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The Cry of the Children

53 %|Apr 30, 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.

Featured Crew

George Nichols
Director
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poem

Cast

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