The Cry of the Children
The Cry of the Children is a 1912 American silent short drama film directed by George Nichols for the Thanhouser Company.[1] The 29 minute picture, based on the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about child labor, stars Marie Eline, Ethel Wright, and James Cruze. The film was released on 30 April 1912. Controversially it featured real footage of child labor in factories.[2] The film was selected into preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2011.
Cast
- Marie Eline as Alice, the little girl
- Ethel Wright as The working mother
- James Cruze as The working father
- Lila Chester as The factory owner's wife
- William Russell as The factory owner
References
- ^ Wojik-Andrews, Ian (9 September 2002). Childrens Films: History, Ideology, Pedagogy, Theory. Routledge. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-135-57661-5.
- ^ Finamore, Michelle Tolini (28 January 2013). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-230-38949-6.
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