Ponjola

Ponjola
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Directed by	Donald Crisp
Screenplay by	Charles Logue
Based on	Ponjolaby Cynthia Stockley
Produced by	Sam E. Rork
Starring	Anna Q. NilssonJames KirkwoodTully Marshall
Cinematography	Paul Perry
Distributed by	Associated First National Pictures
Release date	October 29, 1923 (1923-10-29)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Ponjola is a 1923 American silentdrama film based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Cynthia Stockley and directed by Donald Crisp. The film stars Anna Q. Nilsson in a role in which she masquerades as a man.^[1]

Cast

• Anna Q. Nilsson as Lady Flavia Desmond
• James Kirkwood as Lune Druro
• Tully Marshall as Count Blauhimel
• Joseph Kilgour as Conrad Lypiatt
• Bernard Randall as Eric Luff
• Ruth Clifford as Gay Lypiatt
• Claire Du Brey as Luchia Luff
• Claire McDowell as Mrs. Hope
• Charles Ray as Native Tribesman
• Eddie Sturgis as Native Tribesman (credited as Edwin Sturges)
• Olive Borden as Native Girl (uncredited)

Preservation

A print of Ponjola is held by a private collector.^[2][3]

References

1. White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 609. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
2. Vogel, Michelle (2010). Olive Borden: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Joy Girl. McFarland. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-786-45836-3.
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Ponjola

External links

• Ponjola at IMDb
• Cover from a reprint of Cynthia Stockley's book(Wayback)
• Newspaper advertisement for the film version
• Still of Anna Q. Nilsson getting her hair cut for the film at gettyimages.com