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The Cry of the Children
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April 30, 1912
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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
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Cast
Marie Eline
Alice, the little girl
Ethel Wright
The working mother
![James Cruze](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//rTDilm5WrU4I8n4abBUucJGoAkY.jpg)
James Cruze
The working father
![Lila Chester](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//a2CbCYflYF31lb3zF4ERZsxlAYb.jpg)
Lila Chester
The factory owner's wife
![William Russell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//aX8jIPumedzNkhgtrCo02XmQtiu.jpg)
William Russell
The factory owner