My only guess is someone added it to the bootleg and was not on the. Find release information for pete kelly s blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. But the writing is actually pretty good, and theres some good character acting going on, which neatly provides a balance to webbs deadpan delivery. 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 is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. It used many of the same musicians, including cathcart, and ella fitzgerald was cast as maggie jackson. Complete your jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven collection. The series lasted only three months, but inspired a 1955 film version of pete kelly s blues, in. Pete kelly s blues is arguably the most stylish of directorstar jack webb s theatrical features. Truman was a product of that machine and that was never out of the publics mind even after pendergast was dead. I think my favourite part of pete kelly s blues is the scene where struggling clarinet player lee marvin laments that hes getting too old for this game and maybe he should move on with his life im older than the rest of ya, lots older, ive been through the band wars, too many of em. Opening with the funeral of a cornet player, the film moves on to show how webbs combo is threatened when gangster obrien decides to diversify his operations by extorting agent fees out of the musicians. Pete kelly s blues 1959 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by.
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 kellys blues columbia released 10 jazz of the roaring 20s songs from the 1955 warner bros. In 1955, jack webb brought pete kellys blues from radio to the big screen. In 1955 she played an alcoholic blues singer in pete kelly s blues, for which she received an academy awards nomination. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Janet leigh is featured as party girl ivy conrad, and edmond obrien as a gangster who applies pressure to kelly. Jack webb, janet leigh, edmond o brien, peggy lee, andy devine, lee marvin, ella. Jack webb, pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues. 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. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. 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. Dixieland jazz fans will really like the music from pete kelly s blues, i certainly did along with the rest of the. Webb is back, standing in front of a car from pete kellys blues.
Pete kelly s blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame. The definitive pete kellys blues radio log with jack webb. Now, having said all that, how can you not like a movie with a supporting cast of marvin, milner, divine, leigh, lee, obrian, and fitzgerald. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. Lee received an oscar nod for her work in pete kellys blues, and its a shame that the singer wasnt a more prolific actress she definitely had the chops. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Webb directs, produces, and stars in this interesting tale of jazz and gangsters in prohibitionera kansas city. Pete kelly s blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. The shows announcer was another frequent webb collaborator, george fenneman, who would open each show with this ones about pete kelly.
Jack webbs classic monotone is well featured in this series. Each of the films players get their moment to shine in the film, with lee receiving the showiest and most heartbreaking role as rose. Pete kellys blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Any film with both peggy lee and ella fitzgerald singing in it is work a listen. 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. Like his previous film, dragnet see entry above, pete kelly s blues s first incarnation was a radio series which aired for six months in 1951. Jack jack webbs second film as director he had made dragnet the previous year, pete kellys blues had a stoical hero himself and a story about an earlier way of life. Ray anthony and ella fitzgerald live tv 1955 pete kellys. In 1955 lee did the speaking and singing voices for several characters in disneys lady and the tramp movie.
Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew. Corrupt political boss fran mccargedmond obrien wants a quarter of the bands take. The film pete kelly s blues is a personal favorite, along with the beautiful title song and the various musical offshoots of pete kelly, all involving the great trumpet of. Marvin was in i died a thousand times 1955 with jack palance, shack out on 101 1955, kraft theatre, and front row center. Webb invites the audience to see the car in cinescope and in the new movie pete kellys blues. Us jazz singer who played maggie jackson in 1955 film. 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. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kelly s blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Pete kelly s blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles.
It was only a matter of time before we did a post on the namesake of this blog. Its remembered today chiefly for the role of a damaged alcoholic singer played by peggy lee. Pete kellys blues 1955 traveled firstclass to the cinemascope screen, with a strong, handpicked cast. Rent pete kelly s blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. Now that jack webbs glorious pete kellys blues has finally become. The music, of course is great if jazz is to your taste. Singin and dancing back in time pete kellys blues 1955. Another notable pseudobiopic at that time was pete kellys blues 1955.
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. Grammywinning jazz and pop legend peggy lee honored with. Jack webb left an indelible mark on the television landscape with dragnet and as a producer of adam12. There are great camera shots, particularly when one of kelly s associates gets gunned down in an alley. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew by gus kahn. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy.
Pendergasts name is not mentioned, in 1955 it didnt have to be. Pete kellys blues manufactured on demand, amaray case, dolby. Lee marvin and martin milner as pete s hotheaded sidemen keep the tempo torrid. Movie title from the pete kelly s blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. Pete kellys blues the great detectives of old time radio. Check winners and nominations of 1955 academy awards. Pete kelly s blues 1955 dragnet 1954 dragnet 272 episodes. 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 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. Click on the award name to show winners and nominees honored for.
Matty matlock and his all stars supplied the music for pete kelly and his big seven. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer. Martin milner while jack webb, lee marvin, and band members play in a scene from the film pete kelly s blues, 1955. Le film pete kellys blues 1955 vostfr film complet. It looked back to a disreputable hurlyburly past more in sorrow than in anger, not sweet enough to be labelled nostalgia. Jack webb hosts this special 1955 promotional special for his film pete kellys blues, with live tv performances by peggy lee, ella fitzgerald. The recent president of the united states, harry s. Pete kelly s blues 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Fitzgeralds role as maggie jackson also serves as a bit of subtle explanation as to where the black musicians have. Watch pete kellys blues 1955 full movies online gogomovies. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader and musician. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing pete kelly s blues near you. 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 film was released in 1955 yet here for a tv show that aired in 1959 telling all to see it in the theaters. Although production charts indicate that the shooting schedule of pete kelly s blues occurred between late march and midmay 1955, a two page ad in a late february 1955 edition of hollywood reporter. Pete kellys blues is a recent warner archive collection bluray release that took joe friday out of his element and placed him in an entirely different, yet equally immersive, universe. Most of the warner color has survived without turning brownish, all except for the prologue on the louisiana bayou. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. 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. Ella fitzgerald brings her inimitable jazz alchemy to hard hearted hannah and pete kelly s blues. In 1927, pete kelly jack webb and his band play at a kansas city speakeasy.
He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. Today, neither the film nor the tv series resonates. Pete kellys blues 1955 not rated 1h 35min crime, drama, music 31 july 1955 usa 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. Dragnet star jack webb directs and stars in pete kelly s blues, a 1955 melodrama celebrating prohibitionera jazz. The warner archive collection bluray of pete kelly s blues looks good in hd. For the development and production of a high efficiency yellow flame carbon for motion picture color photography. Janet leigh is a ginswilling heiress who moves in on kelly s heart. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb cast and crew allmovie. Both orchestral tracks were issued as a 45 rpm single on columbia 40533. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 on dvd and bluray netflix.
The original soundtrack to pete kellys blues, the 1955 film starring jack webb, featured dixieland and hot jazz from the 1920s. 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. 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. The break he gets is a bad one, however, when a mobster forces him to accept his girlfriend as a singer in his band. Pete kellys blues 1955 the movie title stills collection. Peggy lee, ella fitzgerald, ray anthonypete kellys blues tv. Pete kellys blues bluray disc details highdef digest.
Ray anthony and ella fitzgerald live tv 1955 pete kellys blues duration. Pete kellys blues 1955 letterboxd your life in film. Although peggy lee and ella fitzgerald appear and perform in the film, they were not on the original soundtrack. The crossword clue us jazz singer who played maggie jackson in 1955 film drama pete kellys blues published 2 time. Like love me or leave me, also made in 1955, webbs film is set in the golden age of prohibition, mixing.
Read the full synopsis of pete kellys blues, 1955, directed by jack webb, with jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, at turner classic movies. Pete kelly s blues was a favorite project of creators jack webb and richard l. Lee marvin was 30 years old when he shot this movie. Connee boswell as savannah brown, helen humes, dick cathcart. Many of her lesserknown gems are now being rediscovered through television and film, with features in major hits like the marvelous mrs. Most of those scenes are opticals, and the different film stock used would have faded differently than the rest of the film. Pete kelly s blues by sammy cahn, ray heindorf, hard hearted hannah by jack yellen, bob bigelow, charles bates, performed by ella fitzgerald. He had good support roles in a life in the balance 1955 he was third billed, and pete kelly s blues 1955 and appeared on tv in jane wyman presents the fireside theatre and studio one in hollywood. Pete kellys old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. Pete kelly s blues 1955 a bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Jack webb stars as a young trumpet player looking for a break, in this songfilled drama set in the jazz world of the roaring 20s. A bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Pete kellys blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame.
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