Donovan Pedelty

{{Short description|British journalist, film director and screenwriter (1903–1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Donovan Pedelty | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 26 July 1903 | birth_place = [[Tynemouth]], England <br> United Kingdom | death_date = 12 March 1989 | death_place = [[Eureka Springs]], [[Arkansas]]<br> United States | birth_name = Joseph Cecil Donovan Pedelty | occupation = 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.<ref>Chibnall p.31</ref>

==Filmography==

===Director=== * ''[[School for Stars]]'' (1935) * ''[[Flame in the Heather]]'' (1935) * ''[[School for Stars]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Luck of the Irish (1936 film)|The Luck of the Irish]]'' (1936) * ''[[The Early Bird (1936 film)|The Early Bird]]'' (1936) * ''[[Irish and Proud of It (film)|Irish and Proud of It]]'' (1936) * ''[[Behind Your Back]]'' (1937) * ''[[First Night (film)|First Night]]'' (1937) * ''[[Landslide (1937 film)|Landslide]]'' (1937) * ''[[False Evidence (1937 film)|False Evidence]]'' (1937) * ''[[Bedtime Story (1938 film)|Bedtime Story]]'' (1938) * ''[[Murder Tomorrow]]'' (1938)

===Screenwriter=== * ''[[The Little Damozel (1933 film)|The Little Damozel]]'' (1933) * ''[[That's a Good Girl]]'' (1933) * ''[[Seeing Is Believing (film)|Seeing Is Believing]]'' (1934) * ''[[City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935 film)|City of Beautiful Nonsense]]'' (1935) * ''[[Brewster's Millions (1935 film)|Brewster's Millions]]'' (1935) * ''[[Radio Pirates]]'' (1935) * ''[[Two on a Doorstep]]'' (1936)

==References== {{Reflist}}

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

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0669840}}

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