The Face on the Barroom Floor

The Face on the Barroom Floor (1914)

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Summary: 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

AKA: Face on the Bar Room Floor, The

Genres: Comedy, Short

Country: USA

Directed By: Charles Chaplin

Written By: Hugh Antoine d'Arcy

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Harry McCoy, Cecile Arnold, Fritz Schade, Vivian Edwards

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TCI	User	Score
na	ehk2	29	T₃
na	Paradigma	55	T₃
na	TalkShowH	40	T₁
na	anseiodviver	50	T₃
na	AsherFord	40	T₆
na	gloryhornet	40	T₂
na	Cinemateque	70	T₁
na	Icarus	60	T₃
This is best appreciated for its narrative inventiveness, as a drunken Charlie appears to be recounting for his barmates his former life as an important artist. The nice blend of tragic-comedy never works as well as it should, but I can appreciate this early attempt of Chaplin to get at what would become second-nature to him later.
na	Jellysauce	60	T₄
I really liked how it used flashbacks to tell you the story of this bum artist, but other than that, for a comedy I thought it was really lacking on the laughs. Still enjoyable and watching the story develop had me glued to the tv.
na	graveyardtan	65	T₃
An interesting narrative structure, but not nearly enough laughs.
na	imdb	49	T₂
na	kyle.loomis	2	T₁
na	Monster	70	T₃
na	gokhanince	33	T₂

Average Tier 2.64 from 14 Rankings