The Broken Cross (1911)
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.
- Date of release
- 1911-04-06
- Runtime
- 17m
- Genres
- Romance
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
The Broken Cross is a 1911 American short silent romance film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Charles West and featuring Blanche Sweet.
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