William Jay Bonafield (March 29, 1910 – June 5, 1961) was a producer who edited Frank Buck's film

Jungle Cavalcade ''Jungle Cavalcade'' is a compilation of footage from Frank Buck’s first three films depicting his adventures capturing animals for the world's zoos. Scenes Among the scenes in the film: * In the Sumatran jungle, Buck builds a trap baited with ...

. Jay Bonafield was the son of Hugh William Bonafield (1876–1939) and Berta C. Montgomery Bonafield (1878–1965). Jay was educated in local schools, and left school after eighth grade, according to the 1940 US Census. Jay joined Pathé News in 1931. In 1941 he edited Frank Buck's

. In 1946 Bonafield was named vice president of RKO-Pathé in charge of non-newsreel productions. In 1952 he was placed in charge of RKO short subjects. He was executive vice president of RKO until he resigned in 1957 to open an independent production company.THOMAS M. PRYOR of local origin. New York Times. April 6, 1957, Saturday Page 19 Bonafield was a producer of the first film

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...

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Day of the Fight ''Day of the Fight'' is a 1951 American short-subject documentary film financed and directed by Stanley Kubrick, who based this black-and-white motion picture on a photo feature he shot two years earlier for '' Look'' magazine. Synopsis ''Day o ...

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* Jay Bonafield on the Internet Movie Databas

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonafield, Jay 1910 births 1961 deaths People from Preston County, West Virginia American film producers 20th-century American businesspeople