Children Who Labor (1912)
13m
Running Time
February 22, 1912Release Date
Children Who Labor (1912)
13m
Running Time
February 22, 1912Release Date
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Plot.
The father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile mill is hiring only inexpensive child labor. Reluctantly, he allows his oldest daughter to work in the mill. Meanwhile, in New York, the wealthy businessman Hanscomb is being urged to speak out against child labor, but he declines to do so. Then, while Mrs. Hanscomb and her daughter are traveling, the young girl accidentally wanders away, gets lost, and is taken in by the working class family. To help them, she takes a job in the mill. While this is taking place, Hanscomb has initiated a search for the daughter even as he goes about building up his financial empire.
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Children Who Labor is a 1912 silent short film and was directed by Ashley Miller. The film denunciation of child labour in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century is similar to The Cry of the Children. It is the second film for 15-year-old Viola Dana, who plays the worker's daughter. The true sister of Viola Dana is shown in that of the owner's daughter.