The Face on the Barroom Floor – starring Charlie Chaplin, originally released August 10, 1914, by Keystone Studios
The Face on the Barroom Floor is a different film for Charlie Chaplin – he plays the part of a painter, who loses the woman that he loves to one of the men whose portrait Charlie is painting. Charlie loses his love and his interest and eventually becomes a barfly – Charlie the Little Tramp, painting the face of his lost love on the floor of the bar. Later, he passes her on the street, with her husband and a gaggle of children — and Charlie laughs at what he’s avoided, and walks off merrily.
Trivia about The Face on the Barroom Floor
- Based on the poem, The Face on the Barroom Floor by Hugh Antoine D’Arcy
- This Keystone silent film also has appearances by Chester Conklin and Hank Mann
- Also released as:
- Charlie Chaplin som artist (Sweden)
- Charlot, pintor (Spain)
- Il Pittore (Italy)
- The Ham Actor
- The Ham Artist
Cast of characters
- Charlie Chaplin (Limelight) … Artist
- Cecile Arnold (Dough and Dynamite) … Madeleine – a Model
- Jess Dandy (The Masquerader) … Lover who stole Madeleine
- Vivian Edwards (His Trysting Place) … Model
- Edward Nolan (Making a Living) … Bartender
- Charles Bennett (Mabel’s Busy Day) … Sailor
Additional cast
- Chester Conklin (Gentlemen of Nerve) … Drinker
- Minta Durfee (Twenty Minutes of Love) … Bit
- Edwin Frazee (Recreation) … Drinker
- Wallace MacDonald (Those Love Pangs) … Drinker
- Hank Mann (City Lights) … Drinker
- Harry McCoy (Mabel at the Wheel) … Drinker
- Frank Opperman (Tango Tangles) … Drinker
- Fritz Schade (His Prehistoric Past) … Drinker
- Josef Swickard (Caught in a Cabaret) … Drinker