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	Animated by	Story by	Notes
Pilot episode	Popeye the Sailor	July 14	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	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	TBA	First entry in Popeye the Sailor series. First screen appearance of J. Wellington Wimpy.
2	Blow Me Down!	September 27	Willard Bowsky William Sturm	TBA	Final time Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl until 1935's Dizzy Divers.
3	I Eats My Spinach	October 17	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	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	TBA
5	Wild Elephinks	December 29	Willard Bowsky William Sturm	TBA
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
6	Sock-a-Bye, Baby	January 19	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	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	TBA	Final Popeye cartoon to use the "Out of the Inkwell" end title design.
8	The Man on the Flying Trapeze	March 16	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar	TBA	Cameo appearance by Nana Oyl.
9	Can You Take It	April 27	Myron Waldman Thomas Johnson	TBA	The first female studio animator, Lillian Friedman, animated several scenes in this film.[2]
10	Shoein' Hosses	June 1	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar	TBA	First cartoon in which Popeye and Bluto compete for work.
11	Strong to the Finich	June 29	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	Final cartoon to say Max Fleischer presents.
12	Shiver Me Timbers!	July 27	Willard Bowsky William Sturm	TBA	First cartoon 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	TBA
14	Axe Me Another	September 30	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA
15	The Two-Alarm Fire	October 26	Willard Bowsky Nicholas Tafuri	TBA
16	The Dance Contest	November 23	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar	TBA
17	We Aim to Please	December 28	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar	TBA
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
18	Beware of Barnacle Bill	January 25	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker	TBA	First use of the "anchor" end title design.
19	Be Kind to "Aminals"	February 22	Willard Bowsky Charles Hastings	TBA	Floyd Buckley (the voice of Popeye on the Popeye radio program) voices Popeye.
20	Pleased to Meet Cha!	March 22	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker	TBA	Last cartoon with William Pennell as Bluto until 1940.
21	The "Hyp-Nut-Tist"	April 26	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	First cartoon with Gus Wickie as Bluto.
22	Choose Your "Weppins"	May 31	David Tendlar George Germanetti	TBA
23	For Better or Worser	June 28	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	First Popeye cartoon with stereoptical (3D background) process.
24	Dizzy Divers	July 26	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker	TBA
25	You Gotta Be a Football Hero	August 31	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	TBA	William Costello's last performance as the voice of Popeye.
26	King of the Mardi Gras	September 27	David Tendlar William Sturm	TBA	First cartoon with Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye. Stereoptical process.
27	Adventures of Popeye	October 15	TBA	TBA	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	TBA	Cameo appearance by Castor Oyl. Disputed over whether William Costello or Jack Mercer voiced Popeye.
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
29	Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky	January 3	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA
30	A Clean Shaven Man	February 7	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	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	TBA
32	I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski	April 3	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	TBA	Stereoptical process.
33	Bridge Ahoy!	May 1 (May Day)	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	Stereoptical process. First cartoon where Popeye swallows more than one can of spinach.
34	What--No Spinach?	June 7	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA
35	I Wanna Be a Life Guard	June 26	David Tendlar William Sturm	TBA	Stereoptical process.
36	Let's Get Movin'	July 24	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	TBA	Stereoptical process
37	Never Kick a Woman	August 30	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall	TBA	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	TBA	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	TBA
40	The Spinach Roadster	October 26	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	TBA
41	Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	November 27	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Edward Nolan	TBA	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. Only cartoon nominated for an Academy Award for Short Subjects.
42	I'm in the Army Now	December 25 (Christmas Day)	TBA	TBA	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.
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
43	The Paneless Window Washer	January 22	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	TBA	In the public domain in the United States.
44	Organ Grinder's Swing	February 19	David Tendlar William Sturm	TBA	The DVD restoration of this cartoon incorrectly copies credits from The Paneless Window Washer, hence the incorrect certificate number, including Willard Bowsky and Orestes Calpini being wrongly credited for the animation.
45	My Artistical Temperature	March 19	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	TBA	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	TBA	Popeye feeds Bluto spinach to get beaten and put in the hospital with Olive.
47	The Twisker Pitcher	May 21	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	TBA	Bluto eats Popeye's spinach to best him at baseball.
48	Morning, Noon and Nightclub	June 18	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	TBA
49	Lost and Foundry	July 16	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	TBA	First time Swee'pea eats spinach to save the day.
50	I Never Changes My Altitude	August 20	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	TBA	Stereoptical process. In the public domain in the United States.
51	I Likes Babies and Infinks	September 18	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place	TBA	Although Popeye tries to, nobody consumes spinach in this cartoon.
52	The Football Toucher Downer	October 15	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place	TBA
53	Protek the Weakerist	November 19	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	TBA	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	TBA	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	David Tendlar William Sturm	TBA
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
56	Let's Celebrake	January 21	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	TBA
57	Learn Polikeness	February 18	David Tendlar Nicholas Tafuri	TBA	Stereoptical process. Final cartoon with Gus Wickie as the voice of Bluto.
58	The House Builder-Upper	March 18	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	TBA
59	Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh	April 25	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	TBA	Final cartoon to feature the voice of Gus Wickie.
60	I Yam Love Sick	May 29	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	TBA	Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl.
61	Plumbing Is a "Pipe"	June 17	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini	TBA	First Time Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl.
62	With The Jeep	July 15	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place	TBA	First screen appearance of Eugene the Jeep.
63	Bulldozing the Bull	August 19	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	TBA	Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl.
64	Mutiny Ain't Nice	September 23	David Tendlar William Sturm	TBA	Bluto does not appear in the cartoon.
65	Goonland	October 21	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	TBA	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	TBA	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	TBA	Final appearance of the "Adolph Zukor presents" byline. First Fleischer Popeye cartoon produced in Miami, Florida.
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
68	Customers Wanted	January 22	Seymour Kneitel William Henning	TBA	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	David Tendlar William Sturm Nicholas Tafuri Reuben Grossman	TBA	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	TBA
71	Wotta Nitemare	June 11	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti	TBA	No "ship-door" opening segment.
72	Ghosks Is the Bunk	July 5	William Henning Abner Matthews	TBA	No "ship-door" opening segment.
73	Hello-How Am I	August 6	William Henning Abner Matthews	TBA	No "ship-door" opening segment.
74	It's the Natural Thing to Do	October 10	Tom Johnson Lod Rossner	TBA	No "ship-door" opening segment.
75	Never Sock a Baby	November 12	William Henning Abner Matthews	TBA	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.
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
76	Shakespearean Spinach	January 19	Roland Crandall Ben Solomon	George Manuell	First Popeye cartoon with story credit, given here to George Manuel.
77	Females Is Fickle	March 8	David Tendlar William Sturm	Joseph E. Stultz
78	Stealin Aint Honest	March 22	Thomas Johnson Frank Endres	George Manuell	William Pennell voices Bluto.
79	Me Feelins Is Hurt	April 12	Orestes Calpini Bob Leffingwell	William Turner
80	Onion Pacific	May 24	Willard Bowsky James Davis	Joseph E. Stultz	Title is a reference to both the Union Pacific Railroad and the 1939 Paramount feature.
81	Wimmin Is a Myskery	June 7	Willard Bowsky Joseph D'Igalo	Ted Pierce	Early appearance by Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye and Peep-eye in dream sequence.
82	Nurse-Mates	June 20	Graham Place Louis Zukor	George Manuell	Rare occasion where Popeye does not eat spinach.
83	Fightin' Pals	July 12	Willard Bowsky Robert Bentley	Joseph E. Stultz	Last cartoon with Pinto Colvig as the voice of Bluto.
84	Doing Impossikible Stunts	August 2	Tom Johnson Frank Endres	Jack Ward	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	George Manuell
86	Puttin on the Act	August 30	Dave Tendlar Thomas Golden	William Turner
87	Popeye Meets William Tell	September 20	James Culhane Alfred Eugster	Dan Gordon
88	My Pop, My Pop	October 18	Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel	William Turner
89	With Poopdeck Pappy	November 15	Bill Nolan Winfield Hoskins	George Manuell
90	Popeye Presents Eugene, the Jeep	December 13 (Friday the 13th)	Grim Natwick Irving Spector	Joseph E. Stultz	Final film appearance of Eugene the Jeep. Final cartoon to feature the voice of Pinto Colvig.
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
91	Problem Pappy	January 10	Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet	Ted Pierce
92	Quiet! Pleeze	February 7	Willard Bowsky Lod Rossner	Milford Davis	Footage re-used from 1934's Sock-A-Bye, Baby.
93	Olive's Sweepstakes Ticket	March 7	Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel	Joseph E. Stultz
94	Flies Ain't Human	April 4	Tom Johnson George Germanetti	Eric St. Clair
95	Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle	May 9	Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet	Dan Gordon
96	Olive's Boithday Presink	June 13 (Friday the 13th)	Dave Tendlar Thomas Golden	Ted Pierce	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	George Manuell	Final appearance of the "ship-door" opening segment.
98	Pest Pilot	September 8	Dave Tendlar Tom Baron	George Manuell	First appearance of the opening segment with Popeye's head and pipe.
99	I'll Never Crow Again	October 19	Orestes Calpini Reuben Grossman	Cal Howard
100	The Mighty Navy	November 14	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	William Turner Ted Pierce	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	Bill Turner Cal Howard
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
102	Kickin' the Conga 'Round	January 19	Tom Johnson George Germanetti	Bill Turner Ted Pierce	William Pennell voices Bluto.
103	Blunder Below	February 13 (Friday the 13th)	Dave Tendlar Harold Walker	Bill Turner Ted Pierce	Some TV versions edited for racial stereotyping of Japanese people.
104	Fleets of Stren'th	March 13 (Friday the 13th)	Al Eugster Tom Golden	Dan Gordon Jack Mercer	Popeye goes to war in this cartoon.
105	Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye an' Peep-eye	April 10	Seymour Kneitel George Germanetti	Seymour Kneitel	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	May 8	Dave Tendlar Abner Kneitel	Jack Mercer Jack Ward
107	Many Tanks	May 15	Tom Johnson Frank Endres	Bill Turner Carl Meyer
108	Baby Wants a Bottleship	July 3	Alfred Eugster Joseph Oriolo	Jack Ward Jack Mercer	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]

See also

• Popeye
• Popeye the Sailor filmography (Famous Studios) (1942 – 1957)
• List of Popeye the Sailor television cartoons (King Features Syndicate) (1960 – 1962)
• The All-New Popeye Hour (1978 – 1981, CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
• The Popeye and Olive Show (1981 – 1983), CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
• Popeye and Son (1987, CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
• The Popeye Show (2001 – 2003, Cartoon Network)

Notes

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

References

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

External links

• Popeye the Sailor (Fleischer Studios) at the Big Cartoon DataBase