Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew by gus kahn. Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Shop pete kellys blues dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. The gus trudo story 07jun1959 nbc sun mark vii prod. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. 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. 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. Songs from pete kellys blues is an album by jazz singer peggy lee that contains songs from the film pete kellys blues 1955. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor. Pete kellys blues 1955 movie picture download mm52. Find pete kelly discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Pete kelly s blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh. 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 trailerproduction short youtube. Pete kelly s blues 1955 a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor. This week on case closed, pete kellys blues starts us off with the september 19, 1951 episode titled, the dutchman. Pete kellys blues, bluray, manufactured on demand, mono sound, dramaclassics, musicals theatrical, 888574055721.
Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. Print and download pete kellys blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. You can view total description of pete kelly s blues below original title. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Pete kellys blues 1955 pete kellys blues 1955 umr links. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Most likely the reason for choosing these is they both came out in 1955, and hence could have been seen with pete kelly s blues at the theatre. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. Jack webb s narration before each song cracks me up.
In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play. The first is the tenminute oscarnominated live action comedy gadgets galore, humorously examining the advent of such inventions as the motion picture and motorcars and their effects on rural americans. Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. The emory cusack story 14jun1959 nbc sun mark vii prod. Pete kelly s blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webb s theatrical features. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series.
Jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, imdb rating. The movie is 1955s pete kellys blues, a musical crime drama based on an nbc radio drama that ran in summer 1951. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production company. 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.
Today, neither the film nor the tv series resonates. Pete kellys blues 1955 the movie title stills collection. Pete kelly s blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. Pete kellys blues 11 june gould pete kellys blues drama. 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 1955 tt0048484 in 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a 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. Sammy cahn, ray heindorf, arthur hamilton, matty matlock cast. Featuring an allstar cast including janet leigh psycho, lee marvin the dirty dozen, 50s pinup star jayne. Webbs most elaborate movie, pete kellys blues 1955, newly out. 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.
A bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Peggy lee pete kelly s blues volume 1 brunswick uk. Jun 16, 2011 fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. 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 dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. 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. Hd 720p pete kellys blues 1955 full streaming full. Released 1955, pete kelly s blues stars jackwebb, janetleigh, edmondobrien, peggylee the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. 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 manufactured on demand, mono sound on. Pete kelley blues 1951 arrived on radio almost two years after jack webb reached stardom in dragnet. Movie title from the pete kelly s blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. With jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee.
This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. Watch pete kelly s blues full movie in hd visit in 1927, a kansas city, missouri cornet player and his band perf. Ray anthony and ella fitzgerald live tv 1955 pete kelly s blues. Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. Pete kellys blues 1955 a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. 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 original theatrical trailer warner archive. 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. Lee starred in the film and rerecorded some of the songs for this album.
Jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, andy devine. 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 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. New releases of toscas kiss and pete kellys blues the new. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. Jack webb directed and starred in pete kellys blues, a 1955 film now. Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in prohibitionera kansas city.
He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. Pete kellys blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh. Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee. The rompy thompson story 31may1959 nbc sun mark vii prod. Pete kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. Pete kellys blues 1955 trailerproduction short by elmerfudud.
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