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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp poster
Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Genre
fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
22 min
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Popeye and Olive Oyl are characters in a cartoon version of the Aladdin story. Popeye gets a magic lamp and must deal with an evil wizard.

whimsicallightheartedplayfulfast-pacedcolorfulcampynostalgic

What happens

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theaters on April 7, 1939, by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer, and directed by Dave Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc., with David Tendlar serving as head animator, and music being supervised by Sammy Timberg. The voice of Popeye is performed by Jack Mercer, with additional voices by Margie Hines as Olive Oyl and Carl Meyer as the evil Wazzir. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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