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The Cry of the Children (1912) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1912 · 29 mins
- Directed by
- George Nichols
- Starring
- William Russell, Marie Eline, James Cruze, Ethel Wright, Lila Chester
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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