Donovan Pedelty

Donovan Pedelty
Born	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.

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)

Bibliography

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

External links

• Donovan Pedelty at IMDb