Finding Aid for the Priscilla Bonner Collection
PASC.0285
Processed by C. Clayton; machine-readable finding aid created by Norma M. Vega and
Julie Graham
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 8.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Priscilla Bonner collection
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0285
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear Feet
(1 box and 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1920-circa 1928
Abstract: Silent film actress Priscilla Bonner
performed with such stars as Will Rogers, Tyrone Power, Clara Bow, and Gary Cooper. The
collection consists of clippings and photographs related to the career of Priscilla
Bonner.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
this page.
Language of Material:
English .
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Priscilla Bonner Collection (Collection PASC 285). UCLA Library
Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los
Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Priscilla Bonner Woolfan, circa 1977.
Processing Information
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Processed by C. Clayton, date unknown; machine-readable finding aid created by Norma M.
Vega and Julie Graham, circa 2005.
Biography
Priscilla Bonner was born in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 17, 1899. She began her screen acting
career in
Homer comes home (1920). She went on to be featured
in over thirty films, and is best remembered for her role in
The
Strong Man
(1926). Bonner was originally signed to play opposite John Barrymore in
The sea beast (1926), but lost the role to Dolores Costello.
The following year she appeared in
It (1927) with Clara Bow.
Bonner suffered an eye injury during the filming of
Outcast
Souls
(1928) and retired from acting. She married prominent Beverly Hills physician
Bertram Woolfan in 1929. Bonner died on Feb. 21, 1996.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of clippings and photographs related to the career of silent film
actress Priscilla Bonner.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Clippings, 1920s
- Series 2: Photographs, 1920s
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actresses--United States-- Archival resources.
Clippings.
Photographs.
Series 1: Clippings (Box 1, 1920s)
Scope and Contents
The clippings series includes a small amount of press clippings related to Bonners
career in motion pictures.
box 1
Clippings about P.B.
ca. 1920s
box 1
Clippings about P.B. (scrapbook pages)
ca. 1920s
General
With telegram regarding "Priscilla Bonner Day" in Adrian.
box 1
Clippings for various motion picture projects with P.B.
ca. 1920s
General
With: April Showers, Chalk Marks, The Eyes of Hollywood, The Man Who Had Everything,
Officer 666, The Son of Wallingford, The Strong Man, The White Desert, and
Tarnish.
box 1
Drusilla With a Million (1925) - clippings
ca. 1925-1926
box 1
Red Kimono (The) (1925) - clippings
1925
Series 2: Photographs (Boxes 1-2, 1920s)
Scope and Contents
The photographs series includes stills from motion pictures featuring Bonner. Files are
arranged alphabetically by film title. Also included are small group of portrait shots
of Bonner, not identified with specific projects, which are filed separately by her last
name.
box 2
April Showers (1923) - stills (2 items)
no date
box 2
Bob Hampton of Placer (1921) - still (1 item).
no date
General
Photograph by March and Walton.
box 2
Bonner, Pricilla - portraits (21 items)
no date
General
With photographs by Guy Coburn, Inc., Henry Waxman, Melbourne Spurr, Edward Small,
Co., and Ida C. Schumaker.
box 1
Bonner, Pricilla - portraits (4 items)
no date
General
Oversized portraits; with photographs by Edwin Bower Hesser and Elwood M. Payru.
box 2
Bonner, Pricilla and Dr. E.B. Woolfan - portrait (1 item)
no date
box 2
Broadway After Midnight (1927) - stills (6 items)
no date
box 2
Desparate Adventure (A) (1924) - stills (3 items)
no date
box 2
Drusilla With a Million (1925) - stills (33 items)
no date
General
With photographs s by Guy Coburn, Inc. and Ida C. Schumaker
box 2
Earth Woman (The) (1926) - stills (9 items)
no date
box 2
Hold Your Breath (1924) - still (1 item)
no date
box 2
Homer Comes Home (1920) - stills (3 items)
no date
General
With photographss by March and Walton.
box 2
Homestuff - stills (2 items)
no date
General
With photographs by Grace N. Inglis.
box 2
Honest Hutch (1920) - still (1 item)
no date
General
Photograph by Grace N. Inglis.
box 2
It (1927) - still (1 item)
no date
box 2
Outcast Souls (1928) - stills (4 items)
no date
box 2
Paying the Price (1927) - stills (8 items)
no date
box 1
Phantom of the Opera (The) - still (1 item)
no date
box 2
Prince of Headwaiters (The) (1927) - stills (5 items)
no date
box 2
Purple Dawn (1923) - stills (2 items)
no date
box 1
Red Kimono (The) - stills (4 items)
no date
box 2
Tarnish (1924) - stills (3 items)
no date
General
Photographs by Ida C. Schumaker.
box 2
Three Bad Men (1926) - still (1 item)
no date
box 2
Unidentified stills (6 items)
no date
General
With photographs by Artist's Booking Exchange.
box 2
Vera Reynolds - portrait (1 items)
no date
