He must have turned his back to the enemy.
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Item data
Title
He must have turned his back to the enemy.
Collection
Billy Rose Theatre Division Lobby Cards
Sonny.
Names
First National Pictures (Distributor)
King, Henry, 1886-1982 (Director)
Ullman Manufacturing Co. (Lithographer)
Hobart, George V. (George Vere), 1867-1926 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1922
Place: New York :
Publisher: Ullman Mfg. Co.,
Library Location
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-LC
Subjects
Advertising -- Motion pictures
Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963
Film adaptations
Fox, Lucy
Garon, Pauline, 1901-1965
Grimwood, Herbert
Motion pictures -- United States -- 1921-1930
Seddon, Margaret, 1872-1968
Silent films -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war
Genres
Notes
Content: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Cast included Richard Barthelmess, Margaret Seddon, Pauline Garon, Lucy Fox, and Herbert Grimwood; directed by Henry King.
Content: He must have turned his back to the enemy--Bottom right of card.
Content: Lobby display card for the motion picture Sonny, based on the play by George V. Hobart.
Content: Posters & lobby cards
Content: Tinted photograph of Richard Barthelmess and other cast members in a scene from the motion picture, with related text.
Content: Torn edges; encapsulated.
Content: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-F845
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14520710
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e95efc30-c6cb-012f-1efb-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1922
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MLA format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "He must have turned his back to the enemy." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1922. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e95efc30-c6cb-012f-1efb-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1922). He must have turned his back to the enemy. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e95efc30-c6cb-012f-1efb-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "He must have turned his back to the enemy." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e95efc30-c6cb-012f-1efb-58d385a7bc34
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