Lee De Forest

Lee De Forest

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

Смерть : 1961-06-30

История

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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Lee De Forest

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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
Spanish dancer Conchita Piquer performs in a short film produced in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
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.