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Ken Darby is a Actor, Lyricist and Sound American born on 13 may 1909

Ken Darby

Ken Darby
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Birth name Kenneth Lorin Darby
Nationality USA
Birth 13 may 1909
Death 24 january 1992 (at 82 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)

Kenneth Lorin Darby (May 13, 1909 – January 24, 1992) was an American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, and conductor. His film scores were recognized with three Academy Awards and one Grammy Award. He provided vocals for the Munchkinland mayor in The Wizard of Oz (1939), who was portrayed in the film by Charlie Becker.

Best films

Song of the South
Song of the South
(1946)
(Songs) How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
(1962)
(Lyricist) Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
(1960)
(Music Supervisor) River of No Return
River of No Return
(1954)
(Songs)

Usually with

Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(12 films)
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
(10 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(11 films)
Edgar Ray Kellogg
Edgar Ray Kellogg
(8 films)
Charles Le Maire
Charles Le Maire
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ken Darby (41 films)

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Actor

Trick or Treat
Trick or Treat (1952)
, 6minutes
Directed by Jack Hannah
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about birds, Witches in film, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Ken Darby, June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft
Roles Jack-O'lantern (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5895153.5895153.5895153.5895153.589515
The film opens with the song "Trick or Treat for Halloween", the lyrics of which tell the film's moral – one must be generous on Halloween or face trouble.
The Brave Engineer
The Brave Engineer (1950)
, 7minutes
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Jerry Colonna, Ken Darby
Roles Himself
Rating66% 3.333053.333053.333053.333053.33305
Casey Jones, un conducteur de train à vapeur, doit s'assurer de la bonne livraison du courrier par le rail... Plusieurs problèmes surviennent sur le trajet, tels qu'une inondation consécutive à une tempête (on voit le train cheminer sous l'eau comme un sous-marin), un pont dynamité par un fou (le train s'arrache cependant du fond du canyon en grimpant à la verticale), l'archétypique demoiselle-en-détresse ligotée sur la voie par un assassin, des bandits (que Casey assomme et balance par dessus bord en usant de sa pelle à charbon comme un chasse-mouches) et une vache sur la voie. À toute vitesse, mettant les roues et les rails en fusion, rivetant les fuites de la chaudière debout sur les bielles en plein mouvement, Casey parvient à rejoindre sa destination avec une locomotive en grande partie détruite mais tenant le sac postal.
Donald's Dilemma
Donald's Dilemma (1947)
, 8minutes
Directed by Jack King
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about birds, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, George Magrill, Richard Conte, Gloria Blondell, Mel Blanc, Walter Pidgeon
Roles Donald Duck's Singing Voice (Uncredited)
Rating69% 3.479483.479483.479483.479483.47948
Après avoir convaincu Donald qu'il avait un talent pour l'opéra, Daisy se rend compte qu'il n'a plus de place dans son emploi du temps pour la voir...
Make Mine Music
Make Mine Music (1946)
, 1h15
Directed by Joe Grant, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador, Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Animation
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, Sterling Holloway, Andy Russell, Ken Darby
Roles The King's Men / Choral Director (Ken Darby Chorus) (singing voice) (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0453953.0453953.0453953.0453953.045395
Le film se présente comme une séance dans une salle de spectacle. Il se compose de dix séquences nommées différemment lors de leurs rééditions en dehors du long métrage :
Margie
Margie (1946)
, 1h35
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jeanne Crain, Lynn Bari, Glenn Langan, Alan Young, Barbara Lawrence, Conrad Janis
Roles Off-Screen Singer (voice) (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.591063.591063.591063.591063.59106
In 1946, Margie (Jeanne Crain) is a housewife reminiscing about her high school days with her own teenage daughter, who has just discovered her mother's old photo album in the attic. In a flashback to the 1920s, Margie is a high-spirited girl living with her dominant but good-hearted Grandmother McSweeney (Esther Dale). Her mother has died and her father (Hobart Cavanaugh), the local mortician, lives apart from Margie and her grandmother, only visiting on Wednesday due to his busy work schedule, and sometimes not even staying long enough to see his daughter. The youngest girl in her class, Margie does very well at her schoolwork, but she is not socially adept and wears old-fashioned clothing, including bloomers that frequently fall down. By contrast, her pretty and fashionable neighbor Marybelle Tenor (Barbara Lawrence) wears short skirts and lipstick and dates the popular but dimwitted captain of the football team, Johnny Green (Conrad Janis). Margie secretly has a crush on Johnny, but he regards her as a "pain in the neck". When Margie meets the handsome new French teacher at her high school, Professor Ralph Fontayne (Glenn Langan), she becomes even more smitten with him, and he seems to take an interest in her as well. Meanwhile, Margie's bumbling classmate Roy Hornsdale (Alan Young) is in love with her, and constantly attempts to court her despite her disinterest in him.
The Martins and the Coys
The Martins and the Coys (1946)
, 8minutes
Directed by Jack Kinney
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Ken Darby
Roles The King's Men
Rating63% 3.1875153.1875153.1875153.1875153.187515
C'est l'histoire de deux familles, les Coy et les Martin, qui s'opposent, s'affrontent et se tirent dessus en permanence. commencée avec une offense mineure (une tentative de vol d'oeufs dans un poulailler) l'affaire dégénère en vendetta et en bataille rangée à la carabine Winchester. Les membres des deux clans sont expédiés au ciel (ou au purgatoire) où ils attendent la suite des évènements sur deux nuages . Les deux seuls survivants, Henry Coy, robuste garçon doté de plus de muscles que de cervelle et Grace Martin, une athlétique fille de l'ouest aux formes avantageuses , tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre, dansent avec entrain dans un bal de village, rustique mais plein d'ambiance, avant de partir en voyage de noces à bord d'une des premières automobiles, à la consternation des anciens des deux clans qui les scrutent depuis leur séjour céleste... On pourrait croire à un happy-end façon Une chaumière et un coeur mais à peine réunis sous le même toit , ils se lancent dans d'homériques querelles de ménage où tout l'ameublement est transformé en projectiles ...pour la plus grande joie des deux clans familiaux qui applaudissent et trépignent de joie comme les supporters lors d'un match sportif .
The Kansan
The Kansan (1943)
, 1h19
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette, Victor Jory, Robert Armstrong
Roles Member - The King's Men
Rating56% 2.806142.806142.806142.806142.80614
S'arrêtant dans une petite ville du Kansas, John Bonniwell accepte le poste de shérif après avoir mis en fuite des hors-la-loi. Tombé amoureux d'Eleanor Sager, la patronne du saloon-hôtel, il est confronté au banquier Jeff Barat qui tente frauduleusement d’accaparer la ville…
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal (1942)
, 1h44
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Marta Eggerth, Stephen McNally, Ben Blue
Roles Member - The King's Men (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4950453.4950453.4950453.4950453.495045
In the heyday of vaudeville, on the verge of America's entrance into World War I, two talented performers, Jo Hayden (Judy Garland) and Harry Palmer (Gene Kelly), set their sights on playing the Palace Theatre on Broadway, the epitome of vaudeville success, and marrying immediately after.
Dumbo
Dumbo (1941)
, 1h4
Directed by Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Samuel Armstrong, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Margaret Wright, Sterling Holloway, John McLeish, Cliff Edwards
Rating71% 3.596633.596633.596633.596633.59663
A flock of storks deliver babies while circus animals are being transported by train from their winter quarters. Mrs. Jumbo, one of the elephants, receives her baby who is soon taunted by the other (female) elephants because of his large ears, and they nickname him "Dumbo".
Two-Faced Woman
Two-Faced Woman (1941)
, 1h30
Directed by George Cukor, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Ruth Gordon, Robert Sterling
Roles Member - The King's Men (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1004053.1004053.1004053.1004053.100405
A fashion magazine editor (Douglas) marries a ski instructor (Garbo) on impulse, but she soon learns he expects her to be a dutiful wife, and not the independent woman he seemed to marry her for. They separate and he returns to New York City, where he takes up again with a playwright, (Bennett), with whom he was involved prior to marriage.
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
, 1h38
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, George Cukor, Victor Fleming, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Le pays d'Oz, Witches in film, Musical films, Steampunk films, Children's films
Actors Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke
Roles Munchkinland Mayor (voice)
Rating80% 4.0468354.0468354.0468354.0468354.046835
The film starts in sepia toned Kansas in the early 1900s. Dorothy Gale lives with her dog Toto on the farm of her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy and Toto get in trouble with a ruthless neighbor, Miss Almira Gulch, when Toto bites her. However, Dorothy's family and the farmhands are all too busy to pay attention to her. Miss Gulch arrives with permission from the sheriff to have Toto euthanized. He is taken away, but escapes and returns to Dorothy; she then decides to run away from home with Toto to escape Miss Gulch.