SCREEN GEMS | LEON SCHLESINGER INSCRIBED "COLOR RHAPSODIES" BOY AND DOG ANIMATION CEL
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An original hand painting on celluloid of a boy playing with a dog, inscribed in ink by Leon Schlesinger: "This is an original animated cartoon painting used in the production of 'Color Rhapsodies' Screen Gems, Inc."
The cel is mounted on a painted background and framed.
Schlesinger, a distant relative of the Warner Brothers, founded Leon Schlesinger Productions. He received a contract with Warner Brothers to produce their Looney Tunes series, and signed animators Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to create cartoons for the series. Later, he pitched a sister series called Merry Melodies. In 1944, Warner Brother acquired the studio, which became Warner Bros. Cartoons. Ray Katz and Henry Binder, animators at Warner Bros. Cartoons, later went to work at Screen Gems, a studio within Columbia Pictures.
10.75 x 13.5 inches (framed); 8.5 x 11.5 inches (sight);
The cel is mounted on a painted background and framed.
Schlesinger, a distant relative of the Warner Brothers, founded Leon Schlesinger Productions. He received a contract with Warner Brothers to produce their Looney Tunes series, and signed animators Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to create cartoons for the series. Later, he pitched a sister series called Merry Melodies. In 1944, Warner Brother acquired the studio, which became Warner Bros. Cartoons. Ray Katz and Henry Binder, animators at Warner Bros. Cartoons, later went to work at Screen Gems, a studio within Columbia Pictures.
10.75 x 13.5 inches (framed); 8.5 x 11.5 inches (sight);
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SCREEN GEMS | LEON SCHLESINGER INSCRIBED "COLOR RHAPSODIES" BOY AND DOG ANIMATION CEL
Estimate $300 - $500
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