Pete kellys blues 1955 cast and crew a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. 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. The ad featured a punchout recording containing a message from webb and a 78 rpm. Share your thoughts about the songs from pete kellys blues album with the community.
Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien. Pete kellys blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951. Pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles. Pete kellys blues by sammy cahn, ray heindorf, hard hearted hannah by jack yellen, bob bigelow, charles bates, performed by ella fitzgerald. Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly.
Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. Dragnet star jack webb directs and stars in pete kellys blues, a 1955 melodrama celebrating prohibitionera jazz.
These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. Pete pete kellys blues ep rca epb11261 vgvg 1955 picture sleeve, german. A shortlived, summer replacement program for nbc, jack webb would go on to help develop and star in the feature film pete kellys blues 1955 and an eventual television version of pete kellys blues 1959 for his mark vii, limited production company. Shop pete kellys blues dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. 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. Citation use the citation below to add this album to your. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor. Buy pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in.
Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production company. Jack webb directed and starred in pete kellys blues, a 1955 film. But the writing is actually pretty good, and theres some good character acting going on, which neatly provides a balance to webbs deadpan delivery. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. Songs from pete kellys blues peggy lee mit dem orchester hal mooney. He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. This tuneful melodrama is set during the height of the jazz age and presents a lively and realistic view of life in swinging kansas city, where. Pete kellys blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. Pete kellys blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webbs theatrical features.
Pete kelly tries to save a distinguishedlooking old doctor from a gangster. Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. 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. New releases of toscas kiss and pete kellys blues the new. But webb is incredibly stiff as the loner bandleader pete kelly, killing scene after scene with his perfectly deadly performance. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their. Though he flourished within this creative arena, his auteur. Pete kellys blues pete kelly and his big seven rca victor lpm1126.
Pete kellys blues, dr jonathan budd september 19, 1951 one of the gloomiest openings to any series leads into jack webbs radio series pete kellys blues. Pete kellys big seven came from pete kellys 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. Pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in. Movie title from the pete kellys blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. Pete kellys blues soundtrack 1955 the moviemusic store. A jazzman of the wideopen 20s caught in the crossfire of its blazing. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing pete kellys blues near you.
Overview of pete kellys blues, 1955, directed by jack webb, with jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, at turner classic movies. Print and download pete kellys blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. Jack webbs narration before each song cracks me up. 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. Jack webb left an indelible mark on the television landscape with dragnet and as a producer of adam12. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. Songs from pete kellys blues is an album by jazz singer peggy lee that contains songs from the film pete kellys blues 1955.
Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Pete kellys blues 1955 yify download movie torrent yts. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Watch the video for pete kellys blues from bobby darins this is darin for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz.
Jack webbs classic monotone is well featured in this series. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Read the full synopsis of pete kellys blues, 1955, directed by jack webb, with jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, at turner classic movies. Pete kellys blues bluray spanish import region b pal 1955 jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a. Most of the film concerns kellys efforts to keep his big seven aggregation. Pete kellys blues film pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. 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. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues discogs. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series.
Pete kelly s blues 1955 tt0048484 in 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Peggy lee, ella fitzgerald pete kellys blues 1955, vinyl discogs. Pete kellys blues soundtrack cd details and availability. Lee starred in the film and rerecorded some of the songs for this album.
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 kellys blues 1955 07311955 us drama, action, music 1h 35m user score. 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. I bought this on 45 rpm in the late 50s, later found same songs plus a couple other pete kellys blues albums on lps. Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins. This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee.
Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor. With jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee. Us art dealer returns to his native germany for a visit and is attracted by nazi propaganda. Various artists pete kellys blues 1955 film amazon. Pete kellys blues 1955 full movie download full hd youtube.
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