Papers, 1939-1992.

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Papers, 1939-1992.

Includes ca.200 phonodiscs, 26 compact discs, 20 open reel motion picture music track recordings, 8 audio cassettes, and sheet music. Materials were collected by and produced by the creative talents of Ken Darby, vocal arranger and choral conductor at 20th Century Fox Film Corp.

7 cartons (7 linear feet).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6734609

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Darby, Ken

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Kenneth Lorin Darby (1909-1992) was a vocal performer, coach, supervisor, arranger, conductor and musical scorer for many motion pictures. In 1929, he became a member of the vocal group The King's Men. He worked with Disney and at 20th Century Fox as a studio associate to Alfred Newman. He was the author of Hollywood Holyland and worked on many of the most popular films of the 1940s and 1950s. These included: The Robe, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Camelot, The King and I and South Pacific. ...