A Cry for Help (1912 film)

{{short description|1912 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = A Cry for Help

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| director = D. W. Griffith

| producer =

| writer = Edward Acker[https://archive.org/details/movurewor29chal/page/n765/mode/1up?view=theater&q "Edward Acker”], The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 30 September 1916, p. 2114. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

| starring = Lionel Barrymore

| cinematography = G. W. Bitzer

| editing =

| studio =

| distributor = General Film Company

| released = {{Film date|1912|12|23}}

| runtime = 17 minutes (16 frame/s)

| country = United States

| language = Silent with English intertitles

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A Cry for Help is a 1912 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CryforHelp1912.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: A Cry for Help |access-date=March 2, 2008 |work=Silent Era |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516103050/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CryforHelp1912.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008 }}