The Face on the Bar-Room Floor is a 1923 American drama film directed by John Ford.
As described in a film magazine,[3] famous artist Robert Stevens (Walthall) is in love with Marion (Clifford).
While spending a vacation along the cost of Maine, Robert paints a picture of one of the daughters of a fisherman (Saville).
Robert swims out to a small island and walks to the lighthouse where he finds the keeper ill and unable to keep his signal on.
Meanwhile, the Governor is at a dinner party and through a coincidence relates a story that makes Marion convinced that Robert has finally been found.