The Cry of the Children (1912)
04/30/1912 (US) • 29m
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Marie Eline
Alice, the little girl
Ethel Wright
The working mother
James Cruze
The working father
Lila Chester
The factory owner's wife
William Russell
The factory owner
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