The Broken Cross (1911)
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.
What is The Broken Cross about?
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. The Broken Cross is a Romance movie, released on 1911-04-06, runtime 17 minutes.
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Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Cast
- Charles West as Tom
- Florence La Badie as Kate
- Grace Henderson as The Landlady
- Dorothy West as The Manicurist
- Vivian Prescott as The Slavey
- Claire McDowell as Kate's Mother
- Blanche Sweet
- Robert Harron
- George Nichols as The Postman
- Dell Henderson as The Manicurist's Friend
- Henry Lehrman as Boarder
- Wilfred Lucas
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