The Cry of the Children

The Cry of the Children
The Cry of the Children
	Alice (Marie Eline, center) with other child laborers and her father (James Cruze, left)
Directed by	George Nichols
Based on	"The Cry of the Children" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Cinematography	Carl Louis Gregory
Production; company	Thanhouser Company
Release date	April 30, 1912;
Running time	2 reels (2000 feet, original print 29 minutes)
Country	United States

The Cry of the Children is a 1912 American silent short drama film directed by George Nichols for the Thanhouser Company.^[1] 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.^[2] 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".^[3]^[4]

Cast[]

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

Play media

PLAY film (26-minute copy)

References[]

^ Wojik-Andrews, Ian (9 September 2002). Childrens Films: History, Ideology, Pedagogy, Theory. Routledge. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-135-57661-5.
^ Finamore, Michelle Tolini (28 January 2013). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-230-38949-6.
^ "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2020-06-03.

External links[]

The Cry of the Children essay by Ned Thanhouser at National Film Registry [1]
The Cry of the Children at thanhuser.org [2]
The Cry of the Children at IMDb

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[Wojik-Andrews2002-1] Wojik-Andrews, Ian (9 September 2002). Childrens Films: History, Ideology, Pedagogy, Theory. Routledge. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-135-57661-5.

[Finamore2013-2] Finamore, Michelle Tolini (28 January 2013). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-230-38949-6.

[3] "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

[4] "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2020-06-03.

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