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The Crime of Carelessness (S)

Original title: The Crime of Carelessness
Year: 1912
Running time: 14 min.
Country: United States
Director: Harold M. Shaw
Screenwriter: James Oppenheim
Cast: Bigelow Cooper, Mabel Trunnelle, Austin Conroy, Herbert Yost, John Sturgeon, Jennie Bechtel
Producer: Edison Company
Genre: Drama | Silent Film. Origins of Film. Short Film
Synopsis: Inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan, New York City on March 25, 1911. It was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and 23 men – who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling/jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged sixteen to twenty-three.

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The Crime of Carelessness (S)

1912

Harold M. Shaw