Leo Donnelly

Most Popular Leo Donnelly Trailers

Total trailers found: 16

The Camera Speaks Trailer (1934)

11 August 1934

In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent films and news stories.

The Music Racket Trailer (1930)

22 June 1930

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.

Believe It or Not (Second Series) #8 Trailer (1932)

16 April 1932

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.

Believe It or Not (Second Series) #10 Trailer (1932)

14 May 1932

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.

A Penny a Peep Trailer (1934)

27 March 1934

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).

Movie Memories Trailer (1933)

08 February 1933

They show clips of Mayor Robert van Wyck and the Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight and point out how unimportant they were in the 1930s.

Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9 Trailer (1932)

30 April 1932

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.

The Nickelette Trailer (1932)

23 August 1932

This short humorously recreates the experience of going to a nickelodeon during the silent film era, using footage of silent films and sarcastic narration.

The Benefit Trailer (1930)

17 February 1930

Pressed into service, an inept comedian offers a burlesque on Helen Morgan.

The Song Plugger Trailer (1930)

08 June 1930

'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.

Believe It or Not (Second Series) #12 Trailer (1932)

09 July 1932

In Robert L. Ripley's absence, Leo Donnelly acts as the guide to the unusual from around the world. A group of people in the Philippines are moving a house, foundation and all, six miles, by carrying it on their backs.

Believe It or Not (Second Series) #11 Trailer (1932)

11 June 1932

This entry of the series does not feature Robert Ripley, who is away gathering material on his tours.

This Naked Age Trailer (1932)

14 November 1932

"This Nude World" is a groundbreaking 1932 "documentary" celebrating the age-old tradition of playing volleyball in you socks.

Broadway Gossip No.2 Trailer (1932)

11 March 1932

Leo Donnelly in the role of a Broadway columnist who interviews stars, celebrities and wannabees and not-yetbees of the era, supposedly to set the record straight.

Roadhouse Nights Trailer (1930)

15 February 1930

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.

Murder in the Pullman Trailer (1932)

01 May 1932

Noted team of detective and criminologist solve the murder of a new bride, in her compartment, on the train on which they are travelling.