The Cry of the Children (1912)

The Cry of the Children

An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working mill.

The Cry of the Children

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Marie Eline
Marie Eline
as Alice, the little girl
Ethel Wright
Ethel Wright
as The working mother
James Cruze
James Cruze
as The working father
Lila Chester
Lila Chester
as The factory owner's wife
William Russell
William Russell
as The factory owner

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George Nichols
George Nichols
Director
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poem

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