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The Broken Locket
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 999 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Frank Powell [George Peabody], Mary Pickford [Ruth King], Kate Bruce [Ruth’s mother], Arthur Johnson [Mr. Joplin], Mack Sennett [Peabody’s friend], Gertrude Robinson [Kate’s friend], Henry B. Walthall [Mexican man], Marion Leonard [Mexican woman], George Nichols [doctor; and outside company office], James Kirkwood [at bar table], Owen Moore [at bar table; and outside company office], Robert Harron [outside company office], Anthony O’Sullivan [outside company office], Billy Quirk [outside company office], Dell Henderson, Lottie Pickford

Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by D.W. Griffith. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 17 September 1909 by Biograph Company [J131832]. Released 16 September 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

[?] Drama?

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 January 2009.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 41; Eyman-Pickford p. 324; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.