The Bar Sinister is a lost[1] 1917 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis.

An independent film, it was released on a State Rights basis.

[2][3] 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.

This article related to an American film of the 1910s is a stub.