Lee De Forest
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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.
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Casey at the Bat (1922)
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A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor (1923)
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Stringed Harmony (1923)
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Harlequin Serenade (1923)
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Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs (1923)
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Dick Henderson (1926)
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Ben Bernie and All the Lads (1923)
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Weber and Fields Pool Hall (1923)
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A Study in Contrasts (1923)
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Parade of the Wooden Soldiers from Chauve Souris (1923)
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What the Phonofilm Means (1923)
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From Far Seville (1923)
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President Coolidge, Taken on the White House Grounds (1924)
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Eubie Blake Plays His Fantasy on Swanee River (1923)
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