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== Warner Bros. and Van Beuren == [[File:Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid 190613 LTPC.webm|thumb|Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid]] Harman and Ising had long aspired to start their own studio, and had created and copyrighted the cartoon character [[Bosko]] in 1928. After losing their jobs at the Winkler studio, Harman and Ising founded Harman-Ising Productions, with most of the Disney and Winkler animators as staff. The studio produced a short Bosko demonstration film called ''[[Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid]]''. The cartoon featured Bosko at odds with his animator – portrayed in live-action by Ising. Impressed, [[Leon Schlesinger]], who worked at [[Warner Bros.]], hired Harman and Ising. Schlesinger wanted the Bosko character to star in a new series of cartoons he dubbed ''Looney Tunes'' (the title being a parody of Walt Disney's ''[[Silly Symphony|Silly Symphonies]]''). In 1930, the pair's first theatrical Bosko short, ''Sinkin' in the Bathtub'', was a success. In 1931, Harman took over direction of the ''Looney Tunes'' starring the character, while Ising took a sister series called ''Merrie Melodies'' that consisted of one-shot stories and characters. The two animators broke off ties with Schlesinger later in 1933 over budget disputes with the producer who had vetoed their demands for bigger budgets,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-22-mn-4365-story.html|title=Rudolf Ising; Founded Cartoon Studios|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=22 July 1992}}</ref> and went to [[Van Beuren Studios]], which was making cartoons for [[RKO Radio Pictures]]. There, they were offered a contract to produce the Cubby Bear cartoon series.<ref>Putterman, Barry, "Le origini: il periodo Harman-Ising (1930-1935)" ''Griffithiana'' Vol VII nr 16-17 (June 1984); p 13.</ref> Harman and Ising produced two released cartoons for this series, but were in the midst of making a third cartoon when a contractual dispute arose. The pair left Van Beuren, but kept the completed cartoon and finally released it in the 1940s.<ref>Putterman, Barry, "Le origini: il periodo Harman-Ising (1930-1935)" ''Griffithiana'' Vol VII nr 16-17 (June 1984); p 14.</ref>
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