"The Face upon the Barroom Floor", aka "The Face on the Floor" and "The Face on the Barroom Floor", is a poem originally written by the poet John Henry Titus in 1872. A later version was adapted from the Titus poem by See more

According to d'Arcy, the poem was inspired by an actual happening at Joe Smith's saloon at Fourth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan. When it was reprinted in a d'Arcy … See more

• "THE FACE ON THE BARROOM FLOOR" by THOMAS J. McCARTHY JR
• The Face on the Barroom Floor read by Franklyn MacCormack
• The Face Upon the Barroom Floor performed by storyteller Chris Abair See more

• Image of the face with text of poem See more

Written in ballad form, the poem tells of an artist ruined by love; having lost his beloved Madeline to another man, he has turned to drink. … See more

Keystone Studios used the poem as the basis for the 1914 short film The Face on the Barroom Floor starring Charles Chaplin.
In the 1941 film Louisiana Purchase, Bob Hope conducts a Senate filibuster which ends with his reading … See more