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9. Phonofilm, The Lawyers

verfasst von : Mike Adams

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Abstract

These are the worst of times; these are the best of times. For Lee de Forest in the late 1920s, the roller coaster that is his life will reach the bottom before soaring back to the top. He begins this ride on the East Coast at his New York home and ends up at a place where he spent time in his earlier years, a place that represents hope and happiness, California. For de Forest, the post-Phonofilm period will be one of continued invention, although none of great significance. This era will mark the validation of some of his basic patents in amplification and sound-on-film, but none will result either in fame or fortune. During this period of time, he will finally discover domestic happiness. Nevertheless, there will not exist what de Forest wants most in his mature years, and that is the total and unequivocal adulation of the public and the scientific community. But make no mistake, the public does know about Lee de Forest and they do regard him as an important inventor. It just will not be enough.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Phonofilm, The Rejection
Nächstes Kapitel Lesson and Legacy
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1
de Forest writes about wife Marie in his Diary, August 30, 1931, Perham de Forest papers.
 
2
de Forest letter re: Fox-Case patent infringement suit, 1926, Perham de Forest papers.
 
3
Ibid.
 
4
Case statement, re: suit by de Forest, August 6, 1926, Case Papers.
 
5
Case attorney analysis of Reis slit patent held by de Forest, October 26, 1926, Case Papers.
 
6
Ibid.
 
7
Analysis by Fox-Case attorney John Hogan in de Forest vs. Case, August 8, 1929, Case papers.
 
8
Ibid.
 
9
E.I. Sponable, “A Brief History of Sound Recording Including Details in the Development of the Fox Case System,” 1930, Case papers.
 
10
Ibid.
 
11
Ibid.
 
12
Ibid.
 
13
From the two-volume de Forest court exhibit for his suit, de Forest Phonofilm Corporation vs. Fox Case Corporation, 1929, a copy of which is in the Case Papers.
 
14
Ibid.
 
15
Stephanie Przybylek, Breaking the Silence on Film, Cayuga Museum, 1999, p39.
 
16
The estimate is that in today’s dollars the amount would be close to $6 million.
 
17
FOR p401.
 
18
Untitled news report, 1928, Perham de Forest papers.
 
19
Ibid.
 
20
Haverhill Gazette, MA, July 31, 1928.
 
21
Ibid.
 
22
Ibid.
 
23
de Forest letter to editor of Film Daily, July 5, 1928, Perham de Forest papers.
 
24
Ibid.
 
25
Stephanie Przybylek, Breaking the Silence on Film, Cayuga Museum, 1999, p112.
 
26
Ibid., p120.
 
27
New York Times, November 12, 1930.
 
28
Ibid.
 
29
See Chap.​ 6 for a complete explanation of de Forest’s 1918 notes on his sound-on-film process, including a photo of the actual notes.
 
30
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1930, from the Perham de Forest papers.
 
31
Ibid.
 
32
Ibid.
 
33
Ibid.
 
34
Ibid.
 
35
Ibid.
 
36
The focused light for writing sound-on-film passes through a very small slit so that the sound track is written on just the small portion of the film next to the picture. The smaller the slit the more precise the sound. The slit was used first in the Lauste and Ries experiments, and de Forest bought permission to use the slit from Ries. He bought the patent. An optical slit would have a small lens through which the sound is focused, the mechanical one would not.
 
37
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1930, from the Perham de Forest papers.
 
38
Patent court, de Forest vs. Freeman Owens, 1930, de Forest papers, HSJ.
 
39
Ibid.
 
40
Ibid.
 
41
Ibid.
 
42
Ibid.
 
43
Ibid.
 
44
Ibid.
 
45
de Forest letter to Los Angeles Times, 1932, de Forest papers, HSJ.
 
46
Ibid.
 
47
Ibid.
 
48
San Jose Mercury News, September 2, 2010.
 
49
San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 2010.
 
50
Letter to Gifford, 1928, de Forest papers, HSJ.
 
51
Ibid.
 
52
de Forest speech to theater owners, 1929, draft with corrections, de Forest papers, HSJ.
 
53
Ibid.
 
54
Montage of news stories about de Forest radio, de Forest scrapbook, Perham de Forest papers.
 
55
Darby note to de Forest, Perham de Forest papers, HSJ.
 
56
de Forest diary, August 21, 1926, Perham de Forest papers.
 
57
de Forest diary, February 23, 1927, Perham de Forest papers.
 
58
de Forest diary, August 1927, Perham de Forest papers.
 
59
de Forest diary, August 1927, Perham de Forest papers.
 
60
de Forest diary, November 24, 1927, Perham de Forest papers.
 
61
de Forest diary, November 28, 1927, Perham de Forest papers.
 
62
de Forest diary, April 25, 1929, Perham de Forest papers.
 
63
de Forest diary, September, 1931, Perham de Forest papers.
 
64
de Forest diary, August 20, 1931, Perham de Forest papers.
 
65
de Forest, article in New York Times, 1930, date unreadable, a scrap in the Perham de Forest papers.
 
66
Ibid.
 
67
de Forest diary, August 30, 1930, Perham de Forest papers.
 
68
Ibid.
 
69
http://​www.​IMDB.​com the Internet Movie Database.
 
70
Los Angeles Times, 1927, undated scrap, de Forest papers, HSJ.
 
71
Ibid.
 
72
Los Angeles Times, October, 1930.
 
73
de Forest patent 1,802,595, Perham de Forest papers.
 
74
Ibid.
 
75
de Forest patent 1,843,972, Perham de Forest papers.
 
76
de Forest patent 1,929,626, Perham de Forest papers.
 
77
de Forest lab notebook, December 28, 1920, in Exhibit, April 9,1930, in Patent Court, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
 
78
de Forest lab notebook, Jan 18, 1921, Exhibit, April 9, 1930, in Patent Court, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
 
79
de Forest speech to Lewis Institute, March 19, 1930, Perham de Forest papers.
 
80
Notes on a conversation with David Sarnoff, typed but with a hand written note by de Forest, Perham de Forest papers.
 
81
Ibid.
 
82
Telegram from Darby, Perham de Forest papers.
 
83
de Forest, in a letter to the New York Times, exact date unknown but earlier in 1934, in the Perham de Forest papers.
 
84
Justice Cardozo, US Supreme Court, de Forest vs. Armstrong, May 2 and 3, 1934, Perham de Forest papers.
 
85
Ibid.
 
86
Ibid.
 
87
Ibid.
 
88
Ibid.
 
89
Ibid.
 
90
Ibid.
 
91
Letter to de Forest from daughter Marilyn, February 20, 1936, Perham de Forest papers.
 
92
de Forest letter to McMurdo Silver, January 21, 1938, Perham de Forest papers.
 
93
Ibid.
 
94
Ibid.
 
95
Remarks by DC Jackson, Lewis Institute conferring honorary doctorate upon Lee de Forest, June 23, 1937, Perham de Forest papers.
 
96
September 22, 1939 New York World’s Fair booklet proclaiming “Lee de Forest Day,” Perham de Forest papers.
 
97
Ibid.
 
98
Ibid.
 
99
Ibid.
 
100
de Forest banquet speech, Lee de Forest Day, New York World’s Fair, September 22, 1939, Perham de Forest papers.
 
101
Ibid.
 
102
Ibid.
 
103
Ibid.
 
104
Ibid.
 
105
Ibid.
 
106
Ibid.
 
107
Ibid.
 
108
Ibid.
 
109
Ibid.
 
110
Now the Clark Radiana Collection at the Smithsonian History Center.
 
Metadaten
Titel
Phonofilm, The Lawyers
verfasst von
Mike Adams
Copyright-Jahr
2012
Verlag
Springer New York
Buch
Lee de Forest

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-0417-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-0418-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0418-7_9

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