Feature film — 1911
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.
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Director: D.W. Griffith
On screen
Cast & crew

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
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Dell Henderson
The Manicurist's Friend

Henry Lehrman
Boarder

Wilfred Lucas
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