The Cry of the Children (1912)
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.
Director: George Nichols
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Marie Eline as Alice, the little girl |
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Ethel Wright as The working mother |
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James Cruze as The working father |
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Lila Chester as The factory owner's wife |
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William Russell as The factory owner |
| Directing | George Nichols | Director |
| Crew | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Poem |