The Face On The Barroom Floor

The story of a strange ballad poem written in 1887 which became a unusual portrait on the barroom floor in a quaint former boomtown in colorado and became the inspiration for one of the most performed modern american operas in history.

The face on the barroom floor.

The face on the barroom floor is a painting on the floor of the teller house bar in central city colorado united states it was painted in 1936 by herndon davis. The face on the barroom floor was referenced in the three stooges short movie maniacs in 1936. The plot is a satire derived from hugh antoine d arcy s poem of the same title. A later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch.

The face on the barroom floor poem by hugh antoine d arcy. Lyrics to the face on the barroom floor by hank snow. Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was therewhich wellnigh filled joes barroom on the corner of the square. The face on the barroom floor may be proof that art rarely makes an effective revenge.

The painter courts madeleine but loses to the wealthy client who sits for his portrait. 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. Directed by lawrence kraman. Where did it come from someone said.

Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there which well nigh filled joe s barroom on the corner of the square and as songs and witty stories. The wind has blown it in. Twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there which well nigh filled joe s barroom on the corner of the square and as songs and witty stories came through the open door a vagabond crept slowly in and posed upon the floor. With charles chaplin cecile arnold jess dandy vivian edwards.

I do not own the rights to this song and am in no way making any money from this video feel free to leave comments and like dislike or subscribe to this c. The face on the barroom floor lyrics. By hugh antoine d arcy thanks go to joe offer for providing this poem and to john lambert for the picture twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there which well nigh filled joe s barroom on the corner of the square. The despairing artist draws the girl s portrait on the barroom floor and gets tossed out.

The face on the barroom floor.