The Cry of the Children

5.3
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 29 min
  • Premiere: 1912. April 30.

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.

Discover

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

Directing

George Nichols

Director

Directing

George Nichols

Director