Finding Aid for the Priscilla Bonner Collection, ca. 1920-ca. 1928
Processed by C. Clayton; machine-readable finding aid created by Norma M. Vega and Julie Graham
UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections
University of California, Los Angeles, Library
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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Priscilla Bonner Collection
Date (inclusive): 1920s.
Collection number: 285
Creator: Bonner, Priscilla, 1899-1996
Extent: 1 box (.25 linear ft.) and 1 flat box (.5 linear ft.)
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.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Priscilla Bonner Woolfan, ca. 1977.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Priscilla Bonner Collection (Collection 285). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Clippings (Box 1, 1920s)
- Series 2: Photographs (Box 1-2; [1920s])
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Bonner, Priscilla--1899-1996--Archives.
Actresses--United States-- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Clippings.
Photographs.
Container List
Series 1: Clippings (Box 1, 1920s)
Scope and Content Note
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
Note
With telegram regarding "Priscilla Bonner Day" in Adrian.
Box 1
Clippings for various motion picture projects with P.B.
ca. 1920s
Note
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 Content Note
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
Note
Photograph by March and Walton.
Box 2
Bonner, Pricilla - portraits (21 items)
no date
Note
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
Note
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
Note
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
Note
With photographss by March and Walton.
Box 2
Homestuff - stills (2 items)
no date
Note
With photographs by Grace N. Inglis.
Box 2
Honest Hutch (1920) - still (1 item)
no date
Note
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
Note
Photographs by Ida C. Schumaker.
Box 2
Three Bad Men (1926) - still (1 item)
no date
Box 2
Unidentified stills (6 items)
no date
Note
With photographs by Artist's Booking Exchange.
Box 2
Vera Reynolds - portrait (1 items)
no date
