Live at Mister Kelly's

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Label

Live at Mister Kelly's

Statement of responsibility

Virgil Films ; Happy Medium Ventures ; Fox Point Pictures ; Mint Media Works ; directed by Theodore Bogosian ; produced by Theodore Bogosian, Scott Dummler

Title variation

Live at Mr. Kelly's

Contributor

• Kazan, Lainie
• Kurtis, Bill
• Tomlin, Lily
• Lewis, Ramsey
• Martin, Steve, 1945-
• Reid, Tim, 1944-
• Midler, Bette
• Fox Point Pictures
• Smothers Brothers
• Willard, Fred, 1939-2020
• Virgil Films
• Mint Media Works
• Kino Lorber, Inc
• Bogosian, Ted
• Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21-
• Cavett, Dick
• Dummler, Scott
• Happy Medium Ventures
• Newhart, Bob
• Gregory, Dick
• Hancock, Herbie, 1940-
• Streisand, Barbra
• Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005

Distributor

• Kino Lorber, Inc

Film director

• Bogosian, Ted

Film producer

• Dummler, Scott
• Bogosian, Ted

Interviewee

• Willard, Fred, 1939-2020
• Smothers Brothers
• Cavett, Dick
• Gregory, Dick
• Hancock, Herbie, 1940-
• Kazan, Lainie
• Lewis, Ramsey
• Martin, Steve, 1945-
• Midler, Bette
• Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21-
• Newhart, Bob
• Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005
• Reid, Tim, 1944-
• Streisand, Barbra
• Tomlin, Lily

Narrator

• Kurtis, Bill

Production company

• Fox Point Pictures
• Mint Media Works
• Happy Medium Ventures

Publisher

• Virgil Films

Subject

• Documentary films
• Nightclubs -- Illinois | Chicago
• Marienthal, Oscar
• Marienthal, George

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

• Documentary film
• The iconic Mister Kelly's illuminated legendary Chicago's Rush Street, and the entire country, by launching talents like Barbra Streisand, Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart, Bette Midler, and Steve Martin. It's visionary owners George and Oscar Marienthal smashed color and gender barriers to put unknown, controversial voices on stage and transform entertainment. Now, with the club long gone, and its star talent reaching its golden years, George's son David and director/screenwriter Theodore Bogosian go on a quest to collect the memories of the clubs before they are lost. Includes interviews with Bob Newhart, the Smothers Brothers, Dick Gregory, Lainie Kazan, Herbie Hancock, Dick Cavett, Tim Reid, Fred Willard, and Ramsey Lewis. How do you change the world with a laugh and a song? Find out in a film that documents the rise and fall of one of American entertainment's great proving grounds

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Editor, Scott Dummler ; original music composed & performed by Joe Alterman

Dewey number

977.3/11

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Language note

English dialogue, with optional English SDH subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Narrated by Bill Kurtis ; featuring Barbra Streisand, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Bob Newhart, Bette Midler, Steve Martin, The Smothers Brothers, Dick Gregory, Lainie Kazan, Herbie Hancock, Dick Cavett, Tim Reid, Fred Willard, Ramsey Lewis, Bill Murray

Runtime

83

Technique

live action