America's most exacting newspaper, the New York Tribune, said «The Bar Sinister» is one of the best things that has ever been seen on the screen. You should see this picture because it's story is a golden thread upon which are strung pearls of romance, drama and tragedy until one might fancy a necklace of priceless value, rich like the page of knowledge, with the spoils of time. (Print Ad- Daily Republican, ((Cape Girardeau, Mo.)) 10 November 1917)