Leon Schlesinger

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Leon Schlesinger

Born May 20, 1884 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died December 25, 1949 · aged 65

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, w…

Known For

A Wild HareA Wild Hare · 1940
A Wild Hare
7.31940
MovieAnimationComedy
While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny who tricks and harasses him.
A Feud There WasA Feud There Was · 1938
A Feud There Was
6.61938
MovieAnimationComedy
The McCoys and the Weavers are two feuding hillbilly clans. Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker, attempts to end the fighting; but violence and zaniness win out.
Ride Him, CowboyRide Him, Cowboy · 1932
Ride Him, Cowboy
4.91932
MovieActionWestern
John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that the real murderer, a bad guy known as The Hawk, is the town's leading citizen, Drury arrested on a fraudulent charge.
CensoredCensored · 1944
Censored
6.61944
MovieComedyAnimation
Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.
RumorsRumors · 1943
Rumors
7.11943
MovieAnimationComedy
Snafu inadvertantly starts a panic on his base when he begins a mistaken rumour that the base is about to be bombed.
GripesGripes · 1943
Gripes
6.91943
MovieAnimationWar
Private Snafu learns the hard way about the need for military dicipline and procedures to maintain an effective army.
Coming!! SnafuComing!! Snafu · 1943
Coming!! Snafu
6.41943
MovieAnimation
Introducing Private Snafu, the nation's worst soldier and his various versions in different branches of the armed forces. The cartoon, ironic and humorous in tone, was created during World War II and it was designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and also to improve troop morale. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up."
Elmer's Candid CameraElmer's Candid Camera · 1940
Elmer's Candid Camera
6.61940
MovieAnimationComedy
Elmer takes up wildlife photography but finds his subject, a rabbit, much too rascally.

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