Donovan Pedelty
Donovan Pedelty (1903–1989) was a British journalist, screenwriter and film director.
Donovan Pedelty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joseph Cecil Donovan Pedelty 26 July 1903 |
| Died | 12 March 1989 |
| Occupation | Film director, Editor |
| Years active | 1933–1938 (film) |
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)
gollark: Possibly true but not very relevant.
gollark: You could probably argue that something something tragedy of the commons, but clearly there are a lot of people who do do politics and it is possible that adding more would actually worsen things.
gollark: Even if it is the case that if everyone ever ignored politics there would be problems, that doesn't mean that one person ignoring it is bad.
gollark: Perhaps, but I don't actually care.
gollark: That's probably for the best.
References
- Chibnall p.31
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
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