Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)

Director:

Dave Fleischer
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Release Date:

26 November 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Short

Plot:

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.

Plot Keywords:

Popeye | Sahara Desert | Camel | Restaurant | Traffic Light

Cast

Lou Fleischer	...	Wimpy (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer	...	Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel	...	Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Gus Wickie	...	Abu Hassan (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Willard Bowsky		(animation director) (uncredited)

Produced by
Max Fleischer	....	producer

Animation Department
Willard Bowsky	....	animator
Orestes Calpini	....	animator
George Germanetti	....	animator

Music Department
Lou Fleischer	....	music supervisor (uncredited)
Sammy Timberg	....	musical director (uncredited)

Other crew
Adolph Zukor	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Fleischer Studios

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1937) (USA) (theatrical)
• Spotlite Video (1986) (USA) (VHS) (For Republic Pictures included in "Max Fleischer's Popeye the Sailor")
• Digital Disc Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (video)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Hollydan Works (2008) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Passport International Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Weton Wesgram (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Other Companies

• King Features Syndicate  by arrangement with
• Screen Time Images  audio restoration
• Screen Time Images  film restoration
• Segar  by arrangement with

Also Known As:

Runtime:

17 min | Argentina:19 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:Approved (certificate #1503)

Company:

Fleischer Studios

Trivia:

This was the second of the "Popeye Specials", a trilogy of "Popeye" feature-length films that were filmed in Technicolor.

Goofs:

Continuity: Abu Hassan is only a head or two taller than Popeye. Abu enters a cave with a door just tall enough to admit himself and his mount, but seconds later Popeye comes up to the same door which now seems to be ten times the height of a man.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[Abu Hassan and his forty thieves ride across the desert]
Abu Hassan:[singing] You better lock up your doors today / 'cause Abu Hassan is on his way / Go in hiding, when I go riding / Just me and the 40 thieves! / Your wives and children, and money too / I'll steal them from you before I'm through / I'm out gunning, so start running / From me and the forty thieves! Abu Hassan!
Thieves:Abu Hassan!
Abu Hassan:My game's the toughest / But I'm the roughest / and that's how I'm / Abu Hassan!
Thieves:Abu Hassan!
Abu Hassan:You've got to hand it, to this bad bandit / Cause I'm a terrible guy!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Muppet Babies: Six to Eight Weeks (#6.3)" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Abu Hassan

Great Popeye animated short!

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 the 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!