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Leon Schlesinger

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.

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I Love to Singa6.8

I Love to Singa

1936

Porky in Wackyland7.0

Porky in Wackyland

1938

A Corny Concerto6.9

A Corny Concerto

1943

Little Red Riding Rabbit7.1

Little Red Riding Rabbit

1944

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall6.8

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

1942

You Ought to Be in Pictures7.5

You Ought to Be in Pictures

1940

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