Lee De Forest(1873-1961)

Producer
Director
Cinematographer

Lee De Forest was born on 26 August 1873 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Phonofilm (1923), A Musical Monologue (1923) and Syncopation and Song (1927). He was married to Marie Mosquini, Nora Stanton Blatch, Lucille Sheardown and Mary Mayo (concert singer). He died on 30 June 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.

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Awards
- 2 wins

Known for

Phonofilm

Producer

1923

A Musical Monologue

Short

Producer

1923

Syncopation and Song

Short

Producer

1927

George Bernard Shaw

7.5

Short

Producer

1927

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Producer

The Fire Brigade
Short
- producer
- 1928
Carrie from Lancasheer
Short
- producer
- 1928
The Orderly Room
Short
- producer
- 1928
The Raw Recruit
Short
- producer
- 1928
The Barrister
Short
- producer
- 1928
Safety First
Short
- producer
- 1928
The 'Flu That Flew
Short
- producer
- 1928
Ashton and Rawson
Short
- producer
- 1928
Mr. George Mozart the Famous Comedian
Short
- producer
- 1928
Almost a Gentleman
Short
- producer
- 1928
Mirth and Magic
Short
- producer
- 1928
Ain't She Sweet
Short
- producer
- 1928
I Don't Care What You Used to Be
Short
- producer
- 1927
Syncopation and Song
Short
- producer
- 1927
John Citizen's Lament
Short
- producer
- 1927

Director

Syncopation and Song
Short
- Director
- 1927
To See If My Dreams Come True
Short
- Director
- 1927
George Bernard Shaw
7.5
Short
- Director
- 1927
Charles A. Lindbergh
5.7
Short
- Director
- 1927
Bleak House
5.8
Short
- Director
- 1926
Ethel Hook
Short
- Director
- 1926
Alvin and Kelvin Keech
Short
- Director
- 1926
Alma Barnes the Internationally Famous Mimic
Short
- Director
- 1926
Jack Pearl and Ben Bard
Short
- Director
- 1926
Cuban Sound Documentary
Short
- Director
- 1926
Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm
Short
- Director
- 1926
Dick Henderson
Short
- Director
- 1926
Paul Specht Musical Number
Short
- Director
- 1925
Chauncey Depew
Short
- Director
- 1925
Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators
Short
- Director
- 1925

Cinematographer

Syncopation and Song
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1927
Teddy Brown
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1927
The Actors' Squad
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1927
To See If My Dreams Come True
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1927
George Bernard Shaw
7.5
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1927
Farewell Message of Mr. Levine and Captain Hinchcliffe, Just Before Their Departure on Their Return Flight to America
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1927
Thorpe Bates
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1926
The Flat Charleston
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1926
Ethel Hook
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1926
Alvin and Kelvin Keech
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1926
Jack Pearl and Ben Bard
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1926
The Radio Franks
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1926
A Night in Dixie
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1925
Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1925
Gloria Swanson Dialogue
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1925

Personal details

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Born
- August 26, 1873
- Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Died
- June 30, 1961
- Hollywood, California, USA
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- 3 Articles

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Trivia
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which was a key component of all major communication devices (radio, telephone, radar, television) prior to the invention of the transistor.

Quotes
[on radio advertising] What have you done with my child? You have sent him out on the street in rags of ragtime to collect money from all and sundry. You have made of him a laughingstock of intelligence, surely a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere.