Movie title from the pete kellys blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. Most likely the reason for choosing these is they both came out in 1955, and hence could have been seen with pete kellys blues at the theatre. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. Ray heindorf pete kellys blues sheet music in c minor. Songs from pete kellys blues peggy lee mit dem orchester hal mooney. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. Pete kellys blues 1955 07311955 us drama, action, music 1h 35m user score. Pete kellys blues 1955 full movie download full hd youtube. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play.
A bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Catala english francais galego italiano norsk bokmal. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio. Songs from pete kellys blues is an album by jazz singer peggy lee that contains songs from the film pete kellys blues 1955. Otr usually means radio broadcasting from the golden age of radio, mostly before 1964. Pete kellys blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew by gus kahn. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie.
Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing pete kellys blues near you. For her performance in pete kellys blues 1955 she received a best supporting actress oscar nomination. Pete kellys blues 1955 pete kellys blues 1955 umr links. 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. I bought this on 45 rpm in the late 50s, later found same songs plus a couple other pete kellys blues albums on lps. She wrote the lyrics for many of her songs and for three films. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 6. 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. She played dramatic leads in two films and appeared as a singer in two others.
Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood. 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. 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. Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in c minor.
Peggy lee portrays alcoholic jazz singer rose hopkins a performance for which she received an academy. Cinematography harold rosson production design harper goff art direction feild gray film editor robert m. 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 a sigh of a tribute, a melancholic. Pete kellys blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webbs theatrical features. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. A poster for jack webbs 1955 crime film pete kellys blues starring jack webb, janet leigh, peggy lee, and edmond obrien. Pete kellys blues 1955 a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. 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. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Buy pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. 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.
Hd 720p pete kellys blues 1955 full streaming full. Pete kellys blues by sammy cahn, ray heindorf, hard hearted hannah by jack yellen, bob bigelow, charles bates, performed by ella fitzgerald. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. Pete kelly s blues 1955 tt0048484 in 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Optional english and french subtitles are provided and 2 shorts from the same year 1955, but not related to the feature are provided. Pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues discogs. Lee starred in the film and rerecorded some of the songs for this album. Matty matlock and his all stars supplied the music for pete kelly and his bi. Various artists pete kellys blues 1955 film amazon. He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. 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.
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. Pete kellys blues 1955 has finally made it to dvd and a fairly enjoyable issue it is too but mostly because of the music which im sorry to say there isnt an over abundance of either. Pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in. You can view total description of pete kelly s blues below original title. A jazzman of the wideopen 20s caught in the crossfire of its blazing. Watch the video for pete kellys blues from bobby darins this is darin for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Watch pete kelly s blues full movie in hd visit in 1927, a kansas city, missouri cornet player and his band perform n. 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.
Rent pete kellys blues 1955 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. What a movie pete kellys blues 1955 could have been. A poster for jack webbs 1955 crime film pete kellys. These shows from the pretelevision age include adventure, comedies, mystery shows, western dramas and shows from world war ii. Old time radio crime drama from 1951 starring jack webb 5 episodes. Usage public domain topics pete kellys blues, old time radio, crime drama. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Breen it is nevertheless well directed by the pictures star jack webb. Listen free to peggy lee songs from pete kellys blues oh didnt he ramble, im gonna meet my sweetie now and more. Print and download pete kellys blues sheet music composed by ray heindorf. Pete kellys blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. Find release information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Most of the film concerns kellys efforts to keep his big seven aggregation together. 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.
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