Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

Directed by

Dave Fleischer

Genre

fantasy film, musical film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

16 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 154 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Popeye and his friends Olive Oyl and Wimpy are captured by the boastful giant Sindbad. Popeye uses his spinach-fueled strength to escape and defeat Sindbad.

whimsicalfast-pacedmusicalupbeatplayfulsillycartoonishenergetic

What happens

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a 1936 two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 27, 1936, by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios and directed by Dave Fleischer, with the title song's music composed by Sammy Timberg and lyrics written by Bob Rothberg. The voice cast includes Jack Mercer as Popeye, Gus Wickie as Sindbad the Sailor, Mae Questel as Olive Oyl and Lou Fleischer as J. Wellington Wimpy. In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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