Hugh Harman

…subcontracted the work to animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, who were using the then novel innovation of synchronized sound to create animated talkies. Their first animated film for Schlesinger, Sinkin’ in the Bathtub (1930), featured Bosko, a wide-eyed character that bore an uncanny resemblance to Otto Messmer’s Felix the…

…were such noted animators as Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and Isadore (“Friz”) Freleng.