The Cry of the Children (1912)
29m
Running Time
April 30, 1912Release Date
The Cry of the Children (1912)
29m
Running Time
April 30, 1912Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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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Details.
Release DateApril 30, 1912
StatusReleased
Running Time29m
Wiki.
The Cry of the Children is a 1912 American silent short drama film directed by George Nichols for the Thanhouser Company. The production, based on the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about child labor, stars Marie Eline, Ethel Wright, and James Cruze. At the time of its release, the film proved to be controversial for its use of real-life footage of children working inside a large textile factory. The film in 2011 was selected into preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".The film incorporates original lines from the Browning's poem in the film's intertitles, presented within quotation marks without a discernible speaker.