The read
It runs a compact 12m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
97 audience votes
Key crew
- Alice Guy-BlachéDirector
- Alice Guy-BlachéWriter
Cast
- Mace GreenleafDr. Earl Headley - A Lung Specialist
- Blanche CornwallMrs. Griswold Thompson - The Mother
- Marian SwayneWinifred Thompson
- Magda FoyLittle Trixie Thompson
- Darwin KarrMr. Griswold Thompson
- Mary FoyDr. Headley's Nurse (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
lovedoctordiseasesilent filmtuberculosiscurewoman directorill girlcaring childbacteriologistchildhood innocenceshort film