12 Facts About Dave Fleischer

Dave Fleischer was an American film director and producer who co-owned Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer.

Dave Fleischer worked as an usher at the Palace Theater on Broadway, where he was exposed to vaudeville.

Dave Fleischer went on to become director and later supervising producer of the studio's output.

Dave Fleischer supervised two animated features Gulliver's Travels and Mr Bug Goes to Town.

Max Dave Fleischer secured the license for Superman after Republic Pictures allegedly passed on the property as a potential serial.

Relations between the brothers began to deteriorate around 1938, which was aggravated further by Dave Fleischer's taking control of production starting in 1940, which resulted in the poorer cartoons produced under his control compounded by his continued rejection of Max's input and late completion of films.

Dave Fleischer resigned from Fleischer Studios in late November 1941, following the recording of the score for Mr Bug Goes to Town.

Dave Fleischer became producer for Screen Gems at Columbia Pictures in April 1942, where he produced Song of Victory and Imagination, the latter of which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Dave Fleischer took over for Frank Tashlin and produced The Fox and the Crow and Li'l Abner series, as well as the omnibus Phantasies series.

At Universal, Dave Fleischer was a Special Effects Technical and general problem-solver, working on films such as Francis, The Birds, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Dave Fleischer was credited as "Technical Advisor" on Universal's American release of the Russian animated feature, The Snow Queen, supervising the English language dubbing.

Dave Fleischer died of a stroke on June 25,1979, three weeks before his 85th birthday.