Ted Healy and "Bonnie" Bonnell stand outside her home at 141 Mayberry Road, Santa Monica, 1935

Title: Ted Healy and "Bonnie" Bonnell stand outside her home at 141 Mayberry Road, Santa Monica, 1935
Date Created: December 27, 1935
Date: 1935-12-27
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: 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.
Caption: 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.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13455
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hnnnt
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