Popeye the Sailor filmography (Fleischer Studios)

This is a list of the 109 cartoons starring Popeye the Sailor, produced from 1933 to 1942 by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures.

During the course of production in 1941, Paramount assumed control of the Fleischer studio, removing founders Max and Dave Fleischer from control of the studio and renaming the organization Famous Studios by 1942. Popeye cartoons continued production under Famous Studios following 1942's Baby Wants a Bottleship (see Popeye the Sailor filmography (Famous Studios)).

Notes

All cartoons are one-reel (6 to 10 minutes) and in black and white, except for the three Popeye Color Specials (Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor from 1936, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves from 1937, and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp from 1939), which are two-reels (20 minutes) long and in Technicolor.

Dave Fleischer was the credited director on every cartoon produced by Fleischer Studios. Fleischer's actual duties were those of a film producer and creative supervisor, with the head animators doing much of the work assigned to animation directors in other studios. The head animator is the first animator listed.^[1] Credited animators are therefore listed for each short.

The black-and-white Popeye cartoons were sold to television distributor Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) in 1956, and the three Popeye Color Specials were sold to a.a.p. the following year. The original opening and closing Paramount titles were cut for TV syndication. By the early 2000s, the Popeye shorts were owned by Turner Entertainment, whose Cartoon Network broadcast restored versions of many of the shorts as part of an anthology series called The Popeye Show.

Popeye the Sailor series

#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
1933
Pilot episode	Popeye the Sailor	July 14	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	First screen appearances of Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto. A Betty Boop cartoon. Some TV versions are edited to remove scenes depicting racial stereotypes of African Americans. Bill Costello was the voice of Popeye.
1	I Yam What I Yam	August 14	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	First entry in Popeye the Sailor series. First screen appearance of J. Wellington Wimpy.
2	Blow Me Down!	September 27	Willard Bowsky William Sturm	Final time Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl until 1935's Dizzy Divers.
3	I Eats My Spinach	October 17	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	First cartoon with Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl Only Popeye cartoon to bear the National Recovery Administration logo
4	Seasin's Greetinks!	November 17	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
5	Wild Elephinks	December 29	Willard Bowsky William Sturm
1934
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
6	Sock-a-Bye, Baby	January 19	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	First and only cartoon in which William Costello uses his normal voice during a scene.
7	Let's You and Him Fight	February 16	Willard Bowsky William Sturm	Final Popeye cartoon to use the "Out of the Inkwell" end title design.
8	The Man on the Flying Trapeze	March 16	Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar	Cameo appearance by Nana Oyl
9	Can You Take It	April 27	Myron Waldman Tom Johnson	The first female studio animator, Lillian Friedman, animated several scenes in this film.^[2]
10	Shoein' Hosses	June 1	Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar	First cartoon in which Popeye and Bluto compete for work
11	Strong to the Finich	June 29	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	Final cartoon to say Max Fleischer presents.
12	Shiver Me Timbers!	July 27	Willard Bowsky William Sturm	First carton to say a Max Fleischer cartoon. First cartoon with Paramount president Adolph Zukor's name above Max Fleischer's on title card
13	A Dream Walking	September 26	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
14	Axe Me Another	September 30	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
15	The Two-Alarm Fire	October 26	Willard Bowsky Nick Tafuri
16	The Dance Contest	November 23	Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar
17	We Aim to Please	December 28	Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar
1935
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
18	Beware of Barnacle Bill	January 25	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker	First use of the "anchor" end title design.
19	Be Kind to Aminals	February 22	Willard Bowsky Charles Hastings	Floyd Buckley (the voice of Popeye on the Popeye radio program) voices Popeye.
20	Pleased to Meet Cha!	March 22	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker	Last cartoon with William Pennell as Bluto until 1940
21	The Hyp-Nut-Tist	April 26	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	First cartoon with Gus Wickie as Bluto
22	Choose Your "Weppins"	May 31	Dave Tendlar George Germanetti
23	For Better or Worser	June 28	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	First Popeye cartoon with stereoptical (3D background) process.
24	Dizzy Divers	July 26	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker
25	You Gotta Be a Football Hero	August 31	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	William Costello's last performance as the voice of Popeye
26	King of the Mardi Gras	September 27	Dave Tendlar William Sturm	First cartoon with Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye. Stereoptical process.
27	Adventures of Popeye	October 15	no animation credits	Compilation film, scenes from I Eats My Spinach, Wild Elephinks, Axe Me Another, and Popeye the Sailor. Partial live-action.
28	The Spinach Overture	November 11	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	Cameo appearance by Castor Oyl. Disputed over whether William Costello or Jack Mercer voiced Popeye.
1936
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
29	Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky	January 3	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
30	A Clean Shaven Man	February 7	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	Cameo appearance by George W. Geezil. Disputed over whether William Costello or Jack Mercer voiced Popeye.
31	Brotherly Love	March 6	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
32	I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski	April 3	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	Stereoptical process
33	Bridge Ahoy!	May 1	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	Stereoptical process First cartoon where Popeye swallows more than one can of spinach.
34	What--No Spinach?	June 7	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
35	I Wanna Be a Life Guard	June 26	Dave Tendlar William Sturm	Stereoptical process
36	Let's Get Movin'	July 24	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	Stereoptical process
37	Never Kick a Woman	August 30	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	First and only Fleischer cartoon in which Olive Oyl eats Popeye's spinach to overcome her adversary
38	With Little Swee'Pea	September 25	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	First screen appearance of Swee'Pea. Stereoptical process. In the public domain in the United States. Earliest public domain Popeye cartoon.
39	Hold the Wire	October 23	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini
40	The Spinach Roadster	October 26	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti
41	Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	November 27	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Ed Nolan	A two-reel Popeye Color Special. Stereoptical process. Popeye's First Color Appearance In the public domain in the United States. Final cartoon where Popeye sings his full theme song whenever he first appears.
42	I'm in the Army Now	December 25	no animation credits	Compilation film, scenes from Blow Me Down, Choose Your Weppins, Shoein' Hosses, and King of the Mardi Gras. In the public domain in the United States.
1937
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
43	The Paneless Window Washer	January 22	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	In the public domain in the United States.
44	Organ Grinder's Swing	February 19	Dave Tendlar William Sturm
45	My Artistical Temperature	March 19	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	Stereoptical process. Some TV versions are edited to remove the scene where Popeye turns Bluto's sun picture into a blackfaced minstrel.
46	Hospitaliky	April 16	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	Popeye feeds Bluto spinach to get beaten and put in the hospital with Olive
47	The Twisker Pitcher	May 21	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	Bluto eats Popeye's spinach to best him at baseball
48	Morning, Noon and Nightclub	June 18	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti
49	Lost and Foundry	July 16	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	First time Swee'pea eats spinach to save the day
50	I Never Changes My Altitude	August 20	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	Stereoptical process In the public domain in the United States.
51	I Likes Babies and Infinks	September 18	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place	Although Popeye tries to, nobody consumes spinach in this cartoon.
52	The Football Toucher Downer	October 15	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place
53	Protek the Weakerist	November 19	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	Stereoptical process The TV print distributed by Associated Artists Productions atypically had original titles.
54	Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves	November 26	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Orestes Calpini	A two-reel Popeye Color Special. Stereoptical process. Shows Popeye serving in the U.S. Coast Guard In the public domain in the United States.
55	Fowl Play	December 17	Dave Tendlar William Sturm
1938
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
56	Let's Celebrake	January 21	Seymour Kneitel William Henning
57	Learn Polikeness	February 18	Dave Tendlar Nick Tafuri	Stereoptical process. Final cartoon with Gus Wickie as the voice of Bluto.
58	The House Builder Upper	March 18	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews
59	Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh	April 25	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	Final cartoon to feature the voice of Gus Wickie.
60	I Yam Love Sick	May 29	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl.
61	Plumbing is a 'Pipe'	June 17	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	First Time Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl.
62	Popeye the Sailor with the Jeep	July 15	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place	First screen appearance of Eugene the Jeep.
63	Bulldozing the Bull	August 19	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl.
64	Mutiny Ain't Nice	September 23	Dave Tendlar William Sturm
65	Goonland	October 21	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	First screen appearance of Poopdeck Pappy. First and only film appearance of the Goons. Breaks the fourth wall.
66	A Date to Skate	November 18	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	Final Fleischer cartoon with Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl. Margie Hines takes over the role for all remaining Fleischer Popeye cartoons. Final Fleischer Popeye cartoon produced in New York City, New York In the public domain in the United States
67	Cops is Always Right	December 30	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	Final appearance of the "Adolph Zukor presents" byline. First Fleischer Popeye cartoon produced in Miami, Florida
1939
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
68	Customers Wanted	January 22	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	Compilation film, scenes from Let's Get Movin' and The Twisker Pitcher. First cartoon with Pinto Colvig as the voice of Bluto. In the public domain in the United States. First appearance of the "Paramount presents" byline.
69	Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp	April 7	Dave Tendlar Nick Tafuri William Sturm Reuben Grossman	A two-reel Popeye Color Special. In the public domain in the United States.
70	Leave Well Enough Alone	April 28	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews
71	Wotta Nitemare	June 11	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	No "ship-door" opening segment.
72	Ghosks is the Bunk	July 5	William Henning Abner Matthews	No "ship-door" opening segment.
73	Hello-How Am I	August 6	William Henning Abner Matthews	No "ship-door" opening segment.
74	It's the Natural Thing to Do	October 10	Tom Johnson Lod Rossner	No "ship-door" opening segment.
75	Never Sock a Baby	November 12	William Henning Abner Matthews	First appearance of the redesigned "ship-door" opening segment. Final on screen credit for E.C. Segar. Popeye does not eat spinach, as he finds his can empty.
1940
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
76	Shakespearean Spinach	January 19	Roland Crandall Ben Solomon	First Popeye cartoon with story credit, given here to George Manuel.
77	Females is Fickle	March 8	Dave Tendlar William Sturm
78	Stealin Aint Honest	March 22	Tom Johnson Frank Endres	William Pennell voices Bluto.
79	Me Feelins is Hurt	April 12	Orestes Calpini Bob Leffingwell
80	Onion Pacific	May 24	Willard Bowsky James Davis	Title is a reference to both the Union Pacific Railroad and the 1939 Paramount feature
81	Wimmin is a Myskery	June 7	Willard Bowsky Joe D'Igalo	Early appearance by Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye and Peep-eye in dream sequence.
82	Nurse-Mates	June 20	Graham Place Louis Zukor	Rare occasion where Popeye does not eat spinach.
83	Fightin' Pals	July 12	Willard Bowsky Robert Bentley	Last cartoon with Pinto Colvig as the voice of Bluto.
84	Doing Impossikible Stunts	August 2	Tom Johnson Frank Endres	Compilation film, includes scenes from I Never Changes My Altitude, I Wanna Be a Life Guard, Bridge Ahoy! and Lost and Foundry.
85	Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive	August 16	Orestes Calpini Reuben Grossman
86	Puttin' on the Act	August 30	Dave Tendlar Tom Golden
87	Popeye Meets William Tell	September 20	James Culhane Al Eugster
88	My Pop, My Pop	October 18	Abner Kneitel Arnold Gillespie
89	With Poopdeck Pappy	November 15	Bill Nolan Winfield Hoskins
90	Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep	December 13	Grim Natwick Irv Spector	Final film appearance of Eugene the Jeep. Final cartoon to feature the voice of Pinto Colvig.
1941
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
91	Problem Pappy	January 10	Myron Waldman Sydney Pillet
92	Quiet! Pleeze	February 7	Willard Bowsky Lod Rossner	Footage re-used from 1934's Sock-A-Bye, Baby.
93	Olive's Sweepstakes Ticket	March 7	Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel
94	Flies Ain't Human	April 4	Tom Johnson George Germanetti
95	Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle	May 9	Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet
96	Olive's Boithday Presink	June 13	Dave Tendlar Tom Golden	Cameo appearance by George W. Geezil. Although Olive's name is in the title and she's mentioned, she does not appear in this cartoon
97	Child Psykolojiky	July 11	Bill Nolan Joe Oriolo	Final appearance of the "ship-door" opening segment.
98	Pest Pilot	September 8	Dave Tendlar Tom Baron	First appearance of the opening segment with Popeye's head and pipe.
99	I'll Never Crow Again	October 19	Orestes Calpini Rueben Grossman
100	The Mighty Navy	November 14	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	First World War II themed cartoon. First appearance of Popeye in white US Navy uniform. 100th Popeye cartoon.
101	Nix on Hypnotricks	December 28	Dave Tendlar John Walworth
1942
#	Film	Original release date	Credited animators	Notes
102	Kickin' the Conga 'Round	January 19	Tom Johnson George Germanetti	William Pennell voices Bluto.
103	Blunder Below	February 13	Dave Tendlar Harold Walker	Some TV versions edited for racial stereotyping of Japanese people.
104	Fleets of Stren'th	March 13	Al Eugster Tom Golden	Popeye goes to war in this cartoon
105	Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye and Peep-eye	April 21	Seymour Kneitel George Germanetti	First canonical appearance of Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye and Peep-eye. Final Fleischer cartoon with Popeye in his comic strip uniform
106	Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix	June 8	Dave Tendlar Abner Kneitel
107	Many Tanks	July 15	Tom Johnson Frank Endres
108	Baby Wants a Bottleship	August 10	Al Eugster Joe Oriolo	Final Popeye cartoon by Fleischer Studios.

Other appearances

Popeye also appeared in a 1934 short titled Let's Sing with Popeye which had recycled footage from the first Popeye cartoon and had no plot other than to allow the audience to sing along with Popeye via the famous bouncing ball. This film was made for theaters that participated in Paramount's weekly Popeye Fan Club meetings.

Official DVD releases

All of the Fleischer Popeye cartoons have been released through Warner Home Video's Popeye the Sailor DVD box set series. The Popeye cartoons from 1933 through mid-1938 (from Popeye the Sailor to Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh) are available on Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1, released on July 31, 2007 . A second set, Popeye the Sailor: 1938–1940, Volume 2 was released on June 17, 2008 and contains the cartoons from mid-1938 through 1940 (I Yam Love Sick through Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep). The remaining Fleischer cartoons from 1941 and 1942 (Problem Pappy through Baby Wants a Bottleship) were included in Popeye the Sailor: 1941–1943, Volume 3, released on November 4, 2008.^[3]

Notes

^ Culhane, Shamus (1986). Talking Animals and Other People. New York: Da Capo Press. Pg. 40-41
^ http://popeyeanimators.blogspot.com/2007/10/lillian-friedman-astor-pioneer-woman.html
^ Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation » Popeye Vol. 3

References

Calma, Gordon and Nenad. "Fleischer Popeye Tribute: Episodes". Retrieved August 26, 2007.

External links

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[1] Culhane, Shamus (1986). Talking Animals and Other People. New York: Da Capo Press. Pg. 40-41

[2] ttp://popeyeanimators.blogspot.com/2007/10/lillian-friedman-astor-pioneer-woman.html

[3] Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation » Popeye Vol. 3

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v t e Fleischer Studios
Max Fleischer Dave Fleischer
Theatrical shorts series	Out of the Inkwell (1918–1926) Inkwell Imps (1927–1929) Song Car-Tunes (1924–1926) Screen Songs (1929–1938) Talkartoons (1929–1932) Betty Boop (1932–1939) Popeye the Sailor (1933–1942, list of shorts) Color Classics (1934–1941) Hunky and Spunky (1938–1941) Animated Antics (1939–1941) Stone Age (1940) Gabby (1940–1941) Superman (1941–1942)
One-shot shorts	The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923) Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (1941)
Feature films	Gulliver's Travels (1939) Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
People	Joan Alexander Jackson Beck Dave Barry Robert Bentley Willard Bowsky Bud Collyer Pinto Colvig William Costello Roland Crandall James Culhane Don Figlozzi Lou Fleischer Warren Foster Dan Gordon Margie Hines Cal Howard Seymour Kneitel Jack Mercer Grim Natwick Joe Oriolo Tom Palmer William Pennell Tedd Pierce Bonnie Poe Mae Questel Ann Rothschild Ted Sears Hal Seeger Edmond Seward Winston Sharples Isadore Sparber David Tendlar Gustaf Tenggren Sammy Timberg Edith Vernick Myron Waldman Gus Wickie
See also	1937 Fleischer Studios strike Bray Productions Famous Studios Paramount Pictures Universal Pictures

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Popeye the Sailor series

Other appearances

Official DVD releases

See also

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