Leo F. Forbstein
male
Born on October 16, 1892 (132 years old)
Passed Away on February 12, 1948
From St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Known for Sound
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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- 1947
Humoresque
as
Music Director
1947
Possessed
as
Music Director
1947
Love and Learn
as
Music Director
1947
Cry Wolf
as
Music Director
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as
Music Director
1947
Dark Passage
as
Music Director
1947
Stallion Road
as
Music Director
1947
The Unsuspected
as
Music Director
1947
Escape Me Never
as
Music Director
1947
The Beast with Five Fingers
as
Music
1947
Deep Valley
as
Music Director
1947
The Unfaithful
as
Music Director
1947
Nora Prentiss
as
Music Director
1947
Pursued
as
Music Director
1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
- 1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as
Music Director
1943
Northern Pursuit
as
Music Director
1943
Princess O'Rourke
as
Music Director
1943
Edge of Darkness
as
Music Director
1943
Casablanca
as
Music Director
1943
Destination Tokyo
as
Music Director
1943
Air Force
as
Music Director
1943
Oklahoma Outlaws
as
Music Director
1943
The Constant Nymph
as
Music Director
1943
The Hard Way
as
Music Director
1943
- 1942
The Male Animal
as
Music Director
1942
Captains of the Clouds
as
Music Director
1942
Now, Voyager
as
Music Director
1942
Always in My Heart
as
Music Director
1942
Spy Ship
as
Music Director
1942
The Big Shot
as
Music Director
1942
Wings for the Eagle
as
Music Director
1942
Gentleman Jim
as
Music Director
1942
George Washington Slept Here
as
Music Director
1942
- 1941
The Sea Wolf
as
Music Director
1941
Dive Bomber
as
Music Director
1941
Kisses for Breakfast
as
Music Director
1941
The Strawberry Blonde
as
Music Director
1941
The Great Lie
as
Music Director
1941
The Maltese Falcon
as
Music Director
1941
Meet John Doe
as
Music Director
1941
Underground
as
Music Director
1941
Manpower
as
Music Director
1941
Sergeant York
as
Music Director
1941
Honeymoon for Three
as
Music Director
1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as
Music Director
1941
Steel Against the Sky
as
Music Director
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
as
Music Director
1941
Four Mothers
as
Music Director
1941
Flight from Destiny
as
Music Director
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as
Music Director
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
as
Music Director
1941
Footsteps in the Dark
as
Music Director
1941
Affectionately Yours
as
Music Director
1941
- 1940
The Letter
as
Music Director
1940
Virginia City
as
Music Director
1940
It All Came True
as
Music Director
1940
She Couldn't Say No
as
Music Director
1940
A Fugitive from Justice
as
Music Director
1940
They Drive by Night
as
Music Director
1940
Castle on the Hudson
as
Music Director
1940
Knute Rockne All American
as
Music Director
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as
Music Director
1940
- 1939
Indianapolis Speedway
as
Music Director
1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as
Music Director
1939
Dodge City
as
Music Director
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
as
Music Director
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as
Music Director
1939
Dark Victory
as
Music Director
1939
Espionage Agent
as
Music Director
1939
Women in the Wind
as
Music Director
1939
King of the Underworld
as
Music Director
1939
Off the Record
as
Music Director
1939
Wings of the Navy
as
Music Director
1939
Four Wives
as
Music Director
1939
The Old Maid
as
Music Director
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
as
Music Director
1939
Daughters Courageous
as
Music Director
1939
Juarez
as
Music Director
1939
Invisible Stripes
as
Music Director
1939
Each Dawn I Die
as
Music Director
1939
- 1938
A Slight Case of Murder
as
Music Director
1938
The Sisters
as
Music Director
1938
My Bill
as
Music Director
1938
Heart of the North
as
Music Director
1938
Going Places
as
Music Director
1938
Racket Busters
as
Music Director
1938
Secrets of an Actress
as
Music Director
1938
Comet Over Broadway
as
Music Director
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as
Music Director
1938
Men Are Such Fools
as
Music Director
1938
Hollywood Hotel
as
Music Director
1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
as
Music Director
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
as
Music Director
1938
The Dawn Patrol
as
Music Director
1938
Four's a Crowd
as
Music Director
1938
Jezebel
as
Music Director
1938
Crime School
as
Music Director
1938
Valley of the Giants
as
Music Director
1938
Four Daughters
as
Music Director
1938
- 1937
The Great Garrick
as
Music Director
1937
The Life of Emile Zola
as
Music Director
1937
Green Light
as
Music Director
1937
The Prince and the Pauper
as
Music Director
1937
Another Dawn
as
Music Director
1937
Confession
as
Music Director
1937
God's Country and the Woman
as
Music Director
1937
Back in Circulation
as
Music Director
1937
It's Love I'm After
as
Music Director
1937
Stolen Holiday
as
Music Director
1937
First Lady
as
Music Director
1937
Call It a Day
as
Music Director
1937
Ready, Willing and Able
as
Music Director
1937
The Go-Getter
as
Music Director
1937
Tovarich
as
Music Director
1937
Marked Woman
as
Music Director
1937
Ever Since Eve
as
Music Director
1937
- 1936
Sing Me a Love Song
as
Music Director
1936
Give Me Your Heart
as
Music Director
1936
Freshman Love
as
Music Director
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
as
Music Director
1936
Earthworm Tractors
as
Original Music Composer
1936
Road Gang
as
Music Director
1936
Stage Struck
as
Music Director
1936
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as
Music Director
1936
The White Angel
as
Music Director
1936
The Petrified Forest
as
Music Director
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as
Music Director
1936
Colleen
as
Conductor
1936
King of the Islands
as
Music Director
1936
Satan Met a Lady
as
Music Director
1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as
Music Director
1936
The Singing Kid
as
Conductor
1936
Snowed Under
as
Conductor
1936
- 1935
Frisco Kid
as
Music Director
1935
A Night at the Ritz
as
Music Director
1935
Traveling Saleslady
as
Music Director
1935
While the Patient Slept
as
Conductor
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as
Music Director
1935
Stranded
as
Music Director
1935
I Found Stella Parish
as
Music Director
1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as
Music Director
1935
Going Highbrow
as
Music Director
1935
We're in the Money
as
Music Director
1935
Living on Velvet
as
Conductor
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
as
Music Director
1935
Keystone Hotel
as
Music Director
1935
The Irish in Us
as
Music Director
1935
Alibi Ike
as
Music Director
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
as
Music Director
1935
'G' Men
as
Music Director
1935
The Florentine Dagger
as
Music Director
1935
Shipmates Forever
as
Music Director
1935
Sweet Music
as
Conductor
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
as
Music Director
1935
Broadway Gondolier
as
Music Director
1935
Go Into Your Dance
as
Music Director
1935
The Goose and the Gander
as
Music Director
1935
Maybe It's Love
as
Conductor
1935
- 1934
The Dragon Murder Case
as
Conductor
1934
Mandalay
as
Conductor
1934
Here Comes the Navy
as
Conductor
1934
Massacre
as
Conductor
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
as
Conductor
1934
Gambling Lady
as
Conductor
1934
Babbitt
as
Conductor
1934
Journal of a Crime
as
Conductor
1934
Midnight Alibi
as
Conductor
1934
British Agent
as
Conductor
1934
Dr. Monica
as
Conductor
1934
The Firebird
as
Music
1934
The Man with Two Faces
as
Music Director
1934
Fashions of 1934
as
Conductor
1934
Big Hearted Herbert
as
Conductor
1934
He Was Her Man
as
Conductor
1934
Happiness Ahead
as
Conductor
1934
Murder in the Clouds
as
Conductor
1934
Upperworld
as
Conductor
1934
Housewife
as
Conductor
1934
The Secret Bride
as
Conductor
1934
Kansas City Princess
as
Conductor
1934
Dames
as
Conductor
1934
Fog Over Frisco
as
Conductor
1934
- 1933
She Had to Say Yes
as
Conductor
1933
Employees' Entrance
as
Conductor
1933
Private Detective 62
as
Conductor
1933
Baby Face
as
Conductor
1933
The House on 56th Street
as
Conductor
1933
I Loved a Woman
as
Conductor
1933
The Man from Monterey
as
Music
1933
Blondie Johnson
as
Conductor
1933
The King's Vacation
as
Conductor
1933
The Silk Express
as
Conductor
1933
The Mind Reader
as
Conductor
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
as
Conductor
1933
Goodbye Again
as
Conductor
1933
The Narrow Corner
as
Conductor
1933
The Kennel Murder Case
as
Conductor
1933
College Coach
as
Conductor
1933
Lilly Turner
as
Conductor
1933
Girl Missing
as
Conductor
1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as
Conductor
1933
Footlight Parade
as
Conductor
1933
42nd Street
as
Conductor
1933
Ladies They Talk About
as
Conductor
1933
- 1932
Jewel Robbery
as
Conductor
1932
Street of Women
as
Conductor
1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as
Orchestrator
1932
The Man Who Played God
as
Original Music Composer
1932
One Way Passage
as
Conductor
1932
Haunted Gold
as
Original Music Composer
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as
Original Music Composer
1932
Tiger Shark
as
Conductor
1932
The Tenderfoot
as
Conductor
1932
You Said a Mouthful
as
Conductor
1932
Love Is a Racket
as
Music
1932
The Woman from Monte Carlo
as
Conductor
1932
Silver Dollar
as
Conductor
1932
Winner Take All
as
Conductor
1932
They Call It Sin
as
Conductor
1932
Life Begins
as
Conductor
1932
The Rich Are Always with Us
as
Conductor
1932
The Match King
as
Conductor
1932
Beauty and the Boss
as
Conductor
1932
The Purchase Price
as
Conductor
1932
Miss Pinkerton
as
Conductor
1932
The Crash
as
Conductor
1932
Man Wanted
as
Conductor
1932
Scarlet Dawn
as
Conductor
1932
Three on a Match
as
Conductor
1932
Central Park
as
Conductor
1932
Big City Blues
as
Conductor
1932
Doctor X
as
Conductor
1932
The Mouthpiece
as
Conductor
1932
- 1931
Gold Dust Gertie
as
Conductor
1931
Smart Money
as
Music Director
1931
The Star Witness
as
Music Director
1931
Side Show
as
Music Director
1931
Night Nurse
as
Conductor
1931
Too Young to Marry
as
Music Director
1931
Kiss Me Again
as
Conductor
1931
Big Business Girl
as
Conductor
1931
The Last Flight
as
Conductor
1931
Stranger in Town
as
Conductor
1931
Safe in Hell
as
Conductor
1931
- 1930
Spring Is Here
as
Conductor
1930
Sweet Mama
as
Conductor
1930
The Flirting Widow
as
Conductor
1930
Loose Ankles
as
Conductor
1930
The Doorway to Hell
as
Music Director
1930
One Night at Susie's
as
Conductor
1930
The Dawn Patrol
as
Conductor
1930
Playing Around
as
Conductor
1930
Numbered Men
as
Conductor
1930
Road to Paradise
as
Conductor
1930
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