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Lee De Forest

Nacimiento : 1873-08-26, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Muerte : 1961-06-30

Historia

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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Películas

Dick Henderson

Director

British music hall entertainer Dick Henderson sings "I Love Her All the More" and trills out a resounding ode to his beloved in this early sound recording, stopping to aim some rather less romantic jibes at his wife before delivering a rousing encore.

Sweet Adeline

Producer

Follow the bouncing ball sing-along

President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds

Director

The first presidential film with sound recording.

Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River

Director

Blake plays his "Fantasy on Swanee River" (two takes of same piece, in different styles). The highest notes failed to record in this seminal experiment with synchronized sound.

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs

Director

Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs

Weber and Fields Pool Hall

Director

Vaudeville stars Weber and Fields perform their famous pool hall routine in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.

Ben Bernie and All the Lads

Director

Early music video.

Conchita Piquer

Director

La bailarina Concha Piquer actúa en una película producida por DeForest Phonofilm. Rodada cuatro años antes que "El Cantor de Jazz", es considerada desde un punto de vista histórico la primera película sonora, ya que Concha fue la primera persona que habló y cantó para la gran pantalla.

A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor

Director

Early sound film featuring comedian Eddie Cantor.

Casey at the Bat

Director

In his career, De Wolf Hopper recited Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat" thousands of times. Here, wearing a tuxedo, he emerges from behind a curtain as if at a theater, gives a short introduction, and launches into the poem. The camera is stationary, and although Hopper stands in one place, his hands and arms, his face, and his voice are animated throughout. In delivery, it's a minstrel performance.