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Leon Schlesinger

Leon Schlesinger
  • Name: Leon Schlesinger
  • Birthday: 1884-05-20
  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Popularity: 0.633
Biography: 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.

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Title Release date
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul   as  Himself (Archive Footage) 2012-10-16
You Ought to Be in Pictures   as  Self 1940-05-18
Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places   as  self 1938-12-25