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Warners' cartoons were originally produced by an independent company named Leon Schlesinger Productions, which began production on the series, with Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising as the heads of production, in 1930 . Harman and Ising departed to start their own studio in 1933 , and Schesinger recruited a new production team to produce the films. From the mid- 1930s until 1944 , famous Animation Directors and Animators such as Tex Avery , Arthur Davis , David H. DePatie , Friz Freleng , Robert McKimson , Bob Clampett , Frank Tashlin , and Chuck Jones worked their magic. In 1944 , Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros., who renamed the company '''Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.''' – By 1946 , Avery, Tashlin, and Clampett had all departed, and the remaining creators carried on the Warner Bros. cartoon legacy until 1963 , when Warners closed down the studio for good. Friz Freleng and business partner David H. DePatie started DePatie-Freleng Enterprises the same year, which Warners contracted to produce more ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' from 1964 until 1967 . The studio briefly re-opened in 1967 , before shutting down for good in 1969 , when Warners ceased production on all its short subjects. The Warner Bros. animation studio was notorious for practical Joke s, eccentricity (even by the standards of the then highly eccentric animated Cartoon industry) and the consistent brilliance of their pictures (and for filling the Water Cooler s with Vodka ). However, the building proper was abandoned in the late 1930s - Interestingly the most popular "Termite Terrace" star, Bugs Bunny , was created after the building was no longer in use. THE TERMITE TERRACE HALL OF FAME Studio Heads
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