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The Face on the Barroom Floor

The Face on the Barroom Floor (1923)

1h 0m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

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.

Director: John Ford

Studio: Fox Film Corporation

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

as Robert Stevens

Ruth Clifford

Ruth Clifford

as Marion Trevor

Ralph Emerson

Ralph Emerson

as Dick Van Vleck

Frederick Sullivan

Frederick Sullivan

as Thomas Waring

Alma Bennett

Alma Bennett

as Lottie

Norval MacGregor

Norval MacGregor

as Governor