Independent Films, Comedy, Classics
Face on the Barroom Floor
by CharlieChaplin
The plot is a satire derived from Hugh Antoine D'Arcy's poem of the same title. The painter courts Madeleine but loses to the wealthy client who sits for his portrait. The despairing artist draws the girl's portrait on the barroom floor and gets tossed out. Years later he sees her, her husband and their horde of children. Unrecognized by her, Charlie shakes off his troubles and walks off into the future.
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Details
Language: Silent
Year of production: 1914
Length: 10min 58sec
Country: United States
Suggested by:
Baxter Martin
Directors:
Charles Chaplin
Producers:
Mack Sennett
Actors:
Charles Chaplin .... Artist
Cecile Arnold .... Madeleine
Fritz Schade .... Drinker
Vivian Edwards .... Model
Chester Conklin .... Drinker
Harry McCoy .... Drinker
Hank Mann .... Drinker
Wallace MacDonald .... Drinker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Bennett .... Sailor (uncredited)
Jess Dandy .... Lover who stole Madeleine (uncredited)
Frank Opperman .... Drinker (uncredited)
Josef Swickard .... Drinker (uncredited)
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Film reviews for Face on the Barroom Floor
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Baxter Martin
Face On The Barroom Floor (1914, USA, Chaplin)
The title apparently is derived from a poem of the same name by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy that Chaplin was satirizing. Chaplin is a painter who loses out on a woman to the subject of one of his portraits: a middle aged, fat, slightly balding man. Chaplin gets ripped at a bar and draws a smiley face on the floor of the bar (which was meant to be hers) and ends up getting belligerent and physically kicking people out of the bar. Meanwhile, "2 Months Elapsed," and Chaplin's sitting on a park bench when the big man and woman stroll by him with a baby carriage and four small children in tow, Chaplin is relieved and struts off.
Although much of the humor in Chaplin films is repetetive in way or another, he manages to put a fresh spin on it but in 'Face on the Barrom Floor,' he seems to have fallen flat on his. The funniest moment for this reviewer was the look of exaggerated relief he gives after the man, woman and five children go by him in the park. Otherwise, it's a series of a little tripping here, a little paint brush in the mouth there and a whole lot of falling down while drunk out of his mind. And he keeps drinking! Chaplin is obviously a funny guy but this is hardly worth his effort or ours. -
WaNa
Classic Charlie Chaplan -- this silent film with player piano score is a bit on the slow side by modern standards, though very funny. It features a series of alternating vignettes showing the tramp in action, drunk in a bar and also in the painting studio rendering various subjects. It's particularly interesting to see the influence he had over such greats as Monty Python, Peter Sellers and Mr Bean.
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