The Broken Cross

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.

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Top cast

Charles West

Tom

Florence La Badie

Kate

Grace Henderson

The Landlady

Dorothy West

The Manicurist

Vivian Prescott

The Slavey

Claire McDowell

Kate's Mother

Blanche Sweet

Robert Harron

George Nichols

The Postman

Dell Henderson

The Manicurist's Friend

Henry Lehrman

Boarder

Wilfred Lucas

Jeanie Macpherson

Boarder

J

John T. Dillon

Boarder

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