Where to watch Lee De Forest in the UK
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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.
Lee De Forest films streaming in the UK
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- Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) as Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage)
- My Old Kentucky Home (1926) Producer
- A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor (1923) Director
- President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds (1924) Director
- Dick Henderson (1926) Director
- Billy Merson Singing 'Desdemonia' (1926) Producer
- Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River (1923) Director
- Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1923) Director
- Sweet Adeline (1926) Producer
- From Far Seville (1923) Director
- Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923) Director
- Casey at the Bat (1922) Director
- Weber and Fields Pool Hall (1923) Director
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Most-watched Lee De Forest films currently: Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991), My Old Kentucky Home (1926), A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor (1923), President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds (1924), Dick Henderson (1926).
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