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The Broken Cross

Apr 6, 1911 · 17m
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Romance

PLOT

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.

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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
Directed by D.W. Griffith

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Biograph Company
Country
US

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