With jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. He is pete kelly, a lkansas city trumpeter who heads up a small jazz band that is suddenly forced into paying protection to a local gangster, fran mccarg, played by edmond obrien. Pete kelly s blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles.
What a movie pete kellys blues 1955 could have been. Pete kelly s blues 1955 a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. Set in kansas city in 1927, webb plays the title role, a horn player who leads his band through nightly gigs at a pizza parlor speakeasy. Buy pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 on dvd and bluray netflix. Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed kelly gives in, even though this also means taking the thugs alcoholic girl as a singer. Watch jack webb and lee marvin as pretend musicians in this clip from the movie. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production. Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in.
Peggy lee and ella fitzgerald songs from pete kellys blues. But the writing is actually pretty good, and there s some good character acting going on, which neatly provides a balance to webb s deadpan delivery. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins. She played dramatic leads in two films and appeared as a singer in two others. Read the full synopsis of pete kelly s blues, 1955, directed by jack webb, with jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, at turner classic movies. This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. Find pete kelly discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. In the 1920s, a small band playing the speakeasies has trouble when a racketeer decides he s going into the agency business and wants a cut from the band. Though he flourished within this creative arena, his auteur sensibilities took full shape with the 1955 jazz drama pete kellys blues, a visually arresting story about a cornetist webb in the titular role who simply wants to play in his band sans any complications.
He finds out another person he barely knows has been killed by the same gangster and he s ready for war. Jack webb s classic monotone is well featured in this series. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. Pete kelly s blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their. Decca 19341955 1950 pure ella originally ella sings gershwin souvenir album 1954 lullabies of birdland songs. The problem is jack webb, who directed the picture and stars as pete kelly, a cornet player who leads a blues band in 1927 kansas city. This isnt the movies official soundtrack which comes with musical contributions from ella fitzgerald and a crack jazz ensemble, as well as many of the songs found here, but rerecordings of tunes that lee performed in the movie. The handsome pete kelly s blues features solid contributions from a fine cast and every technical department. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew by gus kahn. Pete kelly tries to save a distinguishedlooking old doctor from a gangster. Dragnet star jack webb directs and stars in pete kelly s blues, a 1955 melodrama celebrating prohibitionera jazz. In the 1920s, a small band playing the speakeasies has trouble when a racketeer decides hes going into the agency business and wants a cut from the band. Nov 10, 20 in the 1920s, a small band playing the speakeasies has trouble when a racketeer decides he s going into the agency business and wants a cut from the band.
Though he flourished within this creative arena, his auteur sensibilities took full shape with the. Lee starred in the film and rerecorded some of the songs for this album. Pete kellys blues is a recent warner archive collection bluray release that took joe friday out of his element and placed him in an entirely different, yet equally immersive, universe jack webb left an indelible mark on the television landscape with dragnet and as a producer of adam12. Print and download pete kellys blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. Pete kelly s blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. Complete your jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven collection. Pete kellys blues soundtrack cd album at cd universe.
Pete kellys blues bluray disc details highdef digest. Pete kelly s blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webb s theatrical features. This isnt the movie s official soundtrack which comes with musical contributions from ella fitzgerald and a crack jazz ensemble, as well as many of the songs found here, but rerecordings of tunes that lee performed in the movie. Pete kelly s blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951. Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Pete kellys blues dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. Pete kelly s blues by sammy cahn, ray heindorf, hard hearted hannah by jack yellen, bob bigelow, charles bates, performed by ella fitzgerald. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Corrupt political boss fran mccargedmond obrien wants a quarter of the bands take as its new agent at an attempted shakedown. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb.
He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. Pete kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The series starred jack webb as pete kelly and was created by writer richard l. In 1955, jack webb brought pete kellys blues from radio to the big screen. Pete kelly s blues bluray spanish import region b pal 1955 jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien. Ella fitzgerald brings her inimitable jazz alchemy to hard hearted hannah and pete kelly s blues. Wjack webb as pete kelly 11 jazz tunesmatty matlock co, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping. Pete kellys blues 1955 the movie title stills collection. But webb is incredibly stiff as the loner bandleader pete kelly, killing scene after scene with his perfectly deadly performance. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Featuring an allstar cast including janet leigh psycho, lee marvin the dirty dozen, 50s pinup star jayne. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964.
Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. Janet leigh is a ginswilling heiress who moves in on kelly s heart. Pete kellys blues 1955 yify download movie torrent yts. Find pete kelly discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. In 1955, she played a despondent, alcoholic blues singer in pete kelly s blues 1955, for which she was nominated for an oscar. Livraison a 0,01 seulement pour votre premiere commande en france. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. Print and download pete kelly s blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. Pete kelly s big seven came from pete kelly s blues, which was an american radio drama which aired over nbc as an unsponsored summer replacement series on wednesday nights at 8pmet from july 4 through september 19, 1951. Songs from pete kelly s blues is an album by jazz singer peggy lee that contains songs from the film pete kelly s blues 1955. Matty matlock and his all stars supplied the music for pete kelly and his bi.
For her performance in pete kelly s blues 1955 she received a best supporting actress oscar nomination. Peggy won a grammy in 1969 as best contemporary female vocalist for her recording of is that all there is. Find release information for pete kelly s blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Jack webb s narration before each song cracks me up. Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kelly s blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Old time radio crime drama from 1951 starring jack webb 5 episodes. The secret is not in whats different from the now of 1955 in costumes, utensils and. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor. Beginning with a brilliantly evocative precredits prologue, wherein we see how wwi vet pete kelly came into possession of his precious trumpet, the film traces kelly to his 1927 gig at a kansas city speakeasy. In 1927, a kansas city, missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection. I bought this on 45 rpm in the late 50s, later found same songs plus a couple other pete kellys blues albums on lps. Pete kellys blues 10 vita brandt pete kellys blues drama.
Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor. Pete kellys blues disappointed jazz buffs, but for most of the audience it examined not merely cited a way of life they had only read about or heard in the reminiscences of elders how do you, dear reader, remember the 60s and 70s. Ones media pete kelly s blues otr1cd petekellysblues old time radio 1 cd 6 mp3 total playtime. I bought this on 45 rpm in the late 50s, later found same songs plus a couple other pete kelly s blues albums on lps. Im assuming that huibbal s scans are of an nl issue because of the sticker on the rear sleeve, although the cat doesnt seem to match the dutch sequence of decca.
The opening sequence is a stunner, the music is superb, the sets and costumes look great, and the supporting cast does a quality job all around. Rent pete kelly s blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. The only thing bad i can say about it is i had a hard time figuring out pete kelly s motivation. Jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues. This week on case closed, pete kellys blues starts us off with the september 19, 1951 episode titled, the dutchman. Movie title from the pete kelly s blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. Pete kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy.
Lee marvin and martin milner as pete s hotheaded sidemen keep the tempo torrid. Today, neither the film nor the tv series resonates. Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in prohibitionera kansas city. A shortlived, summer replacement program for nbc, jack webb would go on to help develop and star in the feature film pete kelly s blues 1955 and an eventual television version of pete kelly s blues 1959 for his mark vii, limited production company. Pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Usage public domain topics pete kellys blues, old time radio, crime drama. Shop pete kellys blues dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production company. Pete kellys blues old time radio golden age of radio.
Find release information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee. In 1927, pete kelly jack webb and his band play at a kansas city speakeasy. She wrote the lyrics for many of her songs and for three films. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad. A person close to him is killed, and he is ready to give in to the gangster responsible and forget the whole thing ever happened. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio.
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