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{{Short description|American musical director and conductor (1892–1948)}}
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|birth_place = [[Saint Louis, Missouri]]
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|known_for = film music
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|occupation = Music Director, Warner Bros.
|occupation = Music Director, Warner Bros.
|nationality = United States
|nationality = American
|spouse = Bessie Gallas (1914–1948, his death)
|spouse = Bessie Gallas (1914–1948, his death)
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|children = Harriett Forbstein Dellar (1915–1999)<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=DE&GSfn=h&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=6&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=561&GRid=27615998&df=all& Harriett Forbstein Dellar on findagrave.com]</ref>
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'''Leo Frank Forbstein''' (October 16, 1892 – March 16, 1948) was an American [[film]] [[Music supervision|musical director]] and [[Conducting|orchestra conductor]] who worked on more than 550 projects during a twenty-year period.
'''Leo Frank Forbstein''' (October 16, 1892 – March 16, 1948) was an American [[film]] [[Music supervision|musical director]] and [[Conducting|orchestra conductor]] who worked on more than 550 projects during a twenty-year period.
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==Joins Warner Bros.==
==Joins Warner Bros.==
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.
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.


==Oscars and Oscar nominations==
==Oscar nominations and win ==
[[Image:forbsteinconducts.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Leo Forbstein conducts [[Dick Powell]] as [[Joan Blondell]] looks on in ''Broadway Gondolier'' (1935).]]
[[Image:forbsteinconducts.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Leo Forbstein conducts [[Dick Powell]] as [[Joan Blondell]] looks on in ''Broadway Gondolier'' (1935).]]
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 (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]''. The following year, he was nominated officially for ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' and ''[[Anthony Adverse]]'', winning for the latter.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} He was nominated again for ''[[The Life of Emile Zola]]'' in 1938.
In 1936, musical director Forbstein and [[composer]] [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]] were write-in candidates for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Academy Award for Best Scoring]] for their work on ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]],'' a score composed by Korngold but for which Forbstein received recognition as head of the Warner Brothers music department under Academy rules in place at the time. The following year, Forbstein received nominations as head of the Warner Brothers music department for the nominated scores ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (composed by [[Max Steiner]]) and ''[[Anthony Adverse]]'' (composed by Korngold), winning for the latter. The award for ''Anthony Adverse'' was originally a plaque that was later replaced with an Academy Award statuette in 1946. He was nominated as head of the department again in 1938 for ''[[The Life of Emile Zola]]'' (composed by Steiner).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/|title=The Official Academy Awards Database|website=[[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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.<ref>"The engagement of Harriett Forbstein to Melvin D. Dellar has been announced", ''Los Angeles Times'', July 21, 1935</ref><ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217449/ Melvin Dellar on the Internet Movie Database]</ref> Leo Forbstein was entombed in the Corridor of Immortality at [[Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles)|Home of Peace Cemetery]].
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).<ref>"The engagement of Harriett Forbstein to Melvin D. Dellar has been announced." ''Los Angeles Times'', July 21, 1935.</ref> Composer [[Lou Forbes]] was Leo's younger brother. Leo Forbstein was entombed in the Corridor of Immortality at [[Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles)|Home of Peace Cemetery]].


==Selected film credits==
==Selected film credits==
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*''[[The Squall]]'' (1929)
*''[[The Squall]]'' (1929)
*''[[The Widow from Chicago]]'' (1930)
*''[[The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Millionaire (1931 film)|The Millionaire]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Millionaire (1931 film)|The Millionaire]]'' (1931)
*''[[Bought!]] (1931)
*''[[Bought!]] (1931)
*''[[The Star Witness]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Star Witness]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Heart of New York (film)|The Heart of New York]]'' (1932)
*''[[Union Depot (film)|Union Depot]]'' (1932)
*''[[Union Depot (film)|Union Depot]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Man Who Played God (1932 film)|The Man Who Played God]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Man Who Played God (1932 film)|The Man Who Played God]]'' (1932)
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*''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' (1933)
*''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' (1933)
*''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'' (1933)
*''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'' (1933)
*''[[Footlight Parade]]'' (1933)
*''[[The Working Man]]'' (1933)
*''[[The Working Man]]'' (1933)
*''[[Ex-Lady]]'' (1933)
*''[[Ex-Lady]]'' (1933)
*''[[Bureau of Missing Persons]]'' (1933)
*''[[Bureau of Missing Persons]]'' (1933)
*''[[British Agent]]'' (1934)
*''[[Fog Over Frisco]]'' (1934)
*''[[Fog Over Frisco]]'' (1934)
*''[[The Big Shakedown]]'' (1934)
*''[[The Big Shakedown]]'' (1934)
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*''[[The Golden Arrow (1936 film)|The Golden Arrow]]'' (1936)
*''[[The Golden Arrow (1936 film)|The Golden Arrow]]'' (1936)
*''[[It's Love I'm After]]'' (1937)
*''[[It's Love I'm After]]'' (1937)
*''[[Jezebel (film)|Jezebel]]'' (1938)
*''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]'' (1938)
*''[[Dark Victory]]'' (1939)
*''[[Dark Victory]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Letter (1940 film)|The Letter (1940)]]'' (1940)
*''[[The Letter (1940 film)|The Letter]]'' (1940)
*''[[Footsteps in the Dark (film)|Footsteps in the Dark]]'' (1941)
*''[[Meet John Doe]]'' (1941)
*''[[Meet John Doe]]'' (1941)
*''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]'' (1941)
*''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]'' (1941)
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*''[[Mr. Skeffington]]'' (1944)
*''[[Mr. Skeffington]]'' (1944)
*''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]'' (1944)
*''[[To Have and Have Not (film)|To Have and Have Not]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Corn Is Green]]'' (1945)
*''[[The Corn Is Green (1945 film)|The Corn Is Green]]'' (1945)
*''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (1945)
*''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (1945)
*''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]'' (1946)
*''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]'' (1946)
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*''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]'' (1948)
*''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]'' (1948)
*''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948)
*''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948)
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0006079}} (Date of death, Feb 12, 1948, on IMDB is incorrect)
*{{IMDb name|0006079}} (Date of death, February 12, 1948, on IMDB is incorrect.)
*{{Find a Grave|9012}}
*{{Find a Grave|9012}}
*[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/57048 The Royal Theatre in St. Joseph, Missouri.]
*[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3356 Newman Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri (changed to Paramount Theatre in 1947).]


{{AcademyAwardBestOriginalScore 1934-1940}}
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Latest revision as of 23:58, 23 February 2023

Leo F. Forbstein
Born(1892-10-16)October 16, 1892
Saint Louis, Missouri
DiedMarch 16, 1948(1948-03-16) (aged 55)
Hollywood, California
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Music Director, Warner Bros.
Known forfilm music
SpouseBessie Gallas (1914–1948, his death)
Children1

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.

Early years[edit]

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.

Joins Warner Bros.[edit]

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.

Oscar nominations and win[edit]

Leo Forbstein conducts Dick Powell as Joan Blondell looks on in Broadway Gondolier (1935).

In 1936, musical director Forbstein and composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold were write-in candidates for the Academy Award for Best Scoring for their work on Captain Blood, a score composed by Korngold but for which Forbstein received recognition as head of the Warner Brothers music department under Academy rules in place at the time. The following year, Forbstein received nominations as head of the Warner Brothers music department for the nominated scores The Charge of the Light Brigade (composed by Max Steiner) and Anthony Adverse (composed by Korngold), winning for the latter. The award for Anthony Adverse was originally a plaque that was later replaced with an Academy Award statuette in 1946. He was nominated as head of the department again in 1938 for The Life of Emile Zola (composed by Steiner).[1]

Personal life[edit]

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).[2] Composer Lou Forbes was Leo's younger brother. Leo Forbstein was entombed in the Corridor of Immortality at Home of Peace Cemetery.

Selected film credits[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Official Academy Awards Database". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  2. ^ "The engagement of Harriett Forbstein to Melvin D. Dellar has been announced." Los Angeles Times, July 21, 1935.

External links[edit]

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