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Leon Schlesinger (/ ˈ ʃ l ɛ s ɪ n dʒ ər / SHLESS-in-jər; May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation.
Warner Bros. Cartoons was formed in 1933 by Leon Schlesinger as Leon Schlesinger Productions. Schlesinger sold the studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, after which the Warner Bros. Cartoons name was adopted.
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Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. (formerly known as Leon Schlesinger Productions or Leon Schlesinger Studios) was the in-house division of Warner Bros. Pictures during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, Warner Bros. Cartoons...
Mar 8, 2013 · Leon Schlesinger was he original man behind Warner Bros. Cartoons and their first producer. Here is Leon’s official studio biography from 1939: Leon sold his cartoon studio to Warner Bros. in July 1944, and he became an executive with the studio – the first to concentrate on merchandising the Looney Tunes characters.
Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were an American animation team and company known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios. In 1929, the studio was founded under the name Harman-Ising Productions, producing Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies for Leon Schlesinger from 1930 to 1933. [1]
Leon Schlesinger (1884-1949) Producer. Additional Crew. Animation Department. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Leon Schlesinger occupies an odd niche in Hollywood history. He was every bit a studio mogul but occupied a narrow, if extremely lucrative corner of the industry, an animation company.
Dec 2, 2020 · The artists, musicians and directors held Schlesinger in as low regard as he held them and from that emerged the subversive style that Bugs and company would become so famous for. As Mitenbuler ...
