The Face on the Barroom Floor

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1923

Original language

English

Production

Fox Film Corporation

Cast

Alma Bennett,Norval MacGregor,Gus Saville,Ruth Clifford,Michael Dark,Ralph Emerson,Frederick Sullivan,Henry B. Walthall

Director

John Ford

Writer

G. Marion Burton,Eugene B. Lewis

Producer

William Fox

Cinematography

George Schneiderman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0014031