Pete Kelly's Blues Overview:

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Jack Webb and produced by Jack Webb.

Academy Awards 1955 --- Ceremony Number 28 (source: AMPAS)

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Taverna Maldita (1955) / Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

By L? on Jul 7, 2019 From Critica Retro

Taverna Maldita (1955) / Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) A hist?ria come?a em 1915 em Nova Orleans, onde um membro de uma fam?lia negra est? sendo enterrado no campo, ? margem do rio. Depois do funeral, uma corneta cai no ch?o. A linha do tempo pula para 1919, Jersey City, onde a mesma corneta, ago... Read full article


New From Warner Archive Blu-ray: Jazz and Gangsters in Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

By KC on Dec 1, 2014 From Classic Movies

Jack Webb directs himself in the title role of this Jazz-age, gangster crime flick, now available in a gorgeous Blu-ray from Warner Archive. As Kelly, Webb is a coronet player and leader of a speakeasy jazz combo. His life becomes more complicated when gangster boss Fran McCarg (Edmond O'Brien) st... Read full article


The Jack Webb Blogathon: Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

By Caftan Woman on Oct 17, 2014 From Caftan Woman

This one's about Pete Kelly. If you've ever taken the steps down to Rudy's speak over on Cherry Street to hear Kelly's Big 7, you know who I'm talking about. If you've been there, you've only gone for the music. Straight up Dixieland with soul that will divert you from the so-so food and weak liq... Read full article


Taverna Maldita (1955) / Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

By L? on Nov 30, -0001 From Critica Retro

Taverna Maldita (1955) / Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) A hist?ria come?a em 1915 em Nova Orleans, onde um membro de uma fam?lia negra est? sendo enterrado no campo, ? margem do rio. Depois do funeral, uma corneta cai no ch?o. A linha do tempo pula para 1919, Jersey City, onde a mesma corneta, ag... Read full article


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Jack Webb actually knew how to play the cornet. He loved jazz music and, as a boy, was given a cornet by a musician who lived near his home. While he never truly mastered the instrument he knew it well enough that his handling and fingering of the cornet in this movie is accurate.
"Pete Kelly's Blues" was originally a radio series created by Richard L. Breen and starring Jack Webb. It ran on NBC as a summer replacement series from July 4 to September 19, 1951. Pete Kelly's Blues later became a short-lived TV show, produced by Jack Webb.
In August 1957, this film was being widely shown on a double bill with The Last Hunt.
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