Frank Forest

Frank Forest (1896-1976) was an American operatic tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the 1930s and 40s.

Biography

Frank Forest was born Frank Hayek in St. Paul, Minnesota on October 17, 1896. Forest studied agricultural engineering at the University of Minnesota, and later helped found the profitable pharmaceutical firm White Laboratories of Kenilworth, New Jersey. He gave up the business to follow a lifelong interest in singing. He spent twelve years performing leading tenor roles in opera houses all over Europe and acted in several films, including "I'll Take Romance" along with American soprano and actress Grace Moore in 1937. In 1955 he started pouring his energies and money into the creation of the Empire State Festival, a New York summer opera festival. Frank Forest died on December 23, 1976 in Santa Monica, California and is buried at Hillside Memorial Park in Redlands, California.

Filmography

*"The Big Broadcast of 1937" (1936) - Frank Rossman
*"Champagne Waltz" (1937) - Karl Lieberlich
*"I'll Take Romance" (1937) - Pinkerton (from "Madama Butterfly")
*"Take It Big" (1944) - Harvey Phillips

References

* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811219,00.html Opera Under Canvas] - August 10, 1959 "Time" magazine article.
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286115/bio Frank Forest - Biography] - The IMDb's biography page for Frank Forest.
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=24291 Frank Forest - Filmography - Movies - New York Times] - The New York Times' filmography page for Frank Forest.

External links

*imdb name|id=0286115|name=Frank Forest.
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7197729 Find A Grave profile for Frank Forest] .