Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. Peggy won a grammy in 1969 as best contemporary female vocalist for her recording of is that all there is. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor.
Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. 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 kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues discogs. Various artists pete kellys blues 1955 film amazon. Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in. The ad featured a punchout recording containing a message from webb and a 78 rpm. Read the full synopsis of pete kellys blues, 1955, directed by jack webb, with jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, at turner classic movies. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Lee starred in the film and rerecorded some of the songs for this album. Most of the film concerns kellys efforts to keep his big seven aggregation. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed kelly gives in. In 1955, she played a despondent, alcoholic blues singer in pete kellys blues 1955, for which she was nominated for an oscar. 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. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio.
Pete kelly s blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame. Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. Although production charts indicate that the shooting schedule of pete kellys blues occurred between late march and midmay 1955, a two page ad in a late february 1955 edition of hollywood reporter reported that the film was now shooting in new orleans. Movie title from the pete kellys blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. A jazzman of the wideopen 20s caught in the crossfire of its blazing. Kelly soon realises he has made a big mistake selling out in this way and that rich girl ivy is now the only decent thing in his life. Pete kellys blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webbs theatrical features. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing pete kellys blues near you. Jack webb directed and stars in this musical melodrama, along with janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee, lee. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. 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. Jack webbs classic monotone is well featured in this series. Find release information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie.
Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Kellys band was the big seven, a reflection of webbs mk vii production company. Pete kellys blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. 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 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 s blues 1955 tt0048484 in 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. In 1927, a kansas city, missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly. Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap.
Jack webbs narration before each song cracks me up. Songs from pete kellys blues is an album by jazz singer peggy lee that contains songs from the film pete kellys blues 1955. The only thing bad i can say about it is i had a hard time figuring out pete kellys motivation. Pete kellys blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Print and download pete kellys blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. 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. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. 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. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime. 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. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor. This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. But the writing is actually pretty good, and theres some good character acting going on, which neatly provides a balance to webbs deadpan delivery.
Pete kellys blues 1955 a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. 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. With jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee. 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. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Pete kellys blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame. Pete kellys blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. Pete kelly tries to save a distinguishedlooking old doctor from a gangster. The only thing they can do is do what they do best play music so they get their old band together and theyre on their way, while getting in a bit of trouble here and there. Pete kellys blues 1955 yify download movie torrent yts. Listen free to peggy lee songs from pete kellys blues oh didnt he ramble, im gonna meet my sweetie now and more. 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. The movie is 1955s pete kellys blues, a musical crime drama based on an nbc radio drama that ran in summer 1951.
Peggy lee and ella fitzgerald songs from pete kellys blues. These were recorded flat and then also equalized with turnover. I bought this on 45 rpm in the late 50s, later found same songs plus a couple other pete kellys blues albums on lps. Jake blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, elwood on a mission from god to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. 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. He finds out another person he barely knows has been killed by the same gangster and hes ready for war.
Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. Pete kellys blues 1955 07311955 us drama, action, music 1h 35m user score. Pete kellys blues by sammy cahn, ray heindorf, hard hearted hannah by jack yellen, bob bigelow, charles bates, performed by ella fitzgerald. Jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues. 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.
He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. Dragnet star jack webb directs and stars in pete kellys blues, a 1955 melodrama celebrating prohibitionera jazz. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their. Kc in the roaring 20s is a world of jazz, gangsters, gun molls, gmen, bad booze and desperate people trying to save their skins. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. 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. Find pete kelly discography, albums and singles on allmusic. 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. Pete kellys blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. Peggy lee, ella fitzgerald pete kellys blues 1955, vinyl discogs.
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