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The Face on the Barroom Floor

NR

1914

12 minutes

Comedy

Overview

A painter turned tramp (Chaplin), devastated by losing the woman he was courting as a wealthy man, finds himself drunk and getting drunker by the minute with some sailors at a bar until he's literally falling down. He keeps futilely trying to draw the woman's picture on the floor with a piece of chalk until he finally passes out cold (or perhaps dies, as in the poem) at the end of the film.

Top Cast

Charlie Chaplin headshot

Charlie Chaplin

Artist

Cecile Arnold headshot

Cecile Arnold

Madeleine

Jess Dandy headshot

Jess Dandy

Lover who stole Madeleine

Vivian Edwards headshot

Vivian Edwards

Model

Chester Conklin headshot

Chester Conklin

Drinker

Harry McCoy headshot

Harry McCoy

Drinker

Hank Mann headshot

Hank Mann

Drinker

Wallace MacDonald headshot

Wallace MacDonald

Drinker

Fritz Schade headshot

Fritz Schade

Drinker

Edward Nolan headshot

Edward Nolan

Bartender (as Eddie Nolan)

Charles Bennett headshot

Charles Bennett

Sailor

Minta Durfee headshot

Minta Durfee

Bit (uncredited)

Edwin Frazee headshot

Edwin Frazee

Drinker (uncredited)

Frank Opperman headshot

Frank Opperman

Drinker (uncredited)

Josef Swickard headshot

Josef Swickard

Drinker (uncredited)