Face on the Barroom Floor

(1914)

Comedy / Silent

14 minutes

Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Cecile Arnold and Fritz Schade

A painter courts Madeleine but loses to a 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.