Leon Schlesinger

Leon Schlesinger
Schlesinger in 1917
Born	(1884-05-20)May 20, 1884 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	December 25, 1949(1949-12-25) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, United States
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1919–1949
Spouse(s)	Berenice K. Schlesinger ​ ​ (m. 1909)​

Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American movie producer. He founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation.

Warner's Westerns

Schlesinger produced six B-movie Westerns in the 1930s for Warners starring John Wayne.

• Haunted Gold (1932)
• Ride Him Cowboy (1932)
• The Big Stampede (1932)
• The Telegraph Trail (1933)
• Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
• The Man from Monterey (1933)

Other websites

• Leon Schlesinger on IMDb
• Leon Schlesinger at Find a Grave