US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Conflicting stories surround the events of Christmas celebrations hosted and attended by Ted Healy. His former acting partner Bonnie Bonnell accused him of setting fire to her home, which lead to his eight hour stay in a jail cell Christmas morning, until he was released on a $1000 bond. Bonnie Bonnell stands beside Ted Healy, holding what appears to be a lion cub on a leash. Photograph appears with the article, "Alibi Ready, Says Healey," Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec 1935: A8. Handwritten on negative: Ted Healey Healey 12-26-35 Text from negative sleeve: 4306 - Ted Healey comedian 1-2-36 [stamped:] Jan 3 1936 Text from newspaper caption: Ted Healy, film comedian, and Marion W. Bonnell, who told police he broke into her home and set fire to her belongings. Healy spent eight hours in the City Jail.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13455 ark:/21198/zz002hnnnt
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Comedians Arson--California--Santa Monica Healy, Ted, 1896-1937 Bonnell, Marion W. (Bonnie), 1905-1964
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