Disney hired them to produce the cartoon Merbabies (1938) for him. Directors: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Rochelle Hudson, Carman Maxwell Votes: 446 Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982) and Rudolf "Rudy" Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) were an American animation team best known for founding the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation studios. Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1903-1982 and 1903-1992 respectively) were former Walt Disney employees who jump-started the Warner Bros. cartoon studio, and helped get MGM's animation department off the ground. The two maintained the same division of work they had used at Warner Bros.: Harman worked on Bosko shorts, and Ising directed one-shots. By 1933, due to financial disputes with Schlesinger, who was a notorious miser and did not want to meet with Harman and Ising‘s demands to upgrade into color cartoons, the … 1st Logo (September 1, 1934-May 25, 1935) Harman-Ising Productions, Ltd. was an animation studio run by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. They are particularly celebrated for Harman's 1939 antiwar MGM cartoon Peace on Earth and Ising won an Oscar for the MGM cartoon The Milky Way in 1940. He was voiced by Carman Maxwell, Johnny Murray, and Billie Thomas during the 1920s and 1930s, and once by Don Messick during the 1990s. Bosko is an animated cartoon character created by animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising.Bosko was the first recurring character in Leon Schlesinger's cartoon series, and was the star of 39 Looney Tunes shorts released by Warner Bros. After losing their jobs at the Winkler studio, Harman and Ising financed a short Bosko demonstration film called Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid. When Disney later reneged on a deal he had made for two other Harman-Ising pictures, the animators sold the cartoons to Quimby at MGM. Quimby later agreed to hire the animators back to the studio. Harman was left to direct Looney Tunes, and Ising was assigned to direct Merrie Melodies. They were also the creators of Bosko the Talk Ink Kid (and, more regrettably, Foxy) as well as MGM's Happy Harmonies, the Barney Bear shorts and the anti-war short Peace on … Harman and Ising still found some work as animation freelancers, directing, for example, the Silly Symphony series for Disney in 1938. After losing their jobs at the Winkler studio, Harman and Ising financed a short Bosko demonstration film called Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid. Harman and Ising had maintained the rights to the Bosko character, and they signed a deal with MGM to start a new series of Bosko shorts in 1934. Hugh Harman (August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982) and Rudolf Carl "Rudy" Ising (August 7, 1903 – July 18, 1992) were an American animation team best known for their works on the Disney, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and DreamWorks animation studios. Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1903-1982 and 1903-1992 respectively) were former Walt Disney employees who jump-started the Warner Bros. cartoon studio, and helped get MGM's animation department off the ground. Harman and Ising had long aspired to start their own studio, and had created and copyrighted the cartoon character Bosko in 1928. Harman and Ising had maintained the rights to the Bosko character, and they signed a deal with MGM to start a new series of Bosko shorts in 1934. Harman-Ising Cartoon production organization, headed by Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising, who had worked for Walt Disney in Kansas City. The two maintained the same division of work they had used at Warner Bros.: Harman worked on Bosko shorts, and Ising directed one-shots. Background: Harman-Ising Productions was an animated vanity card of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. At times, Harman and Ising used separate cards for their own production saying "A Hugh Harman Production" and "A Rudolph Ising Production". The music-happy Bosko and Honey take a car ride, but bad luck briefly interrupts their fun. They were also the creators of Bosko the Talk Ink Kid (and, more regrettably, Foxy) as well as MGM's Happy Harmonies, the Barney Bear shorts and the anti-war short Peace on … Harman and Ising had long aspired to start their own studio, and had created and copyrighted the cartoon character Bosko in 1928.