# Donovan Pedelty

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British journalist, film director and screenwriter (1903–1989)

Donovan Pedelty Born Joseph Cecil Donovan Pedelty (1903-07-26)26 July 1903 Tynemouth, England United Kingdom Died 12 March 1989(1989-03-12) (aged 85) Eureka Springs, Arkansas United States Occupations Film director, Editor Years active 1933–1938 (film)

**Donovan Pedelty** (1903–1989) was a British [journalist](/source/Journalist), [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter) and [film director](/source/Film_director).

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

## Filmography

### Director

- *[School for Stars](/source/School_for_Stars)* (1935)

- *[Flame in the Heather](/source/Flame_in_the_Heather)* (1935)

- *[School for Stars](/source/School_for_Stars)* (1935)

- *[The Luck of the Irish](/source/The_Luck_of_the_Irish_(1936_film))* (1936)

- *[The Early Bird](/source/The_Early_Bird_(1936_film))* (1936)

- *[Irish and Proud of It](/source/Irish_and_Proud_of_It_(film))* (1936)

- *[Behind Your Back](/source/Behind_Your_Back)* (1937)

- *[First Night](/source/First_Night_(film))* (1937)

- *[Landslide](/source/Landslide_(1937_film))* (1937)

- *[False Evidence](/source/False_Evidence_(1937_film))* (1937)

- *[Bedtime Story](/source/Bedtime_Story_(1938_film))* (1938)

- *[Murder Tomorrow](/source/Murder_Tomorrow)* (1938)

### Screenwriter

- *[The Little Damozel](/source/The_Little_Damozel_(1933_film))* (1933)

- *[That's a Good Girl](/source/That's_a_Good_Girl)* (1933)

- *[Seeing Is Believing](/source/Seeing_Is_Believing_(film))* (1934)

- *[City of Beautiful Nonsense](/source/City_of_Beautiful_Nonsense_(1935_film))* (1935)

- *[Brewster's Millions](/source/Brewster's_Millions_(1935_film))* (1935)

- *[Radio Pirates](/source/Radio_Pirates)* (1935)

- *[Two on a Doorstep](/source/Two_on_a_Doorstep)* (1936)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Chibnall p.31

## Bibliography

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

## External links

- [Donovan Pedelty](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669840/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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