Leo Donnelly

Leo Donnelly

Born: January 26, 1879
Died: August 20, 1935
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Movies for Leo Donnelly...

The Camera Speaks
Title: The Camera Speaks
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent films and news stories.
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A Penny a Peep
Title: A Penny a Peep
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 27, 1934
Type: Movie
A man, his wife and his overgrown son visit a penny arcade, where he drops a penny in the moviola and he (and we) watch The Perfectly Formed Woman (1910), and another penny to watch The Song of the Wildwood Flutes (1910). The man encounters the disdain of his goody-two-shoes plump wife because of his lascivious ogling.
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Movie Memories
Title: Movie Memories
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 8, 1933
Type: Movie
They show clips of Mayor Robert van Wyck and the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight and point out how unimportant they were in the 1930s. They also show a cutdown of a comedy starring Kate Price with an annoying voice over commentary provided by Leo Donnelly.
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This Naked Age
Title: This Naked Age
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 14, 1932
Type: Movie
"This Nude World" is a groundbreaking 1932 "documentary" celebrating the age-old tradition of playing volleyball in you socks... and nothing else. The film purports to pose probing questions about the morality of nudist colonies o cover its actual aim of getting naked people on screen... primarily in long shots. A highlight of the film is the peeks at the phenomena in Germany, France (including Lido de Paris) and the United States along with wonderful pre-WWII footage of the cities visited A real hoot. It passed the National Board of Review in 1932.
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The Nickelette
Title: The Nickelette
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 23, 1932
Type: Movie
This short humorously recreates the experience of going to a nickelodeon during the silent film era, using footage of silent films and sarcastic narration.
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Believe It or Not (Second Series) #12
Title: Believe It or Not (Second Series) #12
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Leo Donnelly narrates footage of some of Robert Ripley's bizarre discoveries from around the world.
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Believe It or Not (Second Series) #11
Title: Believe It or Not (Second Series) #11
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 11, 1932
Type: Movie
This entry of the Robert Ripley series does not feature Robert (who is away gathering material on his tours). Leo Donnelly narrates various odds and ends like a church service held on a river in boats, one of the largest sculptures in the world, sand art in bottles and a man who pulls cars with his hair. This episode also has a greater amount of "critter" material: chickens learn to be aquatic thanks to a training duck, another hen adopts puppies as her own, the Australian platypus is discussed (not as famous then as today) and a couple of horse topics (a motorized blacksmith and a horse with double-hoof).
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Believe It or Not (Second Series) #10
Title: Believe It or Not (Second Series) #10
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 14, 1932
Type: Movie
This omnibus of film clips include a Savanna golf course made from Civil War trenches, wooden Indians used ourside cigar stores, an American Indian artist from South Dakota who paints upside down, the smallest residence house, a Bronx River statue with mysterious Civil War origins, the Ocean Grove community in New Jersey that closes on Sundays and a futuristic automated parking garage. Vitaphone No. 1364.
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Murder in the Pullman
Title: Murder in the Pullman
Character: Mack Graham
Released: May 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Noted team of detective and criminologist solve the murder of a new bride, in her compartment, on the train on which they are travelling.
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Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9
Title: Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 30, 1932
Type: Movie
In this short film, Robert L. Ripley introduces narrator Leo Donnelly who presents various "Believe It or Not" oddities from around the world as gathered by Ripley. Segments include a NYC clothier that caters to very large men and circus elephant grooming. Vitaphone No. 1363.
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Believe It or Not (Second Series) #8
Title: Believe It or Not (Second Series) #8
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 16, 1932
Type: Movie
Robert Ripley presents a well-dressed cocktail party an assortment of drawings and film clips showing the world's youngest parents and the largest bible. Vitaphone No. 1362.
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The Music Racket
Title: The Music Racket
Character: Mac
Released: June 22, 1930
Type: Movie
An office with two stuffy guys of the music business, one of them Mac who says to "keep that dame away," when Trixie Brown has come by to sing for them, and he thinks she's awful. But when Trixie barges in on her own, Mac turns on his friendly face and tells her to wait in room number three, where he'll be in to listen to her. He then passes through the tin pan alley offices, quickly side-tracked when he sees Lee Morse with a piano man practicing a number.
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The Song Plugger
Title: The Song Plugger
Character: Himself - Leo Donnelly
Released: June 8, 1930
Type: Movie
'Blind Bob' has written a song and the folks at the music publishing company think that Joe Frisco, his old friend from the Bowery is just right for it. So we see Joe at stage doing his peddler routine. He goes over to the publishing company, where he flirts with a girl act, and then tries out some eccentric dancing to the new song, which happens to be 'Get Happy.'
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The Benefit
Title: The Benefit
Released: February 17, 1930
Type: Movie
Pressed into service, an inept comedian offers a burlesque on Helen Morgan.
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Roadhouse Nights
Title: Roadhouse Nights
Character: City Editor Keeley
Released: February 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too brutal and cynical even for pre-Code Hollywood.