Edward "Eddie" Selzer (January 12, 1893 - February 22, 1970) was producer of Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1944 to 1960. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. Warner Bros Cartoons Inc was the Animation division of Warner Bros Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
After the studio was purchased from Leon Schlesinger in 1944, Selzer was assigned studio head by Jack Warner. Leon Schlesinger ( May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American Film producer, most noted for founding This article is about Jack Warner the head of Warner Brothers Unlike his predecessor, he didn't take any on-screen credit as producer. Much of what is known about Selzer's personality and business acumen is from Chuck Jones' autobiography, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 &ndash February 22, 2002) was an American Animator, In it, Jones paints Selzer as an interfering bore with no sentiment or appreciation towards animated cartoons.
Despite his indifference towards animation, Selzer clashed with animators and writers over creative issues on many occasions. One documented incident reveals that Friz Freleng nearly resigned after butting heads with Selzer, who didn't think that pairing Sylvester the cat and Tweety was a viable decision. Isadore "Friz" Freleng ( August 21, 1906 &ndash May 26, 1995) was an Animator, Cartoonist, director Sylvester J Pussycat Sr, or simply Sylvester the Cat, or Sylvester is a Fictional character, a three-time Academy Award -winning Anthropomorphic The argument reached its crux when Freleng reportedly placed his drawing pencil on Selzer's desk, furiously telling Selzer that if he knew so much about animation, he should do the work instead. A pencil is a Writing or Drawing instrument consisting of a thin stick of Pigment (usually Graphite, but can also be coloured pigment or Selzer backed off the issue and apologized to Freleng that evening, a wise decision on two fronts: Warner Bros. did not lose Freleng's talents to a competing studio, and Tweetie Pie, the very cartoon that first paired Sylvester and Tweety together, went on to win the 1947 Academy Award for Animated Short Film, with Tweety and Sylvester proving to be among the most endearing duos in Warner Bros. Tweetie Pie is a 1947 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng and produced by Warner Bros The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year cartoons.
In a similar incident, Selzer forbade Robert McKimson from producing any future cartoons with the Tasmanian Devil in them after seeing the Devil's premiere short and deeming the creature far too grotesque to be a recurring character. Robert "Bob" McKimson Sr ( October 13, 1910 &mdash September 29, 1977) was an American Animator, Illustrator The Tasmanian Devil, often referred to as "Taz", is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros Selzer changed his mind and allowed further Tasmanian Devil cartoons only upon discovering from Jack Warner that Taz was in fact a massive hit with audiences.
Despite this, Jones appreciated Selzer's interferences in retrospect, if only because it gave the creative team something to push against. For example, it was his edict that "camels aren't funny" that inspired Friz Freleng to disprove him by making Sahara Hare, a cartoon in which much of the comedy arises from Yosemite Sam's attempts to control his dim-witted camel. Camels are Even-toed ungulates within the Genus Camelus. The Dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and the Sahara Hare is a Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released on March 26, 1955. Yosemite Sam is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Similarly, Chuck Jones and Mike Maltese created Bully for Bugs in direct response to Selzer's declaration that there was nothing funny about bullfighting. Michael Maltese ( February 6, 1908 — February 22, 1981) was a long-time Storyboard artist and Screenwriter for classic Bully for Bugs is a 1952 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in August 1953. Bullfighting or Tauromachy (from Greek ταυρομαχία - tauromachia, "bull-fight" is a traditional spectacle of Spain
The only real pride Eddie Selzer seemed to take from his position as producer was the fame afforded to him by his association with the Looney Tunes characters. Although he loudly (and indelicately) declared that there was nothing funny about a skunk who spoke French, he proudly accepted the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1949 - for For Scent-imental Reasons, a Pepe Le Pew cartoon. The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pepé Le Pew is an Academy Award -winning Fictional character in the Warner Bros
Perhaps the quote that encapsulated Selzer best was his furious reaction upon seeing a group of animators laughing over a storyboard. He stormed into the room and demanded "What in the Hell does all of this laughter have to do with the making of animated cartoons?"
Eddie Selzer died in 1970 at the age of 77. Upon his death, the five Academy Award Oscar statues for the winning cartoons he produced were distributed to the talents behind the cartoons; the one for 1957's Birds Anonymous was given to voice artist Mel Blanc. Birds Anonymous is a 1957, Academy Award -winning Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng and written Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc ( May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and Comedian
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