Leon Schlesinger

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Leon Schlesinger

Production May 20, 1884

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, du…

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Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes

8.6 1929 TV Show
I Love to Singa

I Love to Singa

6.8 1936 Movie
Porky in Wackyland

Porky in Wackyland

7.0 1938 Movie
A Corny Concerto

A Corny Concerto

6.9 1943 Movie
Little Red Riding Rabbit

Little Red Riding Rabbit

7.1 1944 Movie
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

6.8 1942 Movie
A Wild Hare

A Wild Hare

7.3 1940 Movie
You Ought to Be in Pictures

You Ought to Be in Pictures

7.5 1940 Movie
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

5.4 1943 Movie
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid

Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid

6.9 1942 Movie
A Tale of Two Kitties

A Tale of Two Kitties

6.8 1942 Movie
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

6.7 1944 Movie

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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.

Filmography

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  1. 1944
    Buckaroo Bugs

    Movie Producer

  2. 1944
    Birdy and the Beast

    Movie Producer

  3. 1944
    Hare Force

    Movie Producer

  4. 1944
    Censored

    Movie Producer

  5. 1944
    Brother Brat

    Movie Producer

  6. 1944
    Hare Ribbin'

    Movie Producer

  7. 1944
    The Chow Hound

    Movie Producer

  8. 1944
    Duck Soup to Nuts

    Movie Producer

  9. 1944
    Russian Rhapsody

    Movie Producer

  10. 1944
    Gas

    Movie Producer

  11. 1944
    Swooner Crooner

    Movie Producer

  12. 1944
    Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

    Movie Producer

  13. 1944
    A Lecture on Camouflage

    Movie Producer

  14. 1944
    Tick Tock Tuckered

    Movie Producer

  15. 1944
    The Weakly Reporter

    Movie Producer

  16. 1944
    Snafuperman

    Movie Producer

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  1. 1944
    Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike

    Movie Producer

  2. 1944
    I Got Plenty of Mutton

    Movie Producer

  3. 1944
    Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears

    Movie Producer

  4. 1944
    Tom Turk and Daffy

    Movie Producer

  5. 1944
    Meatless Flyday

    Movie Producer

  6. 1944
    Booby Traps

    Movie Producer

  7. 1944
    What's Cookin' Doc?

    Movie Producer

  8. 1944
    Little Red Riding Rabbit

    Movie Producer

  9. 1943
    Puss n' Booty

    Movie Producer

  10. 1943
    An Itch in Time

    Movie Producer

  11. 1943
    Rumors

    Movie Producer

  12. 1943
    Daffy - The Commando

    Movie Producer

  13. 1943
    Inki and the Minah Bird

    Movie Producer

  14. 1943
    The Home Front

    Movie Producer

  15. 1943
    Falling Hare

    Movie Producer

  16. 1943
    Fin'n Catty

    Movie Producer

  17. 1943
    Fighting Tools

    Movie Producer

  18. 1943
    A Corny Concerto

    Movie Producer

  19. 1943
    The Gold Brick

    Movie Producer

  20. 1943
    Scrap Happy Daffy

    Movie Producer

  21. 1943
    Spies

    Movie Producer

  22. 1943
    Porky Pig's Feat

    Movie Producer

  23. 1943
    Wackiki Wabbit

    Movie Producer

  24. 1943
    Gripes

    Movie Producer