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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.

Leo F. Forbstein
Born	(1892-10-16)October 16, 1892 Saint Louis, Missouri
Died	March 16, 1948(1948-03-16) (aged 55) Hollywood, California
Nationality	American
Occupation	Music Director, Warner Bros.
Known for	film music
Spouse	Bessie Gallas (1914–1948, his death)
Children	1

Early years

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.

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

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

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.[2] Leo Forbstein was entombed in the Corridor of Immortality at Home of Peace Cemetery.

Selected film credits

References

External links

• Leo F. Forbstein at IMDb (Date of death, February 12, 1948, on IMDB is incorrect.)
• Leo F. Forbstein at Find a Grave
• The Royal Theatre in St. Joseph, Missouri.
• Newman Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri (changed to Paramount Theatre in 1947).

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Leo F. Forbstein (* 16. Oktober 1892 in St. Louis; † 12. Februar 1948 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Dirigent, musikalischer Leiter und Oscarpreisträger.

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