#Marian Swayne

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FALLING LEAVES (1912):

Girl tries to save sis

Who may die of consumption

If the last leaf falls

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「落ち葉」Falling Leaves Directed by Alice Guy Blaché • 1912 • United States Starring Magda Foy, Marian Swayne, Mace Greenleaf

７８点

あの葉が落ちるまでの命ですと余命宣告を姉を見て、妹は、糸で落ち葉を枝に一枚一枚結んでいる。そこを通りかかった博士が、姉の命を救う。回復した姉と博士は、結ばれる。

オーヘンリーの短編「最後の一葉」っぽいが、内容は違う。

23.3.16

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Falling Leaves (1912) / Silent short film / Mace Greenleaf, Blanche Cornwall, Marian Swayne

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Falling Leaves - Alice Guy (1912)

Short

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Falling Leaves (Guy, 1912)

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Marian Swayne and Billy Quirk in Auto Suggestion (1912)

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A House Divided (1913) A Silent Film Review

A House Divided (1913) A Silent Film Review

Alice Guy directs a domestic comedy about jealous spouses and their attempt to live together using the silent treatment.

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"Falling Leaves" court-métrage d'Alice Guy (1912) avec Mace Greenleaf, Blanche Cornwall, Marian Swayne et la jeune Magda Foy dans , février 2022.

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Falling Leaves (1912)

The impact of Alice Guy cannot be overstated. She is one of the most important figures in cinema, and though she was only active for roughly twenty-six years. She still produced several films with groundbreaking techniques, such as the close up in 'Madame’s Cravings' (1906). However, I think the biggest impact she had was her role in narrative storytelling. 19th Century cinema was primarily films known as, 'actuality films,' not quite documentaries, but showing real events as they happened. It was Guy who thought cinema could be more. So, in 1896 she directed, 'The Cabbage Fairy' and put cinema on track to where it is today.

This particular film is one she based off the O. Henry short story, 'The Last Leaf' (1907). The film depicts Dr. Headley (Mace Greenleaf) who has just discovered the cure for tuberculosis, and as it so happens, there is a woman, Winifred (Marian Swayne), who is dying of that disease not too far from his office. Her family is distraught by the diagnosis, and the family doctor tells her mother and sister, Trixie (Magda Foy), that she will die when the last leaf falls. Trixie, being a child takes these words literally, so she goes outside and begins tying the leaves up in the trees outside.

The film ends on a much warmer note than the short story, so for anyone worried about the outcome of it, there is a happy ending. What is interesting though, is in the story, it is Pneumonia that the young girl is dying of. Mace Greenleaf, would die of Pneumonia a week after this film was released.

Solax Studios is the production company for this piece, a company founded in 1910 from Gaumont Film Company. The founding members were Alice, her husband Herbert and a third party named George A. Magie. Guy was the primary director for their films, one of the most significant being the 1912 'A Fool and His Money,' which is likely to be the first film with an all African-American cast. Major stars of the period also went through the studio, names such as Olga Petrova or Claire Whitney decorated their halls.

While Darwin Karr would be in well over 100 more films besides this one, the actress of note is Magda Foy. This is because she was often cast in Solax films, so much so that she earned the nickname, 'the Solax Kid.' In total, she appeared in twenty-three films for Solax between 1910-17, this being one of her more well-known roles.

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Falling Leaves 1912

Falling Leaves is a 1912 American silent short film by Alice Guy-Blaché, produced at Solax Studios. Starring Solax stock actors, the story concerns a child’s earnest effort to keep her dying sister alive by naive means. Wikipedia Director: Alice Guy-Blaché(The world’s first female director) Producer: Alice Guy-Blaché Production company: Solax Studios Language: English language Cast: Blanche…

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Marian Swayne and Fraunie Fraunholz in A House Divided (1913)

Direction: Alice Guy-Blaché

Costumes: Not credited

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Brennan of the Moor 1913

Brennan of the Moor 1913

Brendan O’Malley is a Robin Hood like bandit, who repeatedly escapes from jail, survives attempts to kill him, and eventually manages to sail to safety on a ship with the lady of his heart who helped him in his latest escape. Director: Edward Warren Stars: Barney Gilmore, Marian Swayne, Joseph Levering Irish Film & TV Research Online http://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/silent/ is making available for…