After I finished watching The Big Combo last night, I spent some time looking thropugh Francis Collinson's wonderful book Orchestration for the Theatre. I had recommended it to my arranging student, but I hadn't looked at it in years. I thought I'd better check it out again. It's such a wonderful read.
Collinson was the music director for London producer Charles Cochran. He conducted the 1935 London production of Anything Goes.