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The Face on the Barroom Floor may refer to:
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- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Face on the Bar-Room Floor". Silent Era. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
- ↑ "The Face on the Bar-Room Floor". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ "The Face on the Barroom Floor: Released by Fox". Exhibitor's Trade Review. East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Exhibitor's Trade Review, Inc. 13 (8): 423. January 20, 1923.