Gold and the Woman is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by James Vincent and starring Theda Bara.

[1][2] Dugald Chandos, an early English settler in America, tries to buy a thousand acres of land known as "The Valley of Shadow", from Chief Duskara, of the Wiconicoes.

The dying wife of Duskara utters a curse against the Chandos family and its descendants, hoping to inflict blindness on them.

Dent, who was a friend of Hester's father, has become involved with Juliet Cordova, a Mexican adventuress who is serving as his secretary.

Juliet covets the lucrativeness of the coal mines now on "The Valley of Shadow" and convinces Dent to marry Hester, while continuing their affair.