14 Facts About Edward Selzer

Edward Selzer was an American film producer and publicist who served as head of Warner Bros.

Edward Selzer won a boxing exhibition for the Navy and was awarded with a weekend pass.

In 1930, Lewis Warner persuaded Selzer to join Warner Bros.

Edward Selzer was on an around-the-world tour with Ripley on Believe it or Not.

Unlike his predecessor, Edward Selzer did not want any on-screen credit as producer for Warner Bros.

However, Jones grew to think that Edward Selzer was a genuine if inadvertent asset as a resisting force to artistically push against and inspire the artists to excel to defy him.

Edward Selzer was said to be proud of his position as producer of the Looney Tunes series because of the joy the team's creations brought to so many, however he is known for having numerous feuds with the staff when it came to their creative decisions.

Friz Freleng famously butted heads with Edward Selzer during the production of Tweetie Pie, where the latter of which did not think that pairing Sylvester the Cat and Tweety was a viable decision.

Edward Selzer backed off the issue and apologized to Freleng that evening.

Edward 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.

Edward Selzer changed his mind and allowed further cartoons with the Tasmanian Devil, only upon discovering from Jack Warner that he was in fact a massive hit with audiences.

Edward Selzer was known to be one of the first men in animation to bring female artists on board and not relegate them to secretarial roles, rather he encouraged their participation in the creative process and valued their feedback.

Edward Selzer retired in 1958, and John Burton became the head of Warner Bros.

Edward Selzer died on February 22,1970, after a long illness.