Lee De Forest Net Worth

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Lee De Forest Net Worth is
$16 Million

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Lee De Forest was born on August 26, 1873 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923), Lee DeForest (1922) and Alvin and Kelvin Keech (1926). He was married to Marie Mosquini, Mary Mayo, Nora Stanton Blatch and Lucille Sheardown. He died on June 30, 1961 in Hollywood...

Date Of BirthAugust 26, 1873
Place Of BirthCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, USA
ProfessionProducer, Director, Cinematographer
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1[on television] While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.
2[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.
#Fact
1Survived by his widow, Marie Mosquini, and three daughters: Harriet of Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. Eleanor Peck of Santa Monica; Mrs. Marilyn Culver of Albuquerque, N.M.; and six grandchildren.
2First to broadcast the voice of Enrico Caruso and to relay the first radio news bulletin in 1916.
3Co-founder (w/Max Fleischer, Edwin Miles Fadiman, Hugo Riesenfeld) Red Seal Pictures Corp., a distribution company formed in 1926.
4Preident of De Forest Phonofilm Inc., a production company active from 1922-1927.
5Received a Ph.D. from Yale University.
6More than 175 short films were made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process between 1921 and 1929. Surviving titles are at the Library of Congress, the British Film Institute, and the national film archives of Australia, Spain, and Argentina.
7His phonofilm sound films caught the first sound footage of a President of the United States on film in 1924. Filmed on August 11 with a special battery operated camera and sound recorder, President Calvin Coolidge spoke on film about taxation (with wildly inflated figures that did not match real tax statistics). It was intended to be used as a campaign aid in Coolidge's re-election that year. Ironically Coolidge's nickname was "Silent Cal.".
8For memorabilia of the DeForests: Miracles in Trust, The Penham Foundation, 101 First Street, Suite 394, Los Altos, CA 94022.
9His Audion vacuum tube is pictured on an 11¢ US airmail postage stamp in the Progress in Electronics series, issued 10 July 1973.
10Developed a way to synchronize sound on film called Phonofilm in 1923, which became the basis for the introduction of talking pictures in 1927.
11Cousin of actress Bebe Daniels.
12Inventor 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.
13Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1977.

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dandy George and Rosie1927Short producer
Frivolous Fragments1927Short producer
George Bernard Shaw1927Short producer
George Jackley, the Indignant Comedian in a Doggy Ditty1927Short producer
Harry Shalson the Popular Entertainer1927Short producer
I Don't Care What You Used to Be1927Short producer
Mark Griver and His Scottish Revellers1927Short producer
Norah Blaney1927Short producer
Sensations of 19271927Short producer
Syncopation and Song1927Short producer
Teddy Brown1927Short producer
The Actors' Squad1927Short producer
To See If My Dreams Come True1927Short producer
Nan Wild1926Short producer
Olly Oakley1926Short producer
Alma Barnes the Internationally Famous Mimic1926Short producer
Alvin and Kelvin Keech1926Short producer
Betty Chester the Well Known Co-Optimist Star1926Short producer
Ethel Hook1926Short producer
Fred Barnes1926Short producer
Gwen Farrar1926Short producer
I Can't Take You Out of My Dreams1926Short producer
I Want a Pie with a Plum In1926Short producer
Julius Caesar1926Short producer
Knee Deep in Daisies1926Short producer
Marie Lloyd Jr.1926Short producer
Nervo and Knox1926Short producer
Santa Claus1926Short producer
The Flat Charleston1926Short producer
The Houston Sisters1926Short producer
The Man in the Street1926Short producer
The Sheik of Araby1926/IIShort producer
The Whistler1926Short producer
Thorpe Bates1926Short producer
When That Yiddisher Band Played an Irish Tune1926Short producer
Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm1926Short producer
Cuban Sound Documentary1926Short producer
Billy Merson Singing Desdemona1926Short producer
Dick Henderson1926Short producer
Joe Termini the Somnolent Melodist1926Short producer
My Old Kentucky Home1926Short producer
Brooke Johns and Goodee Montgomery1926Short producer
Sweet Adeline1926/IIShort producer
The Radio Franks1926Short producer
Al Herman1926Short producer
Bleak House1926Short producer
Jack Pearl and Ben Bard1926Short producer
Swanee River1925Short producer
Gloria Swanson Dialogue1925Short producer
Chauncey Depew1925Short producer
Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators1925Short producer
Paul Specht Musical Number1925Short producer
Roger Wolfe Kahn Musical Number1925Short producer
President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds1924Documentary short producer - uncredited
Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech1924Short producer
Abraham Lincoln1924Short producer
Five Minutes with Al Smith1924Short producer
George Jessel1924Short producer
John W. Davis Campaign Speech1924Short producer
Raymond Hitchcock Sketch1924Short producer
Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech1924Short producer
Sonia Serova Dancers1924Short producer
The Jubilee Four1924Short producer
Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River1923Short producer
Phonofilm1923producer
A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch1923Short producer
Adolph Zukor Introduces Phonofilm1923Short producer
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots'1923Short producer - uncredited
A Musical Monologue1923Short producer
Ben Bernie and All the Lads1923Short producer
Charles R. Taggart, 'The Old Country Fiddler' at the Singing School1923Short producer
Cohen on the Telephone1923Short producer
Conchita Piquer1923Short producer
Eva Puck and Sammy White1923Short producer
Fannie Ward1923Short producer
La chauve souris1923Short producer
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake1923Short documentary producer
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs1923Short producer
Rigoletto, Act Two1923Short producer
Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn1923Short producer
Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor1923Short producer
Stringed Harmony1923Short producer
Weber and Fields1923Short producer
Henry Cass Demonstration Film1923Short producer
Lillian Powell Bubble Dance1923Short producer
Love's Old Sweet Song1923Short producer
Lincoln, the Man of the People1923Short producer
Casey at the Bat1922Short producer - uncredited
Lee DeForest1922Short producer
Marie Rappold1922Short producer
Songs of Yesterday1922Short producer
Barking Dog1921Short producer
Flying Jenny Airplane1921Documentary short producer
Carrie from Lancasheer1928Short producer
The Fire Brigade1928Short producer
The Orderly Room1928Short producer
The Raw Recruit1928Short producer
Safety First1928Short producer
The Barrister1928Short producer
Ashton and Rawson1928Short producer
The 'Flu That Flew1928Short producer
Mr. George Mozart the Famous Comedian1928Short producer
Ain't She Sweet1928Short producer
Almost a Gentleman1928/IIShort producer
Mirth and Magic1928Short producer
John Citizen's Lament1927Short producer
Westminster Glee Singers1927Short producer
Farewell Message of Mr. Levine and Captain Hinchcliffe, Just Before Their Departure on Their Return Flight to America1927Short producer
Harry and Max Nesbitt1927Short producer
Charles A. Lindbergh1927Short producer
Elga Collins the Versatile Entertainer1927Short producer
The Lard Song1927Short producer
Arthur Roberts1927Short producer
The Antidote1927Short producer

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Charles A. Lindbergh1927Short
George Bernard Shaw1927Short
Syncopation and Song1927Short
To See If My Dreams Come True1927Short
Alma Barnes the Internationally Famous Mimic1926Short
Alvin and Kelvin Keech1926Short
Ethel Hook1926Short
Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm1926Short
Cuban Sound Documentary1926Short
Dick Henderson1926Short
Bleak House1926Short
Jack Pearl and Ben Bard1926Short
Chauncey Depew1925Short
Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators1925Short
Paul Specht Musical Number1925Short
President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds1924Documentary short uncredited
Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech1924Short
Five Minutes with Al Smith1924Short
George Jessel1924Short
John W. Davis Campaign Speech1924Short
Raymond Hitchcock Sketch1924Short
Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech1924Short
Sonia Serova Dancers1924Short
The Jubilee Four1924Short
Phonofilm1923
A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch1923Short
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots'1923Short uncredited
A Musical Monologue1923Short
Ben Bernie and All the Lads1923Short
Charles R. Taggart, 'The Old Country Fiddler' at the Singing School1923Short
Cohen on the Telephone1923Short
Conchita Piquer1923Short
Eva Puck and Sammy White1923Short
Fannie Ward1923Short
La chauve souris1923Short
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs1923Short
Rigoletto, Act Two1923Short
Sammy Fain and Artie Dunn1923Short
Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor1923Short
Stringed Harmony1923Short
Weber and Fields1923Short
Henry Cass Demonstration Film1923Short
Lillian Powell Bubble Dance1923Short
Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan1922Short
Casey at the Bat1922Short uncredited
Lee DeForest1922Short
Marie Rappold1922Short
Songs of Yesterday1922Short
Barking Dog1921Short unconfirmed
Flying Jenny Airplane1921Documentary short

Cinematographer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Farewell Message of Mr. Levine and Captain Hinchcliffe, Just Before Their Departure on Their Return Flight to America1927Short
George Bernard Shaw1927Short
Syncopation and Song1927Short
Teddy Brown1927Short
The Actors' Squad1927Short
To See If My Dreams Come True1927Short
Alvin and Kelvin Keech1926Short
Ethel Hook1926Short
The Flat Charleston1926Short
Thorpe Bates1926Short
The Radio Franks1926Short
Jack Pearl and Ben Bard1926Short
Gloria Swanson Dialogue1925Short
Helen Lewis and Her All-Girl Jazz Syncopators1925Short
President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds1924Documentary short uncredited
Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech1924Short
Five Minutes with Al Smith1924Short
John W. Davis Campaign Speech1924Short
Robert LaFollette Campaign Speech1924Short
The Jubilee Four1924Short
A Boston Star: Borrah Minevitch1923Short
A Musical Monologue1923Short
Conchita Piquer1923Short
Eva Puck and Sammy White1923Short
Fannie Ward1923Short
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs1923Short
Stringed Harmony1923Short
Weber and Fields1923Short
Lee DeForest1922Short
Marie Rappold1922Short
Songs of Yesterday1922Short

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lee DeForest1922ShortHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk2007Video documentaryHimself
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio1991DocumentaryHimself - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (uncredited)
Hollywood1980TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1960Honorary AwardAcademy Awards, USAFor his pioneering inventions which brought sound to the motion picture.
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 1752 Vine Street.

Known for movies

Producer

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923)
as Producer

Producer

George Bernard Shaw (1927)
as Producer

Producer

Lee DeForest (1922)
as Producer

Producer

Alvin and Kelvin Keech (1926)
as Producer

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IMDB Wikipedia

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