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The Hoover Dam is completed. The Summer Olympics are in Berlin, with Hitler in attendance. "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev debuts in Moscow. We're writing the year 1936.
Three Popeye Color Specials were made, and this was the first one. Based, loosely, very loosely, impossibly loosely, on a story from "One Thousand And One Nights", it shows Popeye facing off against Sindbad, who of course is performed by Bluto. I well remember the scenes involving the roc, the giant bird. Also take note of the wonderful, vibrant colors in this one.
From Wikipedia: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Feature series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 27, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer, with the title song by Sammy Timberg. The voices of Popeye and J. Wellington Wimpy are performed by Jack Mercer, with additional voices by Mae Questel as Olive Oyl, and Gus Wickie as Sindbad the Sailor.
Plot: In this short, Sindbad the Sailor (presumably Bluto playing a "role") proclaims himself, in song, to be the greatest sailor, adventurer and lover in the world and "the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow," a claim that is inadvertently challenged by Popeye as he innocently sings his usual song while sailing by within earshot of Sindbad's island with Olive Oyl and J. Wellington Wimpy on board. Sindbad orders his huge Roc, to kidnap Popeye's girlfriend, Olive Oyl, and wreck Popeye's ship, forcing him and Wimpy to swim to shore. Sinbad relishes making Olive his trophy wife, which is interrupted by Popeye's arrival. Sinbad then challenges the one-eyed sailor to a series of obstacles to prove his greatness, including fighting the Roc, a two-headed giant named Boola (an apparent parody reference to The Three Stooges), and Sindbad himself. Popeye makes short work of the bird and the giant, but Sindbad almost gets the best of him until Popeye produces his can of spinach, which gives him the power to soundly defeat Sindbad and proclaim himself "the most remarkable, extraordinary fella."
A subtly dark running gag features the hamburger-loving Wimpy chasing after a duck on the island with a meat grinder, with the intention of grinding it up so that he can fry it into his favorite dish, but the duck not only escapes, but also snatches away Wimpy's last burger in retaliation when he gives up. Many of the scenes in this short feature make use of the Fleischer's "Steroptical Process", or "Setback Tabletop" process, which used modeled sets to create 3D backgrounds for the cartoon.
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Directed by: Dave Fleischer
Produced by: Max Fleischer, Adolph Zukor
Voices by: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wickie, Lou Fleischer
Music by: Sammy Timberg, Bob Rothberg, Sammy Lerner
Animation by: Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti, Edward Nolan, Orestes Calpini, Lillian Friedman
Studio: Fleischer Studios
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date(s): November 27, 1936
Color process: Technicolor
(This is a re-upload: better quality.)
The Hoover Dam is completed. The Summer Olympics are in Berlin, with Hitler in attendance. "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev debuts in Moscow. We're writing the year 1936.
Three Popeye Color Specials were made, and this was the first one. Based, loosely, very loosely, impossibly loosely, on a story from "One Thousand And One Nights", it shows Popeye facing off against Sindbad, who of course is performed by Bluto. I well remember the scenes involving the roc, the giant bird. Also take note of the wonderful, vibrant colors in this one.
From Wikipedia: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Feature series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 27, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer, with the title song by Sammy Timberg. The voices of Popeye and J. Wellington Wimpy are performed by Jack Mercer, with additional voices by Mae Questel as Olive Oyl, and Gus Wickie as Sindbad the Sailor.
Plot: In this short, Sindbad the Sailor (presumably Bluto playing a "role") proclaims himself, in song, to be the greatest sailor, adventurer and lover in the world and "the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow," a claim that is inadvertently challenged by Popeye as he innocently sings his usual song while sailing by within earshot of Sindbad's island with Olive Oyl and J. Wellington Wimpy on board. Sindbad orders his huge Roc, to kidnap Popeye's girlfriend, Olive Oyl, and wreck Popeye's ship, forcing him and Wimpy to swim to shore. Sinbad relishes making Olive his trophy wife, which is interrupted by Popeye's arrival. Sinbad then challenges the one-eyed sailor to a series of obstacles to prove his greatness, including fighting the Roc, a two-headed giant named Boola (an apparent parody reference to The Three Stooges), and Sindbad himself. Popeye makes short work of the bird and the giant, but Sindbad almost gets the best of him until Popeye produces his can of spinach, which gives him the power to soundly defeat Sindbad and proclaim himself "the most remarkable, extraordinary fella."
A subtly dark running gag features the hamburger-loving Wimpy chasing after a duck on the island with a meat grinder, with the intention of grinding it up so that he can fry it into his favorite dish, but the duck not only escapes, but also snatches away Wimpy's last burger in retaliation when he gives up. Many of the scenes in this short feature make use of the Fleischer's "Steroptical Process", or "Setback Tabletop" process, which used modeled sets to create 3D backgrounds for the cartoon.
Visit "Tales from Weirdland" here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqje...
Directed by: Dave Fleischer
Produced by: Max Fleischer, Adolph Zukor
Voices by: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wickie, Lou Fleischer
Music by: Sammy Timberg, Bob Rothberg, Sammy Lerner
Animation by: Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti, Edward Nolan, Orestes Calpini, Lillian Friedman
Studio: Fleischer Studios
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date(s): November 27, 1936
Color process: Technicolor
