{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Bar Sinister<br>(''aka:The Golden Woman'') | image = The Bar Sinister poster 1917.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Edgar Lewis | producer = Edgar Lewis Productions | writer = Anthony Paul Kelly | starring = Preston Rollow | music = Frederick O. Hanks<br>Sol Levy | cinematography = Edward Earle | editing = | distributor = State Rights | released = {{film date|1917|4|26}} | runtime = 8 reels | country = USA | language = Silent...English intertitles | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Bar Sinister''''' is a lost<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3589/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Bar Sinister'']</ref> 1917 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis. An independent film, it was released on a State Rights basis.<ref>[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BarSinister1917.html ''The Bar Sinister'' at silentera.com]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150928081233/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1916 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:''The Bar Sinister''](Wayback)</ref>
==Story== The film is about a white woman who is part black (or negro as it was called). The semi-derogatory term and now archaic "bar sinister" meant a person who was half-breed or half-caste particularly concerning the issue of black/and white.
==Cast== *Preston Rollow - Col. George Stilliter *Mary Doyle - Annabel *William Anderson - Sam Davis *Florence St. Leonard - Lindy *Hedda Nova - Belle Davis *Mitchell Lewis - Ben Swift *Frank Reilly - Big Tom *George Dangerfield - Luke Waller *Ray Chamberlin - Nick Benson *Victor Sutherland - Page Warren *Jules Cowles - Buck *William J. Gross - *William A. Williams - *Mack V. Wright -
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==External links== *[http://imdb.com/title/tt0007677/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 The Bar Sinister at IMDb.com]
{{Edgar Lewis}}
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