Donovan Pedelty

Donovan Pedelty
Born	Joseph Cecil Donovan Pedelty 26 July 1903 Tynemouth, England United Kingdom
Died	12 March 1989 Eureka Springs, Arkansas United States
Occupation(s)	Film director, Editor
Years active	1933–1938 (film)

Donovan Pedelty (1903–1989) was a British journalist, screenwriter and film director.

During the 1930s, Pedelty specialised in making quota quickies with Irish themes. These were generally not well received by critics.^[1]

Filmography

Director

• School for Stars (1935)
• Flame in the Heather (1935)
• School for Stars (1935)
• The Luck of the Irish (1936)
• The Early Bird (1936)
• Irish and Proud of It (1936)
• Behind Your Back (1937)
• First Night (1937)
• Landslide (1937)
• False Evidence (1937)
• Bedtime Story (1938)
• Murder Tomorrow (1938)

Screenwriter

• The Little Damozel (1933)
• That's a Good Girl (1933)
• Seeing Is Believing (1934)
• City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935)
• Brewster's Millions (1935)
• Radio Pirates (1935)
• Two on a Doorstep (1936)

References

1. Chibnall p.31

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.

External links

• Donovan Pedelty at IMDb