I bought this on 45 rpm in the late 50s, later found same songs plus a couple other pete kellys blues albums on lps. Welcome to issue 5 of our monthly, everburgeoning journal. Song intro to pete kelly s blues 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. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 on dvd and bluray netflix. Pete kellys blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh.
Ella fitzgerald makes a cameo as singer maggie jackson. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio. It s remembered today chiefly for the role of a damaged alcoholic singer played by peggy lee. Find release information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Pete kellys blues was an american crimemusical 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 kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. 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 radio series pete kellys blues, 1955 film based on the radio series songs from pete kellys blues, soundtrack album of the 1955 film pete kellys blues song, 1955 song introduced in the movie. Jack webb s narration before each song cracks me up.
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. Jack webb dragnet directs and stars in this fascinating tale of jazz and gangsters in prohibitionera kansas city. Pete kellys blues was a television series starring william reynolds which aired in 1959. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. Rent pete kelly s blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. It ran on nbc as a summer replacement series from july 4 to september 19, 1951. Pete kelly s blues was a television series starring william reynolds which aired in 1959. Both orchestral tracks were issued as a 45 rpm single on columbia 40533. Provided to youtube by cdbaby pete kellys blues beegie adair vintage jazz. 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. Pete kellys blues 1955 traveled firstclass to the cinemascope screen, with a strong, handpicked cast.
Read the full synopsis of pete kellys blues, 1955, directed by jack webb, with jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, at turner classic movies. Peggy lee portrays alcoholic jazz singer rose hopkins. Pete kellys blues tv series 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap.
Pete kelly s blues was originally a radio series created by richard l. With jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Peggy lee and jack webb in pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb, dorothy towne pete kellys blues 1955 36480103 ella fitzgerald in pete kellys blues 1955. 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 kellys blues was released in both fourtrack stereo the magnetic encoding process introduced with cinemascope and mono.
Nach einem auftritt im film pete kellys blues 1955 ging sie zu verve records. 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. Today, neither the film nor the tv series resonates. But the writing is actually pretty good, and theres some good character acting going on, which neatly provides a balance to webbs deadpan delivery. Like love me or leave me, also made in 1955, webbs film is set in the golden age of prohibition. Jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues. Pete kellys blues was originally a radio series created by richard l. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. 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. 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 isnt much different, though jack webb earns himself quite a bit of credibility by casting not just lee, but giving the legendary ella fitzgerald a small part and even having her sing the movie s title track. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
Lee marvin, martin milner, and jayne mansfield also make early career appearances. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. The cast of the film is uniformly excellent except for webb himself. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. 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. Pete kelly s blues 1955 traveled firstclass to the cinemascope screen, with a strong, handpicked cast. Jack webb pete kellys blues original full length movie trailer. 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 kelly s blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webb s theatrical features. Jack webbs classic monotone is well featured in this series.
It was created by jack webb, based on his 1951 radio series of the same name. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed kelly gives in. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Jack webbs narration before each song cracks me up. Jack webb s classic monotone is well featured in this series. Featuring an allstar cast including janet leigh psycho, lee marvin the dirty dozen, 50s pinup star jayne. 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. Pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues discogs.
Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. 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. It later became a shortlived tv series pete kelly s blues 1959, produced by webb. Le film pete kellys blues 1955 vostfr film complet. Original full length movie trailer for pete kellys blues starring jack webb. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb cast and crew allmovie. Pete kellys blues columbia released 10 jazz of the roaring 20s songs from the 1955 warner bros. 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. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. Original full length movie trailer for pete kelly s blues starring jack webb. Sep 09, 2015 provided to youtube by cdbaby pete kellys blues beegie adair vintage jazz. Pete kellys blues old time radio golden age of radio. Pete kelly s blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame.
Pete kelley blues 1951 arrived on radio almost two years after jack webb reached stardom in dragnet. Jack webb pete kellys blues original full length movie. Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. A history of avantgarde and experimental film in france. Pete kellys blues isnt much different, though jack webb earns himself quite a bit of credibility by casting not just lee, but giving the legendary ella fitzgerald a small part and even having her sing the movies title track. It later became a shortlived tv series pete kellys blues 1959, produced by webb. 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. Ella fitzgerald musiker musikdatenbank radio swiss jazz. Now that jack webbs glorious pete kellys blues has finally. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Complete your jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven collection. 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 is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Pete kellys blues bluray release date november 4, 2014 warner.
Fitzgeralds role as maggie jackson also serves as a bit of subtle explanation as to where the black musicians have. Like love me or leave me, also made in 1955, webbs 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 kellys blues, wednesday nights at 8pm during the summer of 1951. May 29, 2009 original full length movie trailer for pete kelly s blues starring jack webb. Pete kelly fronts the house band, the big seven, at a speakeasy at 217 cherry street, kansas city, on the missouri side. Pete kellys blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame. Pete kellys blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Fitzgerald s role as maggie jackson also serves as a bit of subtle explanation as to where the black musicians have. Pete kelly s blues was an american crimemusical 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 kelly s blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh. Pete kellys blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webbs theatrical features.
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