The Cry of the Children1912
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I should qualify this by saying I am a labor historian of this time period. But this is an amazing silent film about a powerful issue that affected millions of families during the early twentieth century--child labor and the low wages for adults that required it. Of course the same system has now been recreated for western consumption in China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and many other nations. It was horrible then and horrible now. Films like this were useful then in rallying people for change in the U.S.. Hopefully they can be on a worldwide scale today.
Starring
- Lila Chester - The Factory Owner's Wife
- James Cruze - The Working Father
- Marie Eline - Alice
- William Russell - The Factory Owner
- Ethel Wright - The Working Mother
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I should qualify this by saying I am a labor historian of this time period. But this is an amazing silent film about a powerful issue that affected millions of families during the early twentieth century--child labor and the low wages for adults that required it. Of course the same system has now been recreated for western consumption in China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and many other nations. It was horrible then and horrible now. Films like this were useful then in rallying people for change in the U.S.. Hopefully they can be on a worldwide scale today.
Grim, helped exposed the horror and cruelty of child labor.