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Leon Schlesinger (20 May 1884 - 25 December 1949) was an American producer. He is best known for founding Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became Warner Bros. Cartoons. Schlesinger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 20, 1884.
As head of his own studio, Schlesinger served as the producer of Warner's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1930, when Schlesinger assumed production from his subcontractors, Harman and Ising, to 1944, when Warner acquired the studio.
Oct 10, 2022 · A special Looney Tunes documentary taking a look at the life and career of the series first proud producer, Leon Schlesinger!
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Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, later known as Warner Bros. Cartoons. He was a distant relative of the Warner Brothers, and as head of his own studio, served as the producer of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons from 1930 to 1944 .
Apr 15, 2024 · His first appearance, Looney Tunes’ Porky’s Duck Hunt, was the first of many shorts that Daffy and Porky would headline together, and would foreshadow the quick-paced, zany slapstick comedy to come in the later Looney Tunes shorts. Yet, Schlesinger’s biggest, and most culturally significant star, would be good ol’ carrot-chomping Bugs ...
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were initially produced by Leon Schlesinger and animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising from 1930 to 1933. Schlesinger assumed full production from 1933 until he sold his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944, after which it was renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons . [3]
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A collection of most of the first season of Leon Schlesinger Productions' Looney Tunes, featuring their first cartoon star Buddy. Most of these cartoons were never released officially on home video, and this collection holds some of the best print quality available on these cartoons publicly.
