{{short description|1923 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{infobox film | name = Ponjola | image = Ponjola lobby card.jpg | caption = Lobby card | director = Donald Crisp | producer = Sam E. Rork | screenplay = Charles Logue | based_on = {{based on|''Ponjola''|Cynthia Stockley}} | starring = Anna Q. Nilsson<br>James Kirkwood<br>Tully Marshall | cinematography = Paul Perry | editing = | distributor = Associated First National Pictures | released = {{film date|1923|10|29}} | runtime = 70 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }}
'''''Ponjola''''' is a 1923 American silent drama 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=White Munden|first=Kenneth |title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-20969-9|page=609}}</ref>
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vogel|first=Michelle |title=Olive Borden: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Joy Girl|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-786-45836-3|page=149}}</ref><ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8335/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Ponjola'']</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Ponjola}} *{{IMDb title|0014367}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20171205194753/http://southafricabooks.com/images/PonjolaPhotoplay.jpg Cover from a reprint of Cynthia Stockley's book](Wayback) *[https://farm1.static.flickr.com/107/255918100_6631c509f5.jpg Newspaper advertisement for the film version] *[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/silent-film-star-anna-q-nilsson-getting-her-hair-cut-for-news-photo/495287465#silent-film-star-anna-q-nilsson-getting-her-hair-cut-for-her-upcoming-picture-id495287465 Still of Anna Q. Nilsson getting her hair cut for the film] at gettyimages.com
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