Popeye the Sailor (film)

Popeye the Sailor
Betty Boop/Popeye the Sailor series

Betty Boop and Popeye doing the hula
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Voices by William "Billy" Costello
William Pennell
Bonnie Poe (all unc.)
Music by Sammy Timberg (unc.)
Sammy Lerner (unc.)
Animation by Seymour Kneitel
Roland Crandall
William Henning (unc.)
Studio Fleischer Studios
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) July 14, 1933
Color process Black-and-white
Running time 7:30
Language English
Followed by I Yam What I Yam, The Old Man of the Mountain

Popeye the Sailor is a 1933 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. While billed as a Betty Boop cartoon, Betty Boop only makes a small appearance, as it actually starred Popeye the Sailor in his first animated appearance.

Summary

The cartoon begins with stock film footage of newspapers rolling off a printing press. The front page of one of the newspapers appears, with a headline declaring that Popeye has become a movie star. The camera zooms in on the illustration of Popeye, which then comes to life, as Popeye (voiced by William "Billy" Costello) sings about his amazing prowess in his signature song "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man."[1]

On land with his nemesis Bluto (voiced by William Pennell), the two sailors vie for the affections of Olive Oyl (voiced by Bonnie Poe). They take the object of their desire to a carnival, where they watch Betty Boop doing the hula. Popeye jumps up on stage, wraps the bearded lady's beard around his waist for a grass skirt, and dances with Betty.

Bluto abducts Olive Oyl and ties her to a railroad track, using the track itself as "ropes", in order to cause a train wreck to kill Olive, where a train is approaching. Popeye defeats his enemy, and rescues Olive, but punches the approaching engine and its baggage car and coaches in the "face", and wrecks the whole train in a crushing halt and sparing Olive's life, thanks to his ever-reliable can of spinach.

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