Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.

Directors:

Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky (uncredited)

Stars:

Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Lou Fleischer	...	Wimpy (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer	...	Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel	...	Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Gus Wickie	...	Sindbad (voice) (uncredited)

Storyline

After sending his giant bird, Rokh, to wreck Popeye's boat and kidnap Olive Oyl, Sindbad forces Olive to dance for him by firing buckshot at her feet with a pea-shooter. Popeye attempts to rescue her while J. Wellington Wimpy follows a duck around with a meat-grinder. After Popeye disposes of Rokh and Sindbad's two-headed, Yiddish-accented giant, Boola, it's a battle to the "finich" between the two legendary sailors.

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Plot Keywords:

traditional animation | hand drawn animation | 2d animation | national film registry | giant | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 November 1936 (USA)

Also Known As:

Braccio di Ferro incontra Sinbad

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fleischer Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

16 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first of the "Popeye Color Specials", a trilogy of Technicolor features that were released in the 1930s. These features were over sixteen minutes each (three times as long as a regular Popeye cartoon, and so were considered big-budget adaptations), and were often billed in cinemas alongside/above the main feature.

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Goofs

The sound of the dynamos (illustrating Popeye's spinach-empowered bicep) makes a brief false entrance five seconds before the accompanying visual.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[Sindbad steps out of his island home, and slaps two lions]
Sindbad the Sailor: I'm Sindbad the Sailor, so hearty and hale / I live on an island on the back of a whale / It's a whale of an island - that's not a bad joke / Its lord and its master is this handsome bloke! Who's the most remarkable extra-ordinary fellow?
[the lions roar]
Sindbad the Sailor: Sindbad the Sailor!

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Crazy Credits

The credits are as follows:

• The Spinach Eating Sailor... POPEYE
• The Irresistible Damsel... Olive Oyl
• The Hamburger Fiend... J. Wellington Wimpy
• The Two Headed Giant... Boola
• Rokh... The Mighty Eagle
• "The Most Remarkable Fellow"... SINDBAD the Sailor

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Connections

Featured in Bless the Child (2000)

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Soundtracks

The Stars and Stripes Forever
(uncredited)
Written by John Philip Sousa
Played after Popeye opens the can of spinach

User Reviews

One of the best dam Popeye cartoons ever!

This as well as "Popeye and the 40 thieves" is a classic.

The story begins with an uncharted island filled with beasts and monsters. The ruler is Sinbad the Sailor(aka Bluto) who considers himself to be the greatest Sailor of the seven seas. But out of the blue Popeye, Wimpy, and Olive came sailing into Sinbad's territory. Sinbad sends a Rohk Bird to destroy their ship and kidnap Olive Oil.

After the shipwreck, Popeye and Wimpy went to shore, to rescue Olive. When he finds her he meets face to face with Sinbad. He says that he's the greatest sailor of the 7 seas, but Popeye tells him that he's wrong about that. Sinbad sends his beasts on Popeye, who were easy to defeat. Outraged and full of anger, Sinbad challenges Popeye to a fight to determine who really is the Greatest Sailor of the 7 seas.

This was the very first Popeye cartoon to be done in Technicolor and has some scenes done in 3-D scenery to give it a stand out look. It's also one of the few Popeye cartoons to be more than 15 minutes long.

In my opinion it's one of the best Popeye cartoons that ever existed. And a must see for the Popeye fans.