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Leo F. Forbstein was an American film composer and music director. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and began his career as a violinist in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He moved to Hollywood in the 1920s and worked as a composer and music director for Warner Bros. and other studios. He composed the scores for over 200 films, including The Jazz Singer (1927), 42nd Street (1933), and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music Score for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936). He died in Los Angeles in 1946.

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Occupation music_department,soundtrack,composer
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 16 October, 1892
Birthday 16 October
Birthplace St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date of death 12 February, 1948
Died Place Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Leo F. Forbstein's Wife?

His wife is Bess Gallas (16 October 1914 - 12 February 1948) ( his death) ( 1 child)

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Leo F. Forbstein Net Worth

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Source of Income Music Department

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1948

He was working on the score for the 1948 Academy Awards show when he suffered a heart attack.

1936

Forbstein was nominated for 3 (three) Academy Awards for Best Score: 1936's Anthony Adverse (1936) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and 1937's The Life of Emile Zola (1937).

He took home the Oscar for his work in Anthony Adverse (1936) (which was the first Oscar ever awarded in this category).

1926

He signed as head of the Warner Brothers music department and director of the Vitaphone Orchestra in 1926.

1920

Leo Forbstein began as a violin player at the age of 4. While conducting at the Royal Theater in St. Joseph, Mo. , he pioneered and introduced the synchronization of the orchestra with the silent action on the movie screen. He moved to Hollywood in the mid 1920s where he directed a symphony orchestra at Grauman's Egyptian Theater.