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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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
United States 30 April 1912
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Original Title : The Cry of the Children Genre : Drama Country : United States Release Date : 30 April 1912 Directed by George O. Nichols Produced by ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1912:
20 October 1912
A truncated version of Wilkie Collins' popular mystery story.
14 March 1912
Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats but is soon rescued by Jack Harper, a prospector.
01 January 1912
An Orthodox rabbi deals with personal tragedies and an increasingly secular world.
08 June 1912
The prologue shows the life of a trapper, living in the solitude of the forest. He digs a bear trap, which is covered with boughs and grass.
16 March 1912
The Rev. Frank Speakman has been to a rural congregation, and is entertained by the members. He is considered a fine catch matrimonially and the ladies set their caps for him.
21 October 1912
A romantic Western in which John saves his beloved Mary when she is about to marry a criminal.
12 June 1912
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian maiden whenever he chances to meet her, until she longs and looks for his coming and going, and finds that he has made himself part of her life.
15 October 1912
While in his cups, an older gentleman buys a surprise for his family—one that eats peanuts and weighs 11,000 pounds.
26 December 1912
A comedy in which a man secretly has his pustules removed. His secrecy leads his wife to believe that he is cheating.
07 May 1912
Alkali is considered the ranch seamstress by the boys on Hard-Up, and consequently has to sew buttons on coats and do other sewing stunts that finally wear on his nerves and decide him on the matrimony thing.
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