About this project

Kay Kemble (1911-1989) is a character invented for this project. Kay sang on radio commercials as a child and went on to lead Big Bands and swing ensembles in the 30's and 40's. She worked at Scott Air Field as a WAAC enlistee and a civilian. She produced war bond rallies, and her all-female band promoted a popular shampoo brand. In the 80's there was renewed interest in Kay's musical career.

Kay informally adopted the orphaned niece and nephew of her partner Wilmetta "Teeny" Stockton, and in the early 70's the family moved from St. Louis to New Orleans. After Kay and Teeny's deaths, family members remained in New Orleans until displaced by Hurricane Katrina. In 2014, I arranged to archive, organize, and restore Kay's memorabilia. Most items were damaged due to age, hurried packing , and lack of funds for formal archiving.

I've "become" Kay in reproduction radio broadcasts, and created artifacts to represent damaged or destroyed items in the collection.



Sunday, August 28, 2022

Kay's era, in another part ofr the world: Composer of film music for Mexican mummy movie also left us a pearl

Recently I borrowed the 1957 horror flick "The Aztec Mummy" from Netflix, and while the credits moved along, I saw this one, and it rang a bell.


 



Ten years before "The Aztec Mummy," Antonio Diaz Conde did the music for the  Spanish-language film version of the John Steinbeck story "The Pearl." Spanish title: "La Perla."  Here's the film on YouTube. It has English subtitles.




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