Pete kellys blues 1955 is a crime, drama movie starring jack webb and janet leigh. Various artists pete kellys blues 1955 film amazon. Pete kellys blues 1955 full movie download full hd. Movie title from the pete kellys blues 1955 directed by jack webb, starring jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, andy devine, lee marvin. A bootlegger edmond obrien strongarms a jazz cornetist jack webb and his combo at a 1920s kansas city speakeasy. Listen to pete kellys blues from june christys june christy the unforgettable for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. 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.
Lee starred in the film and rerecorded some of the songs for this album. Although peggy lee and ella fitzgerald appear and perform in the film, they were not on the original soundtrack. Looking at how persistent he was about trying to make it a hit, it appears that webbs passion project was pete kellys blues. Pete kellys blues online stream pete kellys blues gratis. Jack webbs narration before each song cracks me up. Pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb releases allmovie. Buy a cd or vinyl record and get 90 days free amazon music unlimited. Breen, who had previously worked with webb on pat novak for hire. 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. Pete kellys blues was a radio show that jack webb starred in way back in the late forties or early fifties. I bought this on 45 rpm in the late 50s, later found same songs plus a couple other pete kellys blues albums on lps. He needs me,sing a rainbow by arthur hamilton, sugar by maceo pinkard, sidney d. Pete kellys blues 1955 pete kellys blues 1955 umr links.
Although every bit as straightlaced as sgt friday, webb was comfortable in the smoky nightclub atmosphere of jazz. Pete kellys blues is a 1955 musicalcrime film based on the 1951 original radio series. Like love me or leave me, also made in 1955, webbs film is set in the golden age of prohibition, mixing. Ella fitzgerald sings the title tune and peggy lee gets a nomination for best supporting actress in this starstudded musical drama that throws the spotlight on jazz musicians, speakeasies and mobsters of the 1920s.
Today, neither the film nor the tv series resonates. Mitchell, somebody loves me by ballard macdonald, buddy desylva, george gershwin, i never knew by gus kahn. A poster for jack webbs 1955 crime film pete kellys. Watch pete kellys blues full movie in hd visit in 1927, a kansas city, missouri cornet player and his band perform ni.
With jack webb, janet leigh, edmond obrien, peggy lee. The show was short lived as the network wanted webb to do dragnet. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. He had a tremendous jazz collection of some 6000 recordings. Pete kellys blues 1955 traveled firstclass to the cinemascope screen, with a strong, handpicked cast.
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. It was directed by and starred jack webb in the title role of a bandleader. Breen it is nevertheless well directed by the pictures star jack webb. This album should not be confused with the soundtrack. The film has a certain edgy realism and unsentimentality not usually found in films about jazz before this time the bars where the band plays are crowded and smoky. Find release information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. Pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles. 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.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Pete kelley blues 1951 arrived on radio almost two years after jack webb reached stardom in dragnet. The original soundtrack to pete kellys blues, the 1955 film starring jack webb, featured dixieland and hot jazz from the 1920s. The series starred jack webb as pete kelly and was created by writer richard l. Old time radio crime drama from 1951 starring jack webb 5 episodes addeddate. Buy pete kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in english without subtitles from amazons movies store. Rent pete kellys blues 1955 starring jack webb and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. This music is wonderful, and has always been one of the favorite of my more than 3,000 albums. Pete kellys blues original theatrical trailer youtube. A poster for jack webbs 1955 crime film pete kellys blues starring jack webb, janet leigh, peggy lee, and edmond obrien. 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.
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. Pete kelly and his big seven pete kellys blues discogs. Songs from pete kellys blues is an album by jazz singer peggy lee that contains songs from the film pete kellys blues 1955. Jack webb, janet leigh, peggy lee, jayne mansfield. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. Songs from pete kellys blues 1955 peggy and ella fitzgerald perform songs from the warner bros. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Pete kellys blues is an entertaining film directed by and starring jack webb, of dragnet fame.
It also was a shortlived television series in 1959 starring william. What a movie pete kellys blues 1955 could have been. Pete kellys blues 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 dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc. Find movie and film cast and crew information for pete kellys blues 1955 jack webb on allmovie. In 1927 kansas city pete kelly and his jazz band play. Part of what made pete kellys blues a labor of love was the fact that webb had been a jazz fan since childhood.
Usage public domain topics pete kellys blues, old time radio, crime drama. Fantastic album, one ive been looking for on cd for a long time. 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 kellys blues 1955 official region 2 pal release, plays in. Peggys numbers include bye bye blackbird, sugar, somebody loves me and sing a. Pete kellys blues 1955 first appeared as a radio broadcast in 1951 and ran only episodes. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is k. Shop pete kellys blues dvd 1955 region 1 us import ntsc.
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