Leo F. Forbstein
Compositeur, Acteur
16 octobre 1892 — 12 février 1948 (55 ans)
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Leo Frank Forbstein (October 16, 1892 – March 16, 1948) was an American film musical director and orchestra conductor who worked on more than 550 projects during a twenty-year period.
Forbstein was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was attracted to music as a child, learning the violin at the age of four. As a conductor at the Royal Theater in St. Joseph, he synchronized the orchestra with the action in silent films; he then became principal conductor at the Newman Theatre in Kansas City, where the organist was future Warner Bros. colleague Carl W. Stalling. In the mid-1920s, Forbstein relocated to Hollywood to head the symphony orchestra at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre.
He signed with Warner Bros. as one of the directors of its Vitaphone Orchestra, alongside Erno Rapee (then Warners' general music director), Louis Silvers, and David Mendoza; Forbstein's first screen credit was The Squall in 1929. In 1931, Warners dismissed Rapee and Mendoza in a consolidation and economy move and Forbstein became the company's general music director.
In 1936, Forbstein and composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold were write-in candidates for the Oscar for Best Music, Score for their work on Captain Blood. The following year, he was nominated officially for The Charge of the Light Brigade and Anthony Adverse, winning for the latter. He was nominated again for The Life of Emile Zola in 1938.
Forbstein was married to the former Bess Gallas from October 16, 1914 until his death from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. They had one daughter, Harriett (born 1915), who married assistant director Melvin Dellar. Leo Forbstein was entombed in the Corridor of Immortality at Home of Peace Cemetery.
Leo Frank Forbstein (October 16, 1892 – March 16, 1948) was an American film musical director and orchestra conductor who worked on more than 550 projects during a twenty-year period.
Forbstein was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was attracted to music as a child, learning the violin at the age of four. As a conductor at the Royal Theater in St. Joseph, he synchronized the orchestra with the action in silent films; he then became principal conductor at the Newman Theatre in Kansas City, where the organist was future Warner Bros. colleague Carl W. Stalling. In the mid-1920s, Forbstein relocated to Hollywood to head the symphony orchestra at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre.
He signed with Warner Bros. as one of the directors of its Vitaphone Orchestra, alongside Erno Rapee (then Warners' general music director), Louis Silvers, and David Mendoza; Forbstein's first screen credit was The Squall in 1929. In 1931, Warners dismissed Rapee and Mendoza in a consolidation and economy move and Forbstein became the company's general music director.
In 1936, Forbstein and composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold were write-in candidates for the Oscar for Best Music, Score for their work on Captain Blood. The following year, he was nominated officially for The Charge of the Light Brigade and Anthony Adverse, winning for the latter. He was nominated again for The Life of Emile Zola in 1938.
Forbstein was married to the former Bess Gallas from October 16, 1914 until his death from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. They had one daughter, Harriett (born 1915), who married assistant director Melvin Dellar. Leo Forbstein was entombed in the Corridor of Immortality at Home of Peace Cemetery.
Films & Séries sur Plex
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| 1948 | Two Guys from Texas · as Original Music Composer |
| 1946 | |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace · as Original Music Composer |
| 1939 | |
| 1936 | Earthworm Tractors · as Original Music ComposerSur Plex |
| 1934 | |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Somewhere in Sonora · as Composer |
| 1933 | The Telegraph Trail · as Composer |
| 1932 | Haunted Gold · as Original Music Composer |
| 1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang · as Original Music Composer |
| 1932 | |
| 1932 | The Man Who Played God · as Original Music Composer |
| 1929 |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier · as Rehearsal Orchestra Leader |
| 1934 | Twenty Million Sweethearts · as Conductor Brusiloff |
| 1948 | Rope · as Music Director |
| 1948 | Romance on the High Seas · as Music Director |
| 1948 | The Big Punch · as Music Director |
| 1948 | Silver River · as Music Director |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting · as Music Director |
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Escape Me Never · as Music Director |
| 1947 | The Unsuspected · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Dark Passage · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Love and Learn · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Cry Wolf · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Deep Valley · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Music Director |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Stallion Road · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Pursued · as Music DirectorSur Plex |
| 1947 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls · as Music Director |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Humoresque · as Music Director |
| 1946 | The Man I Love · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Never Say Goodbye · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Shadow of a Woman · as Music Director |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep · as Music Director |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Devotion · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones · as Music Director |
| 1946 | Three Strangers · as Music Director |
| 1945 | Danger Signal · as Music Director |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce · as Music Director |
| 1945 | Pride of the Marines · as Music Director |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut · as Music Director |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green · as Music Director |
| 1945 | Conflict · as Music Director |
| 1945 | Hotel Berlin · as Music Director |
| 1944 | The Doughgirls · as Music Director |
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington · as Music Director |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed · as Music Director |
| 1944 | Uncertain Glory · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars · as Music Director |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Edge of Darkness · as Music Director |
| 1943 | Air Force · as Music DirectorSur Plex |
| 1943 | The Hard Way · as Music Director |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Casablanca · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Now, Voyager · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Wings for the Eagle · as Music Director |
| 1942 | The Big Shot · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Spy Ship · as Music Director |
| 1942 | The Male Animal · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Always in My Heart · as Music Director |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds · as Music Director |
| 1941 | The Man Who Came to Dinner · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Steel Against the Sky · as Music Director |
| 1941 | The Maltese Falcon · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Sergeant York · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Manpower · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Kisses for Breakfast · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Underground · as Music DirectorSur Plex |
| 1941 | Affectionately Yours · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe · as Music DirectorSur Plex |
| 1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night · as Music Director |
| 1941 | The Great Lie · as Music Director |
| 1941 | The Sea Wolf · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark · as Music Director |
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde · as Music Director |
| 1941 | The Great Mr. Nobody · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Honeymoon for Three · as Music Director |
| 1941 | Four Mothers · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail · as Music DirectorSur Plex |
| 1940 | She Couldn't Say No · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Letter · as Music Director |
| 1940 | South of Suez · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American · as Music Director |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night · as Music Director |
| 1940 | The Man Who Talked Too Much · as Music Director |
| 1940 | A Fugitive from Justice · as Music Director |
| 1940 | It All Came True · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Virginia City · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Four Wives · as Music Director |
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · as Music DirectorSur Plex |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny · as Music Director |
| 1939 | The Old Maid · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Juarez · as Music Director |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Dark Victory · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Dodge City · as Music Director |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy · as Music Director |
| 1939 | Off the Record · as Music Director |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Going Places · as Music Director |
| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Heart of the North · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Torchy Gets Her Man · as Music Director |
| 1938 | The Sisters · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Four Daughters · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Racket Busters · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Men Are Such Fools · as Music Director |
| 1938 | My Bill · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Crime School · as Music Director |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood · as Music Director |
| 1938 | Jezebel · as Music Director |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Tovarich · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel · as Music Director |
| 1937 | First Lady · as Music Director |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick · as Music Director |
| 1937 | It's Love I'm After · as Music Director |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation · as Music Director |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Confession · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Ever Since Eve · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Another Dawn · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad · as Music Director |
| 1937 | The Go Getter · as Music Director |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Call It a Day · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Marked Woman · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Ready, Willing and Able · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Green Light · as Music Director |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday · as Music Director |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Gold Diggers of 1937 · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Sing Me a Love Song · as Music Director |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Stage Struck · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Satan Met a Lady · as Music Director |
| 1936 | The White Angel · as Music Director |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid · as Conductor |
| 1936 | Snowed Under · as Conductor |
| 1936 | Road Gang · as Music Director |
| 1936 | Colleen · as Conductor |
| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur · as Music Director |
| 1936 | King of the Islands · as Music Director |
| 1936 | The Petrified Forest · as Music Director |
| 1936 | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Freshman Love · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Miss Pacific Fleet · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid · as Music Director |
| 1935 | I Found Stella Parish · as Music Director |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Shipmates Forever · as Music Director |
| 1935 | The Case of the Lucky Legs · as Music DirectorSur Plex |
| 1935 | The Goose and the Gander · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Going Highbrow · as Music Director |
| 1935 | We're in the Money · as Music Director |
| 1935 | The Irish in Us · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Don't Bet on Blondes · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Stranded · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Alibi Ike · as Music Director |
| 1935 | 'G' Men · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Go Into Your Dance · as Music Director |
| 1935 | The Case of the Curious Bride · as Music Director |
| 1935 | The Florentine Dagger · as Music Director |
| 1935 | Traveling Saleslady · as Music Director |
| 1935 | A Night at the Ritz · as Music Director |
| 1935 | While the Patient Slept · as Conductor |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet · as Conductor |
| 1935 | Sweet Music · as Conductor |
| 1935 | The White Cockatoo · as Conductor |
| 1935 | Maybe It's Love · as Conductor |
| 1934 | The Secret Bride · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Murder in the Clouds · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Babbitt · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Happiness Ahead · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Kansas City Princess · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Big Hearted Herbert · as Conductor |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog · as Conductor |
| 1934 | British Agent · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Dames · as Conductor |
| 1934 | The Dragon Murder Case · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Housewife · as Conductor |
| 1934 | The Man with Two Faces · as Music Director |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Midnight Alibi · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Dr. Monica · as Conductor |
| 1934 | He Was Her Man · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Fog Over Frisco · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Twenty Million Sweethearts · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Upperworld · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Heat Lightning · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Mandalay · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Massacre · as Conductor |
| 1934 | Hi, Nellie · as Conductor |
| 1933 | The House on 56th Street · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Lady Killer · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Baby Face · as Conductor |
| 1933 | College Coach · as Conductor |
| 1933 | The Kennel Murder Case · as ConductorSur Plex |
| 1933 | Footlight Parade · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Wild Boys of the Road · as Conductor |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Goodbye Again · as Conductor |
| 1933 | She Had to Say Yes · as Conductor |
| 1933 | The Narrow Corner · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Private Detective 62 · as Conductor |
| 1933 | The Silk Express · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Lilly Turner · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Picture Snatcher · as Conductor |
| 1933 | The Mind Reader · as Conductor |
| 1933 | 42nd Street · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Girl Missing · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Blondie Johnson · as Conductor |
| 1933 | The King's Vacation · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Mystery of the Wax Museum · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Employees' Entrance · as Conductor |
| 1933 | Ladies They Talk About · as ConductorSur Plex |
| 1932 | The Match King · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Stranger in Town · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Silver Dollar · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Lawyer Man · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Central Park · as Conductor |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful · as Conductor |
| 1932 | The Tenderfoot · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Scarlet Dawn · as Conductor |
| 1932 | They Call It Sin · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Three on a Match · as Conductor |
| 1932 | One Way Passage · as Conductor |
| 1932 | The Crash · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Tiger Shark · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Big City Blues · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Life Begins · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Doctor X · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Jewel Robbery · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton · as Conductor |
| 1932 | The Purchase Price · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Winner Take All · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Street of Women · as Conductor |
| 1932 | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain · as Orchestrator |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us · as Conductor |
| 1932 | The Mouthpiece · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Man Wanted · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Union Depot · as Conductor |
| 1932 | Beauty and the Boss · as Conductor |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo · as Conductor |
| 1931 | Safe in Hell · as Conductor |
| 1931 | The Road to Singapore · as Conductor |
| 1931 | Side Show · as Music Director |
| 1931 | The Last Flight · as Conductor |
| 1931 | The Star Witness · as Music Director |
| 1931 | Night Nurse · as Conductor |
| 1931 | Smart Money · as Music Director |
| 1931 | Gold Dust Gertie · as Conductor |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl · as Conductor |
| 1931 | Too Young to Marry · as Music Director |
| 1931 | Kiss Me Again · as Conductor |
| 1931 | Little Caesar · as ConductorSur Plex |
| 1930 | One Night at Susie's · as Conductor |
| 1930 | The Doorway to Hell · as Music Director |
| 1930 | The Dawn Patrol · as Conductor |
| 1930 | Numbered Men · as Conductor |
| 1930 | Road to Paradise · as Conductor |
| 1930 | Sweet Mama · as Conductor |
| 1930 | The Flirting Widow · as Conductor |
| 1930 | Spring Is Here · as Conductor |
| 1930 | Loose Ankles · as Conductor |
| 1930 | Playing Around · as Conductor |
| 1929 | The Squall · as Conductor |