Pete Kelly's Blues
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Movie Reviews of Pete Kelly's Blues
Movie Review: Webb's Pete based on another Pete?
Summary: 4 Stars
Apparently, when Jack Webb was creating PETE KELLY he would regularly watch Hollywood-based cornetist PETE DAILY and his band to assimilate the mannerisms and attitudes of a similar musician. Recordings by Matty Matlock's band were so popular that the group made concert appearances billed as PETE KELLY'S BIG SEVEN supported, ironically, by PETE DAILY'S DIXIELANDERS!Great to have PETE KELLY'S BLUES on DVD after all these years, in any format. Now what about re-releasing the PETE KELLY BIG SEVEN recordings? Not to mention those infectious PETE DAILY & HIS CHICAGOANS tracks.Movie Review: Worth watching!
Summary: 4 Stars
This little film tries successfully to look like a big production. It surely has lots of weak moments but they don't count because it has so many unforgettable ones: Take it's soundtrack, the finale, Peggy Lee's performance, the scenes in the dance hall and the use of CinemaScope in some shots - and you have a first rate, terribly underrated film.
Watched it once on a big screen. That is unforgettable. Watching it on DVD reminds me how great it was watching it in the cinema.
Movie Review: A good 1925 Jazz story
Summary: 4 Stars
Although not extraordinary, it is a pleasant simple story of a group of Jazz players trying to survive
during the "gangsters" period. The music is definitely good and the presence of Ella adds luster to it.
We discover a new actress and singer (Peggy Lee), we see both Jack Webb and Lee Marvin at their
"quasi" debut....all in all, a good film noir well dressed with the music I adore.
Movie Review: Just so one is aware...
Summary: 4 Stars
With regard to what "Captain Nemo" has posted, this quoted from the reverse label of the Warner Brothers DVD packaging:
"Widescreen version presented in a "widescreen" letterbox format preserving the "scope" aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. Enhanced for widescreen TVs." In addition, "Soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.1.". The theatrical trailer is included, as well.
Movie Review: WIDESCREEN
Summary: 4 Stars
According to several other sites I have looked up (key word "Pete Kelly's Blues Anamorphic" ) PKB will be wide-screen with a new digital sound-track. It only makes sense: this was a wide-screen showcase for Warner, so why re-issue without showing the whole movie? Also, there are several shorts included with the DVD.