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He must have turned his back to the enemy.

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Image ID

G98F845_001


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

Lobby Cards
Advertisements

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

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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

Wikipedia citation

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