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.[1]

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 Filmography of Popeye the Sailor by 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.

The first eight cartoons used the "Out of the Inkwell" logo.

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.[2] 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 Co., 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

1933
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
Pilot cartoon	Popeye the Sailor	July 14[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		First screen appearances of Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto A Betty Boop cartoon Some TV versions are edited so as to remove scenes depicting racial stereotypes of African Americans Bill Costello was the voice of Popeye.
1	I Yam What I Yam	September 29[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning		First entry in Popeye the Sailor series First screen appearance of J. Wellington Wimpy Rarely airs on television due to the American Indian stereotypes.
2	Blow Me Down!	October 27[3]	Willard Bowsky William Sturm
3	I Eats My Spinach	November 17[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		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!	December 17[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
5	Wild Elephinks	December 29[3]	Willard Bowsky William Sturm
1934
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
6	Sock-a-Bye, Baby	January 19[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		Baby voiced by Mae Questel[4] First and only cartoon in which William Costello uses his normal voice during a scene.
7	Let's You and Him Fight	February 16[3]	Willard Bowsky William Sturm		Final appearance of the Out of the Inkwell end title design.
8	The Man on the Flying Trapeze	March 16[3]	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar		Cameo appearance by Nana Oyl (voiced by Mae Questel) Jules Leotard (aka the Man on the Flying Trapeze) is voiced by Gus Wickie
9	Can You Take It	April 27[3]	Myron Waldman Thomas Johnson		The first female studio animator, Lillian Friedman, animated several scenes in this film.[5]
10	Shoein' Hosses	June 1[3]	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar		First cartoon in which Popeye and Bluto compete for work
11	Strong to the Finich	June 29[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl Mae Questel voices all the Children[6] Final appearance of the "Max Fleischer presents" byline
12	Shiver Me Timbers!	July 27[3]	Willard Bowsky William Sturm		First appearance of the "Adolph Zukor presents a Max Fleischer cartoon" byline
13	Axe Me Another	August 30	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
14	A Dream Walking	September 26[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
15	The Two-Alarm Fire	October 26[3]	Willard Bowsky Nicholas Tafuri
16	The Dance Contest	November 23[3]	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar
17	We Aim to Please	December 28[3]	Willard Bowsky David Tendlar
1935
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
18	Beware of Barnacle Bill	January 25[3]	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker		First use of the "anchor" end title design.
19	Be Kind to "Aminals"	February 22[3]	Willard Bowsky Charles Hastings		Floyd Buckley (the voice of Popeye on the Popeye radio program) voices Popeye[7] First cartoon with Gus Wickie as Bluto
20	Pleased to Meet Cha!	March 22[3]	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker		Last cartoon with William Pennell as Bluto
21	The "Hyp-Nut-Tist"	April 26[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
22	Choose Your "Weppins"	May 31[3]	David Tendlar George Germanetti		Gus Wickie voices a Prisoner[8]
23	For Better or Worser	June 28[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		First Popeye cartoon with stereoptical (3D background) process.[9]
24	Dizzy Divers	July 26[3]	Willard Bowsky Harold Walker		Bonnie Poe voices Olive Oyl[10]
25	You Gotta Be a Football Hero	August 31[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti		William Costello's last performance as the voice of Popeye
26	King of the Mardi Gras	September 27[3]	David Tendlar William Sturm		First cartoon with Jack Mercer as the voice of Popeye Song “I'm King of the Mardi Gras” written by Bob Rothberg and performed by Jack Mercer & Gus Wickie Stereoptical process
27	Adventures of Popeye	October 25[3]	Various		Compilation film, scenes from I Eats My Spinach, Wild Elephinks, Axe Me Another, and Popeye the Sailor Partial live-action
28	The Spinach Overture	December 7[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		Cameo appearance by Castor Oyl
1936
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
29	Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky	January 3[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
30	A Clean Shaven Man	February 7[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		Cameo appearance by George G. Geezil
31	Brotherly Love	March 6[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
32	I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski	April 3[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti		Stereoptical process
33	Bridge Ahoy!	May 1[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		Stereoptical process First cartoon where Popeye swallows more than one can of spinach[11]
34	What--No Spinach?	June 7[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall
35	I Wanna Be a Life Guard	June 26[3]	David Tendlar William Sturm		Stereoptical process[12]
36	Let's Get Movin'	July 24[3]	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini		Stereoptical process
37	Never Kick a Woman	August 30[3]	Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall		First and only Fleischer cartoon in which Olive Oyl eats Popeye's spinach in order to overcome her adversary
38	Little Swee'Pea	September 25[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning		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[3]	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini
40	The Spinach Roadster	October 26[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti
41	Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor	November 27[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Edward Nolan		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[3]	Various		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
1937
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
43	The Paneless Window Washer	January 22[3]	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini		In the public domain in the United States
44	Organ Grinder's Swing	February 19[3]	David Tendlar William Sturm		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[3]	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews		Stereoptical process[13] Some TV versions, as well as the colorized version, are edited so as to remove the scene where Popeye turns Bluto's sun picture into a black-faced minstrel.
46	Hospitaliky	April 16[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning		Popeye feeds Bluto spinach in order to get beaten up and put in the hospital with Olive
47	The Twisker Pitcher	May 21[3]	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews		Bluto eats Popeye's spinach in order to best him at baseball
48	Morning, Noon and Nightclub	June 18[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti
49	Lost and Foundry	July 16[3]	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews		First time that Swee'Pea eats spinach to save the day
50	I Never Changes My Altitude	August 20[3]	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini		Stereoptical process In the public domain in the United States[14] Popeye feeds a Bird spinach
51	I Likes Babies and Infinks	September 18[3]	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place		Swee'Pea voiced by Mae Questel[15] Although Popeye tries to, nobody eats any spinach in this cartoon.
52	The Football Toucher Downer	October 15[3]	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place
53	Protek the Weakerist	November 19[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning		Stereoptical process[16] Bluto's Bulldog voiced by Jack Mercer Fluffy the Dog voiced by Mae Questel The TV print distributed by Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) atypically had original titles.
54	Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves	November 26[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Orestes Calpini		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[3]	David Tendlar William Sturm
1938
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
56	Let's Celebrake (or Calebrate)	January 21[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning
57	Learn Polikeness	February 18[3]	David Tendlar Nicholas Tafuri		Stereoptical process Final cartoon with Gus Wickie as the voice of Bluto
58	The House Builder-Upper	March 18[3]	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews
59	Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh	April 25[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti		Final cartoon to feature the voice of Gus Wickie (as Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh)
60	I Yam Love Sick	May 29[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning
61	Plumbing Is a "Pipe"	June 17[3]	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini		First time Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl[17]
62	Popeye the Sailor With the Jeep	July 15[3]	Seymour Kneitel Graham Place		First screen appearance of Eugene the Jeep
63	Bulldozing the Bull	August 19[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti		Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl[18]
64	Mutiny Ain't Nice	September 23[3]	David Tendlar William Sturm
65	Goonland	October 21[3]	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews		First screen appearance of Poopdeck Pappy (voiced by Jack Mercer) Spinach is eaten by Poopdeck Pappy First and only film appearance of the Goons Breaks the fourth wall
66	A Date to Skate	November 18[3]	Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini		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 Breaks the fourth wall In the public domain in the United States
67	Cops Is Always Right	December 30[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning		Final cartoon to feature the Opening and Closing "Ship Door" Titles Final appearance of the "Adolph Zukor presents" byline First Fleischer Popeye cartoon produced in Miami, Florida Cop voiced by Frank Matalone A new version of the "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" song opens the film
1939
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
68	Customers Wanted	January 27[3]	Seymour Kneitel William Henning		Compilation film, scenes from Let's Get Movin' and The Twisker Pitcher In the public domain in the United States First appearance of the "Paramount presents" byline
69	Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp	April 7[3]	David Tendlar William Sturm Nicholas Tafuri Reuben Grossman		A two-reel Popeye Color Special In the public domain in the United States
70	Leave Well Enough Alone	April 28[3]	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews		Jack Mercer also voices Polly the Parrot[19]
71	Wotta Nitemare	May 19[3]	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti		No "ship-door" opening segment Jack Mercer voices Bluto[20]
72	Ghosks is the Bunk	June 14[3]	William Henning Abner Matthews		No "ship-door" opening segment
73	Hello-How Am I	July 14[3]	William Henning Abner Matthews		No "ship-door" opening segment
74	It's the Natural Thing to Do	July 30[3]	Tom Johnson Lod Rossner		No "ship-door" opening segment Based on Bing Crosby song from the Paramount musical Double or Nothing (1937) Jack Mercer voices Bluto[20]
75	Never Sock a Baby	November 3[3]	William Henning Abner Matthews		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.
1940
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
76	Shakespearean Spinach	January 19[3]	Roland Crandall Ben Solomon	George Manuell	First Popeye cartoon with story credit, given here to George Manuell (as George Manuel)
77	Females Is Fickle	March 8[3]	David Tendlar William Sturm	Joseph E. Stultz
78	Stealin Aint Honest	March 22[3]	Thomas Johnson Frank Endres	George Manuell	Tedd Pierce voices Bluto
79	Me Feelins Is Hurt	April 12[3]	Orestes Calpini Bob Leffingwell	William Turner	First cartoon with Pinto Colvig as the voice of Bluto
80	Onion Pacific	May 24[3]	Willard Bowsky James Davis	Joseph E. Stultz	Title is a reference to both the Union Pacific Railroad and the 1939 Paramount feature. Final film appearance of J. Wellington Wimpy until 1950's Popeye Makes a Movie from Famous Studios
81	Wimmin Is a Myskery	June 7[3]	Willard Bowsky Joseph D'Igalo	Ted Pierce	Early appearance by Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye and Peep-eye in a dream sequence
82	Nurse-Mates	June 20[3]	Graham Place Louis Zukor	George Manuell	Rare occasion where Popeye does not eat spinach
83	Fightin' Pals	July 12[3]	Willard Bowsky Robert Bentley	Joseph E. Stultz	Last cartoon with Pinto Colvig as the voice of Bluto
84	Doing Impossikible Stunts	August 2[3]	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[3]	Orestes Calpini Reuben Grossman	George Manuell
86	Puttin on the Act	August 30[3]	Dave Tendlar Thomas Golden	William Turner
87	Popeye Meets William Tell	September 20[3]	James Culhane Alfred Eugster	Dan Gordon
88	My Pop, My Pop	October 18[3]	Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel	William Turner
89	With Poopdeck Pappy	November 15[3]	Bill Nolan Winfield Hoskins	George Manuell
90	Popeye Presents Eugene, the Jeep	December 13[3]	Grim Natwick Irving Spector	Joseph E. Stultz	Final film appearance of Eugene the Jeep Final cartoon to feature the voice of Pinto Colvig
1941
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
91	Problem Pappy	January 10[3]	Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet	Ted Pierce
92	Quiet! Pleeze	February 7[3]	Willard Bowsky Lod Rossner	Milford Davis	Footage re-used from 1934's Sock-a-Bye, Baby
93	Olive's Sweepstake Ticket	March 7[3]	Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel	Joseph E. Stultz
94	Flies Ain't Human	April 4[3]	Tom Johnson George Germanetti	Eric St. Clair
95	Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle	May 9[3]	Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet	Dan Gordon
96	Olive's Boithday Presink	June 13[3]	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[3]	Bill Nolan Joe Oriolo	George Manuell	Final appearance of the "ship-door" opening segment
98	Pest Pilot	August 8[3]	Dave Tendlar Tom Baron	George Manuell	First appearance of the opening segment with Popeye's head and pipe
99	I'll Never Crow Again	September 19[3]	Orestes Calpini Reuben Grossman	Cal Howard
100	The Mighty Navy	October 14[3]	Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews	William Turner Ted Pierce	First World War II-themed cartoon First appearance of Popeye in white U.S. Navy uniform 100th Popeye cartoon. Tedd Pierce voices Bluto
101	Nix on Hypnotricks	December 19[3]	Dave Tendlar John Walworth	Bill Turner Cal Howard
1942
#	Film	Original release date	Animated by	Story by	Notes
102	Kickin' the Conga 'Round	January 17[3]	Tom Johnson George Germanetti	Bill Turner Ted Pierce	In addition to Bluto's redesign to appear more plump, as well as dressed in a naval outfit, Dave Barry voices Bluto[21]
103	Blunder Below	February 13[3]	Dave Tendlar Harold Walker	Bill Turner Ted Pierce	Some TV versions are edited for racial stereotyping of Japanese people
104	Fleets of Stren'th	March 13[3]	Al Eugster Tom Golden	Dan Gordon Jack Mercer	Popeye goes to war in this cartoon.
105	Pipeye, Pupeye, Poopeye, and Peepeye	April 10[3]	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[3]	Dave Tendlar Abner Kneitel	Jack Mercer Jack Ward	Tedd Pierce voices Bluto, as well as in Many Tanks
107	Many Tanks	June 16[3]	Tom Johnson Frank Endres	Bill Turner Carl Meyer
108	Baby Wants a Bottleship	July 3[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 across the following releases:

• Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1, released on July 31, 2007, includes the cartoons from 1933 through mid-1938 (from Popeye the Sailor to Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh)
• Popeye the Sailor: 1938–1940, Volume 2, released on June 17, 2008, includes the cartoons from mid-1938 through 1940 (I Yam Love Sick through Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep).
• Popeye the Sailor: 1941–1943, Volume 3, released on November 4, 2008, includes the remaining Fleischer cartoons from 1941 and 1942 (Problem Pappy through Baby Wants a Bottleship), along with the black-and-white Famous Studios cartoons released in 1942 and 1943 (from You're a Sap, Mr. Jap to Cartoons Ain't Human)[22]

See also

• Popeye
• Popeye the Sailor filmography (Famous Studios) (1942–1957)
• Popeye the Sailor (1960–1962, syndicated television series)
• 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)

References

1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 121–124. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. Culhane, Shamus (1986). Talking Animals and Other People. New York: Da Capo Press. Pg. 40-41
3. Calma, Gordon; Calma, Nenad. "Fleischer Popeye Tribute: Episodes". calmapro.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
4. "Sock a Bye Baby (1934): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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7. "Be Kind to Animals (1935): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
8. "Choose Your Weppins (1935): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
9. Vilas-Boas, Eric; Maher, John, eds. (October 5, 2020). "The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation". Vulture. First used in the 1936 Popeye short, For Better or Worser, the process gave off the illusion that two-dimensional characters were able to maneuver in a three-dimensional space.
10. "Dizzy Divers (1935): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
11. "Bridge Ahoy! (1936): Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
12. "I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936): Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
13. "My Artistical Temperature (1937): Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
14. "I Never Changes My Altitude (1937): Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
15. "I Like Babies and Infinks (1937): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
16. "Protek the Weakerist (1937): Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
17. "Plumbing is a 'Pipe' (1938): Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
18. "Bulldozing the Bull (1938): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
19. "Leave Well Enough Alone (1939): Cast". IMDb. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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21. "Gus Wicke, An Appreciation". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
22. Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation » Popeye Vol. 3 Archived 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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