Children Who Labor (1912)

1912 · Silent film · 13 min · dir. Ashley Miller

• Drama

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Ashley Miller

Writer

Ethel Browning

Studio

Edison Studios

Released

1912-02-22

Running time

13 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Silent Hall of Fame, Silent Films, Feature Films

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Shirley Mason
• silent film
• silent era
• silent drama

Cast & crew

• Ashley Miller Director
• Robert Conness
• Miriam Nesbitt
• Shirley Mason
• JJohn Sturgeon
• Mary Fuller
• Viola Dana

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