We continue our close look at Leon Schlesinger Productions, circa 1939, with the fifth issue of their in-house newsletter, The Exposure Sheet.
In this edition, Friz Freleng returns, Treg Brown gets a new cutting room, and bios of John Burton, animator Bobe Cannon, painter Betty Brenon and inker Marjorie Dakin.
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Sounds as if Avery may have gotten the inspiration for “Screwball Football” from Bob Canon’s tale of trying to tackle the fullback.
Freleng would direct both Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes when he returned.
I heard Bugs Hardaway left the studio and moved to Lantz because he got demoted to story once Freleng returned and took over his unit.