Two Men of Sandy Bar is a 1916 American silent Western Melodrama directed by Lloyd B. Carleton and starring Hobart Bosworth, Gretchen Lederer along with Emory Johnson.

While playing poker one night, Oakhurst meets fellow gambler Sandy Morton.

Sandy's father, Alexander Morton, owns a banking business in San Francisco.

The conflict drove Sandy to leave home at an early age and drift west.

One day, John Oakhurst pulls up stakes and boards a train for California.

While traveling on the train, Oakhurst befriends an alcoholic gambler named John Pritchard.

One night as the Duchess glances around the gambling hall, she spots a new gambler who had drifted into town.

Oakhurst's reputation is in tatters; He drifts South to take refuge from the Sandy Bar gaming halls.

An outraged Morton can't forgive Oakhurst's refusal to marry the Duchess.

Sandy has become a servant for a wealthy Southern California mine owner, Don Jose De Castro.

A significant problem arises when Oakhurst discovers she is the daughter of Don Jose De Castro.

Time marches on, and we find out the Alexander Morton Sr., Sandy's father, has reconsidered his sentiments regarding his son.

Sandy Morton finds out his father is in town, but he can't face him after all these years and goes into hiding.

If Oakhurst can turn into a respectable banker, he believes Don Jose de Castro will allow him to wed his daughter.

Oakhurst turns to leave the room with his head bent in shame when the elder Morton calls him back.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.

Harte's books including The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat and M'liss, helped fashion the standards for writing Western fiction.

Harte was 39 years old when he fashioned his play "Two Men of Sandy Bar" by drawing from his grab-bag of previously created western characters.

The struggles facing both Jack Oakhurst and Sandy Morton cements their friendship and ultimately turn their relationship into a life-long partnership.

[11] Olga Charlotte Printzlau (1891-1962) was 24 years old when she wrote the scenario for this photoplay which was based on the Bret Harte book.

The critics liked this film, especially Universal's picturesque settings, period costuming, romantic subject matter, and strong characters.

In the March 25, 1916 issue of the Moving Picture World, Robert C. McElravy reviews the movie:[20] It is unfortunate in a way that the story has so many winding threads, for this calls for short scenes and interferes seriously with the dramatic suspense at times.

The story gets an immediate hold and maintains it to the end.In the March 25, 1916 issue of the Motion Picture News, Peter Milne wrote:[21] The story is complicated, and a little confusion results at times, but on the whole, the complications serve to hold the interest steadily.

There is little opportunity for dramatic situations of any strength with such a complicated plot, but "Two Men of Sandy Bar" manages to entertain at all times, despite and because of its involved story.In the April 8, 1916 issue of the Moving Picture World, a staff critic observes:[22] It is a very complicated story, in all of its windings, but follows clearly enough from scene to scene.

It has some excellent character work and is superior to the average Western production nearly every way, except perhaps in dramatic strength.According to the Library of Congress website, this film has a current status of "No holdings located in archives," thus it is presumed all copies of this film are lost.