Popeye the Sailor (1933)

Director:

Dave Fleischer
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Release Date:

14 July 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Musical | Family | Comedy

Plot:

Popeye begins his movie career by singing his theme song, demonstrating his strength at a carnival, dancing the hula with Betty Boop, pummeling Bluto, eating his spinach and saving Olive Oyl from certain doom on the railroad tracks.

Plot Keywords:

Popeye | Bluto | Betty Boop | Carnival | Singing

Cast

William Costello	...	Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
William Pennell	...	Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Bonnie Poe	...	Olive Oyl / Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Seymour Kneitel		(animation director) (uncredited)

Produced by
Max Fleischer	....	producer (uncredited)

Animation Department
Roland Crandall	....	animator
Seymour Kneitel	....	animator

Music Department
Manny Baer	....	conductor (uncredited)
Lou Fleischer	....	musical director (uncredited)
Sammy Timberg	....	composer: incidental music (uncredited)

Other crew
Max Fleischer	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Fleischer Studios

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures

Also Known As:

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Fleischer Studios

Trivia:

Olive Oyl and Wimpy are based on real people, too. Wimpy was based on Segar's former newspaper editor, Bill Schuschert, who was a great hamburger lover, and on an underhanded fight promoter whom Segar used to know. Olive Oyl was based on a schoolteacher named Dora Paskal, who was tall and wore high-bottom boots like Olive's and wore her hair in a bun just like Olive. She appeared in the strip long before Popeye did (her original beau was a cowboy named Ham Gravy), back when it was still called THIMBLE THEATER, long before Popeye came on the scene.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Airborne (1993)

Soundtrack:

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man

Great one!

When this show was on I watched it every time I could! I thought that the characters were really funny and all had great personalities. The animation in My opinion was crisp, clean, and really clear. Not to mention beautiful! Most of the characters in this show are hilarious like Looney Tunes characters that we all love. in My opinion these characters are the funnies and talented ever seen. In fact, The things that goes on in this series' cartoons are in My opinion nuts which that is what makes them hilarious! There are so many to like and laugh at and the silly things they do! If you like the original Looney Tunes then I strongly recommend that you watch this show!