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Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves poster
Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Genre
fantasy film, children's film
Country
United States
Runtime
17 min
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy end up in a desert kingdom where a band of thieves has been stealing. Popeye uses his strength and spinach to fight the thieves and rescue everyone.

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What happens

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 26, 1937 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer. Willard Bowsky was head animator, with musical supervision by Sammy Timberg. The voice of Popeye is performed by Jack Mercer, with additional voices by Mae Questel as Olive Oyl, Lou Fleischer as J. Wellington Wimpy and Gus Wickie as Abu Hassan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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