Offscreen trumpet player who dubbed in pete s solos was dick cathcart. Pete kelly s blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951. Buy pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. These were recorded flat and then also equalized with turnover.
This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart.
Pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues discogs. Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. 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. Pete kelly s blues 1955 tt0048484 in 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. 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. Movie title from the pete kelly s blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. Find pete kelly discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Jack webb s narration before each song cracks me up.
Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew by gus kahn. Pete kelly s blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Pete kellys blues 1955 the movie title stills collection.
Find release information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Pete kelly s blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. 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. Rent pete kelly s blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Pete kelly s blues by sammy cahn, ray heindorf, hard hearted hannah by jack yellen, bob bigelow, charles bates, performed by ella fitzgerald. Read the full synopsis of pete kellys blues, 1955, directed by jack webb, with jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, at turner classic movies. Jack webb s classic monotone is well featured in this series.
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. 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. The movie is 1955s pete kellys blues, a musical crime drama based on an nbc radio drama that ran in summer 1951. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins. 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. Pete kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production company.
Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in prohibitionera kansas city. Featuring an allstar cast including janet leigh psycho, lee marvin the dirty dozen, 50s pinup star jayne. Like love me or leave me, also made in 1955, webb s film is set in the golden age of prohibition, mixing crimegangster drama with great jazz music by the likes of ella fitzgerald and peggy lee. 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. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. Pete kelley blues 1951 arrived on radio almost two years after jack webb reached stardom in dragnet. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube.
Jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues. 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. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 on dvd and bluray netflix. 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. 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.
Jack webbs narration before each song cracks me up. Print and download pete kellys blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is k. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. Dragnet star jack webb directs and stars in pete kelly s blues, a 1955 melodrama celebrating prohibitionera jazz. Listen to pete kelly s blues from june christy s june christy the unforgettable for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. 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. 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. 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.
A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed kelly gives in. Today, neither the film nor the tv series resonates. 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 is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. 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. He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. Pete kelly s blues 1955 traveled firstclass to the cinemascope screen, with a strong, handpicked cast. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio. 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.
Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee. Pete kellys blues 11 june gould pete kellys blues drama. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. 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. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer warner archive.
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