The Broken Cross

Synopsis

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Written by

Harriet Quimby

Studio

Biograph Company

Released

6 April 1911

Genres

Romance