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The Broken Cross

Romance
April 6, 19110h 17m
Overview

Before Tom departs for the city, he becomes engaged to Kate. She gives him half of her broken pendant cross, with the agreement that either can end the engagement by sending his or her half to the other. In a city boarding house, Tom is vamped by a flirtatious manicurist who learns of the agreement and sends Tom half a cross, pretending it is from Kate. Tom realizes he has been tricked and returns to the country and his fiancée.

Director
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Production
Biograph Company
Cast
Charles West
Charles WestTom
Florence La Badie
Florence La BadieKate
Grace Henderson
Grace HendersonThe Landlady
Dorothy West
Dorothy WestThe Manicurist
Vivian Prescott
Vivian PrescottThe Slavey
Claire McDowell
Claire McDowellKate's Mother