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Popeye the Sailor (1933)
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14 July 1933 (USA)
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Popeye introduces himself to us (including a quick live-action shot of newspapers announcing that he's a movie star)...
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Dan O'Bannon Memories, A 'Fire' Actor, And Idw's Holiday Party In Today's Twitter Report
(From MTV Splash Page. 18 December 2009, 12:14 PM, PST)
E.C. Segar, Popeye's creator, celebrated with a Google doodle
(From The Guardian - Film News. 7 December 2009, 6:00 PM, PST)
(From MTV Splash Page. 18 December 2009, 12:14 PM, PST)
E.C. Segar, Popeye's creator, celebrated with a Google doodle
(From The Guardian - Film News. 7 December 2009, 6:00 PM, PST)
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The first Popeye cartoon.
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(Cast)| William Costello | ... | Popeye (voice) (uncredited) | |
| William Pennell | ... | Bluto (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Bonnie Poe | ... | Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Mae Questel | ... | Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited) |
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Popeye the Sailor with Betty Boop (USA) (original script title)
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7 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Brutus was called Bluto in the original comic strip and cartoons. When new cartoons were made by King Features in 1960 and 1961 the producers thought Bluto had been created for the Fleischer cartoons which would mean they didn't have the rights to the character, so they renamed him Brutus. Actually, Bluto had appeared in a single adventure in the comic strip before any Popeye cartoons had been made. Later Popeye cartoons went back to the name Bluto.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Unearthly (#4.20)" (1991)
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Strike Up the Band for Popeye the Sailor
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The first Popeye cartoon ever, although it was marketed as a Betty Boop cartoon. It was also the first in a series of cartoons where Betty Boop met various characters from newspaper comics (Such as The Little King) in animated form. Naturally, Popeye was the only one who the Fleischer Brothers got any mileage out of.
Very entertaining, like all the early Popeye's. Betty Boop makes only a small cameo, but it's hard to miss. Try to get the black and white version, since the colorized version, I dunno. It just seems to take away some of the excitement.
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