Hugh Antoine d'Arcy
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy was born in France on March 5th, 1843 and is the Poet. At the age of 82, Hugh Antoine d'Arcy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (March 5, 1843-27) was a French-born poet and essayist as well as a pioneer of the American motion picture industry.
He is best known for his 1887 poem "The Face of the Barroom Floor," a sad tale of a painter who takes alcoholic beverages after his lover abandons him for the fair-haired lad in one of his portraits. d'Arcy, a call boy and juvenile actor at the Theatre Royal in Bristol, studied at Ipswitch University.
He was well-known in London as a character actor.
d'Arcy left England in 1871 and became involved with stage productions and performers, including Mary Anderson, Ada Grey, DeWolf Hopper, Frank Mayo, Robert Mantell, and James O'Neill. The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1923) was shot by John Ford, who starred Charlie Chaplin.
It was put to song by country music stars Tex Ritter on his 1959 Blood on the Saddle album and Hank Snow on his 1968 Tales of the Yukon album.
D'Arcy's byline appeared in a comic book in 1954 when Jack Davis and Basil Wolverton's Mad #10 was published (April 1954). D'Arcy married the daughter of Philadelphia film mogul Siegmund Lubin and went to work as the public relations manager for his Lubin Studios.
Madeline's Christmas was based on a tale he had written for a 1912 film. Hugh Antoine d'Arcy died of bronchitis and persistent heart disease in 1925 in New York City.