| farah ashraf |
An American cartoonist, writer, and director, born in New Jersey, USA, he dropped out of school at the age of thirteen, then settled on drawing cartoons in 1930, and in 1932 Tashlin joined Leon Schlesinger's studio and worked in animation, then used his free time to draw his own comics in 1934, and continued for three years, then left the studio because he refused to share the royalties of those comics with Leon Schlesinger, and Tashlin joined Ub Iwerks studio in 1934, then Hal Roach studio, and worked as a writer in 1935, to return to Schlesinger in 1936, and in 1938 Tashlin worked in the story department at Disney, and then worked as a production manager at Screen Gems studio of Columbia Art Production in 1941, to return again to Warner Bros. Brothers) in 1943, and contributed to the production of cartoons during World War II, such as the Private Snafu series. Tashlin worked on films such as The Girl Can't Help It (1956), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter (1957), and four of Jerry Lewis's early films (Rock-a-Bye Baby, The Geisha Boy, Cinderfella, and It's Only Money), most of which received popular attention. Tashlin's work later began to stagnate in the 1960s, and his career in the field ended at the end of that decade, his last film being The Private Navy of Sergeant O'Farrell starring Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller in 1968. Tashlin returned to MGM briefly to produce the animated feature The Bear That Wasn't, based on his book, directed by Chuck Jones. Died May 5, 1972, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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