Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. She played dramatic leads in two films and appeared as a singer in two others. Pete kelly s blues 1955 traveled firstclass to the cinemascope screen, with a strong, handpicked cast. Pete kelly s blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame. Find release information for pete kelly s blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. He finds out another person he barely knows has been killed by the same gangster and he s ready for war.
Dragnet star jack webb directs and stars in pete kelly s blues, a 1955 melodrama celebrating prohibitionera jazz. 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. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio. 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. The series starred jack webb as pete kelly and was created by writer richard l. Pete kellys blues 1955 yify download movie torrent yts.
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. Pete kelly s blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles. Pete kelly s blues soundtrack music cd album at cd universe, 1955. Pete kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Pete kelly tries to save a distinguishedlooking old doctor from a gangster. Old time radio crime drama from 1951 starring jack webb 5 episodes. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. 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.
Pete kelly s blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webb s theatrical features. Pete kelly s blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad. Complete your jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven collection. The handsome pete kelly s blues features solid contributions from a fine cast and every technical department. 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 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. 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. The only thing bad i can say about it is i had a hard time figuring out pete kelly s motivation. With jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee. Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. 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.
Find pete kelly discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pete kellys blues dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. 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. Jack webb s narration before each song cracks me up. Ones media pete kelly s blues otr1cd petekellysblues old time radio 1 cd 6 mp3 total playtime. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. 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. What a movie pete kellys blues 1955 could have been. 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.
Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. Jack webb s classic monotone is well featured in this series. Read the full synopsis 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. 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. 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. Featuring an allstar cast including janet leigh psycho, lee marvin the dirty dozen, 50s pinup star jayne. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. Peggy lee and ella fitzgerald songs from pete kellys blues. Peggy won a grammy in 1969 as best contemporary female vocalist for her recording of is that all there is.
A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their. 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. She wrote the lyrics for many of her songs and for three films. Pete kelly s blues bluray spanish import region b pal 1955 jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. Rent pete kelly s blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. But webb is incredibly stiff as the loner bandleader pete kelly, killing scene after scene with his perfectly deadly performance. Pete kellys blues old time radio golden age of radio. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Though he flourished within this creative arena, his auteur sensibilities took full shape with the.
Pete kelly s blues 1955 a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee. Buy pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Matty matlock and his all stars supplied the music for pete kelly and his bi. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Janet leigh is a ginswilling heiress who moves in on kelly s heart. Pete kellys blues bluray disc details highdef digest. 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. In 1955, she played a despondent, alcoholic blues singer in pete kelly s blues 1955, for which she was nominated for an oscar.
Lee starred in the film and rerecorded some of the songs for this album. 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. In 1927, pete kelly jack webb and his band play at a kansas city speakeasy. Find pete kelly discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Print and download pete kelly s blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf.
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. Pete kellys blues soundtrack cd album at cd universe. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production company. Pete kelly s blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951. Corrupt political boss fran mccargedmond obrien wants a quarter of the bands take as its new agent at an attempted shakedown. This week on case closed, pete kellys blues starts us off with the september 19, 1951 episode titled, the dutchman. Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Watch jack webb and lee marvin as pretend musicians in this clip from the movie. He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d.
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 1955 the movie title stills collection. Usage public domain topics pete kellys blues, old time radio, crime drama. Wjack webb as pete kelly 11 jazz tunesmatty matlock co, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping. 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. 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. 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. Decca 19341955 1950 pure ella originally ella sings gershwin souvenir album 1954 lullabies of birdland songs. 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. For her performance in pete kelly s blues 1955 she received a best supporting actress oscar nomination. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube.
Livraison a 0,01 seulement pour votre premiere commande en france. The secret is not in whats different from the now of 1955 in costumes, utensils and. Pete kellys blues 10 vita brandt pete kellys blues drama. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. Ella fitzgerald brings her inimitable jazz alchemy to hard hearted hannah and pete kelly s blues.
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. Shop pete kellys blues dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in prohibitionera kansas city. In 1955, jack webb brought pete kellys blues from radio to the big screen. This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. Today, neither the film nor the tv series resonates. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kelly s blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie.
Find release information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. In 1927, a kansas city, missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew by gus kahn. 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. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii.
Jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 on dvd and bluray netflix. Pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly.
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