Jack Bonavita — Studio Directory (1916) 🇺🇸

Jack Bonavita (Technical Director | Leads)

Bonavita, Capt. Jack, technical director, leads, Horsley [David Horsley]; b. Philadelphia, 1866; educ. there; early career, arenic acrobat, animal trainer with O’Brien Shows, Bostock Animal Shows in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, etc.; m. p. career, with several independent cos., Jungle Film, Tampa Film, playing leads in The Wizard of the Jungle, “The Diamond Smugglers,” etc.; 1915, Horsley, trains animals for picture work, appearing with them in The Rajah’s Sacrifice, The Lion, the Woman, and the Man, “The Bogy Man,” The Vindication, When Avarice Rules, Stanley in Africa, etc. Hght., 5 ft. 11 in.; wght., 170; hazel eyes, dark brown hair; all around athlete. Studio ad., Horsley, Los Angeles.

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Collection: Motion Picture News, October 1916

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