The Cry of the Children
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.
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.
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
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.
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