The Golden Fetter is a 1917 American romance silent film directed by Edward LeSaint and written by Charles Tenney Jackson and Charles Maigne. The film stars Wallace Reid, Anita King, Tully Marshall, Guy Oliver, Walter Long and Mrs. Lewis McCord. The film was released on January 25, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
Edward LeSaint was one of the team members who acted in The Golden Fetter (1917).
Just because the Edward LeSaint was responsible for directing the movie doesn't mean he couldn't of acted in it also at some point, and therefore the statement is neither correct nor incorrect.