Leon Schlesinger photo

Leon Schlesinger

Production
1884-05-20
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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. 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.
Known For 2 titles
You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) subtitle poster
You Ought to Be in Pictures
1940 Movie
as Self
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Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul (2012) subtitle poster
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
2012 Movie
as Himself (Archive Footage)
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