The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923)
60 min
As a derelict paints the face of a girl on a barroom floor, the plot is developed in a series of flashbacks: Robert Stevens, an artist engaged to marry Marion, a society girl, becomes charmed with a fisherman's daughter who poses for him. The society girl's brother brings dishonor upon the fisherman's daughter, and when she commits suicide the artist shields the brother. Stevens is blamed by his fiancée, who terminates their engagement. The artist becomes a derelict and is wrongfully imprisoned. Eventually Stevens is exonerated and reunited with Marion.
- Release date
- January 1, 1923
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Henry B. Walthall as Robert Stevens
- Ruth Clifford as Marion Trevor
- Ralph Emerson as Dick Von Vleck
- Frederick Sullivan as Thomas Waring
- Alma Bennett as Lottie
- Norval MacGregor as Governor
- Michael Dark as Henry Drew
- Gus Saville as Fisherman
Crew
- John Ford · Director
- G. Marion Burton · Writer
- Eugene B. Lewis · Writer
- Hugh Antoine d'Arcy · Writer
- George Schneiderman · Cinematographer