Leo Donnelly

A lovely short story of a little boy that can see ghosts and monsters every day. (imdb)

This 1934 short is composed of 3 parts: a man, his wife and his overgrown son visit a penny arcade (1), where he drops a penny in the movieola and he (and we)watch The Perfectly Formed Woman(2),(1910, and another penny to watch The Song of the Wildwood Flutes (3),(1910). the man encounters the disdain of his goody-two-shoes plump wife because of his lascivious ogling. (imdb)

An elderly night watchman at the Vitagram movie studio falls asleep and dreams about the old days. (imdb)

"This Nude World" is a groundbreaking "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. (imdb)

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.

Mr. Ripley poses in front of a globe, introducing Leo Donnelly the narrator. Film clips (not unlike one the later "Unusual Occupations" series done with Paramount) feature impressive shots of 1932 New York City, one of the first "fat" men's clothing stores (no longer a novelty today), "No Man's Land" part of Europe where only the goats can claim "citizenship" and large Spanish pyramids of salt. (imdb)

The second entry of the series in which Robert Ripley does not present drawings and film clips personally: he just introduces Leo Donnelly the narrator at the beginning. (imdb)

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. (imdb)

During Robert L. Ripley's absence on a world tour, 'Leo Donnelly' narrates scenes of oddities in the Philippines, Japan, Luxembourg and other places. (imdb)

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

"Lee Morse in the Music Racket" is a 10 minute soundie released June 1930. The clip features Leo Donnelly as the promoter with an appearance by June Clayworth. In this soundie, Lee first sings an arrangement of her signature Mail Man Blues which she composed. (imdb)

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.

'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.'