Not My Sister Explained

Not My Sister
Director:	Charles Giblyn
Starring:	Bessie Barriscale William Desmond
Studio:	Kay-Bee Pictures under New York Motion Picture Company
Distributor:	Triangle Film Corporation
Runtime:	5 reels (50-60 minutes)
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent with English intertitles

Not My Sister is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Charles Giblyn and starring Bessie Barriscale and William Desmond. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince for Kay-Bee Pictures and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation in Culver City, California.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Bessie Barriscale - Grace Tyler
• William Desmond - Michael Arnold
• Franklin Ritchie - John Marshall
• Alice Terry - Ruth Tyler (credited as Alice Taafe)
• Louise Brownell - Mrs. Tyler
• Mabel Johnson - undetermined^[4]

Preservation

With no prints of Not My Sister located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[5] The film is included among the National Film Preservation Board's list of "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films" as of October 2019.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://catalog.afi.com/Film/14267-NOT-MYSISTER?sid= "NOT MY SISTER (1916)"
2. http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NotMySister1916.html Not My Sister at silentera.com
3. Blum, Daniel. Pictorial History of Silent Films. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972, p. 118. . Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
4. https://archive.org/details/motionpicturestu00moti/page/78/mode/2up/search "Johnson, Mabel"
5. Web site: American Silent Feature Film Database: Not My Sister . March 23, 2024 . Library of Congress.
6. http://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/SFF-LostFilmsList102319.pdf "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) National Film Preservation Board"