Leon Schlesinger (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. He was a distant relative of the Warner Brothers.
- Film producer
- 1919–1944
- Berenice K. Schlesinger, (m. 1909)
- May 20, 1884, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Leon Schlesinger. Producer: Somewhere in Sonora. 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.
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. (formerly known as Leon Schlesinger Productions until 1944) was an American animation studio, serving as the in-house animation division of Warner Bros. during the Golden Age of American animation. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, it was primarily responsible for the Looney ...
- June 1933; 89 years ago
Leon Schlesinger. Producer: Somewhere in Sonora. 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. He might have shared this corner with Walt Disney but the two men couldn't have been more different in their professional outlook, yet at one time or another each ...
- May 20, 1884
- December 25, 1949
Mar 8, 2013 · Schlesinger and Selzer. 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.
Leon Schlesinger. Birth. 20 May 1884. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Death. 25 Dec 1949 (aged 65) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Burial. Hollywood Forever.
Leon Schlesinger (20 May 1884 - 25 December 1949) was an American producer. He is best known for founding Leon Schlesinger Studios, which later became Warner Bros. Cartoons. Schlesinger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After working at a theater as an usher, songbook agent, actor, and...
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