026#39;s Sacrifice.u0026quot;nDuring her career Guy-Blache wrote, directed or produced over 1,000 films, from shorts to feature films. Her movie-making days ended in 1920 when she was only 41 years old. But she was still active in writing her autobiography in the late 1940u0026#39;s.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHer motto hanging on her wall at Ft. Lee, N. J. Solax Studio for all the actors to see was u0026quot;Act Natural.u0026quot;”