Person

Lee De Forest

Directing · 1873–1961 · Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Lee de Forest, (born August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.—died June 30, 1961, Hollywood, California), American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made possible live radio broadcasting and became the key component of all radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems before the invention of the transistor in 1947. Although de Forest was bitter over the financial exploitation of his inventions by others, he was widely honoured as the “father of radio” and the “grandfather of television.” He was supported strongly but unsuccessfully for the Nobel Prize for Physics.

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  Casey at the Bat

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• A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

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• Stringed Harmony

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• Harlequin Serenade

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  Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs

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• Dick Henderson

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• Weber and Fields Pool Hall

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  Sweet Adeline

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  Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'

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• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers from Chauve Souris

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• 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioSelf - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage)
• 1927The Lard SongProducer
• 1926Dick HendersonDirector
• 1926My Old Kentucky HomeProducer
• 1926Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia'Producer
• 1926Sweet AdelineProducer
• 1924President Coolidge, Taken on the White House GroundsDirector
• 1923Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee RiverDirector
• 1923Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy SongsDirector
• 1923Weber and Fields Pool HallDirector
• 1923Ben Bernie and All the LadsDirector
• 1923A Few Moments with Eddie CantorDirector
• 1923From Far SevilleDirector
• 1923What the Phonofilm MeansDirector
• 1923A Study in ContrastsDirector
• 1923Harlequin SerenadeDirector
• 1923Stringed HarmonyDirector
• 1923Parade of the Wooden Soldiers from Chauve SourisDirector
• 1922Casey at the BatDirector