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You will sign that check or go to prison.

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Billy Rose Theatre Division Lobby Cards

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Jim the Penman.

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Title
You will sign that check or go to prison.
Names
Farnum, Dorothy, 1900-1970 (Scenarist)
First National Pictures (Distributor)
Webb, Kenneth, 1892-1966 (Director)
Bennett, Whitman (Producer)
Young, Charles L. (Charles Lawrence), Sir, 1839-1887 (Author)
Collection

Billy Rose Theatre Division Lobby Cards

Jim the Penman.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1921
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-LC
Shelf locator: *T-LC Jim the penman, 1921
Topics
Advertising -- Motion pictures
Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954
Film adaptations
Leslie, Gladys, 1899-1976
MacPherson, C. Douglas, 1893-1936
Motion pictures -- United States -- 1921-1930
Randolph, Anders, 1876-1930
Rankin, Doris
Genres
Lobby cards
Advertisements
Notes
Content: Cast included Lionel Barrymore, Doris Rankin, Anders Randolph, Douglas MacPherson, and Gladys Leslie.
Content: Edges torn; thumbprints on borders.
Content: Lobby display cards, including title card, for the motion picture Jim the Penman.
Content: National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Content: Posters & lobby cards
Content: Shows scenes from the film with related text, including "'The way of the transgressor is hard' repeated Jim the Penman", "'You will sign that check or go to prison!'", and "'You shall marry the man you love'-and the forger resolved to find a way".
Content: Whitman Bennett presents Lionel Barrymore, America's greatest actor, in 'Jim the Penman', from the world famous story by Sir Charles L. Young, scenario by Dorothy Farnum, directed by Kenneth Webb, a First National Attraction--Title card.
Content: Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG98-F821
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16513594
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d9e341a0-c6cb-012f-86b7-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1900: Creator Born
  • 1921: Issued
  • 1970: Creator Died
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "You will sign that check or go to prison." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1921. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-408e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "You will sign that check or go to prison." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-408e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1921). You will sign that check or go to prison. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-408e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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You will sign that check or go to prison.