This is a list of the 109 cartoons of the Popeye the Sailor film series produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1933 to 1942. [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.
All cartoons are one reel (6 to 10 minutes long) 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 (15 to 20 minutes long) and in Technicolor.
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.
1933 | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Animated by | Story by |
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Pilot cartoon | Popeye the Sailor | July 14 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
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1 | I Yam What I Yam | September 29 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | |
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2 | Blow Me Down! | October 27 [3] | Willard Bowsky William Sturm | |
3 | I Eats My Spinach | November 17 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
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4 | Seasin's Greetinks! | December 17 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
5 | Wild Elephinks | December 29 [3] | Willard Bowsky William Sturm | |
1934 | ||||
6 | Sock-a-Bye, Baby | January 19 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall [8] | |
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7 | Let's You and Him Fight | February 16 [3] | Willard Bowsky William Sturm | |
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8 | The Man on the Flying Trapeze | March 16 [3] | Willard Bowsky David Tendlar | |
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9 | Can You Take It | April 27 [3] | Myron Waldman Thomas Johnson | |
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10 | Shoein' Hosses | June 1 [3] | Willard Bowsky David Tendlar | |
11 | Strong to the Finich | June 29 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
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12 | Shiver Me Timbers! | July 27 [3] | Willard Bowsky William Sturm | |
13 | Axe Me Another | August 21 [21] | 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 | ||||
18 | Beware of Barnacle Bill | January 25 [3] | Willard Bowsky Harold M. Walker | |
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19 | Be Kind to "Aminals" | February 22 [3] | Willard Bowsky Charles Hastings | |
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20 | Pleased to Meet Cha! | March 22 [3] | Willard Bowsky Harold Walker | |
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21 | The "Hyp-Nut-Tist" | April 26 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
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22 | Choose Your "Weppins" | May 31 [3] | David Tendlar George Germanetti (credited) Sam Stimson Nick Tafuri William "Bill" Sturm [36] [37] Graham Place (uncredited) [36] | Dave Fleischer [37] Izzy Sparber (uncredited) [36] |
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23 | For Better or Worser | June 28 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
24 | Dizzy Divers | July 26 [3] | Willard Bowsky Harold Walker (credited) [43] Nick Tafuri George Germanetti Graham Place Bill Sturm (uncredited) [44] | Dave Fleischer [43] Bill Turner Joe Stultz (both uncredited) [44] |
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25 | You Gotta Be a Football Hero | August 31 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti | |
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26 | King of the Mardi Gras | September 27 [3] | David Tendlar William Sturm [49] Graham Place Nick Tafuri Harold Walker Eli Brucker (uncredited) [50] | Dave Fleischer [49] Izzy Sparber (uncredited) [50] |
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27 | Adventures of Popeye | October 25 [3] | Various | |
28 | The Spinach Overture | December 7 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
1936 | ||||
29 | Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky | January 3 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall [56] | |
30 | A Clean Shaven Man | February 7 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
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31 | Brotherly Love | March 6 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
32 | I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski | April 3 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti | |
33 | Bridge Ahoy! | May 1 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | Elsworth Barthen [66] |
34 | What--No Spinach? | June 7 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
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35 | I Wanna Be a Life Guard | June 26 [3] | David Tendlar William Sturm (credited) Joe Oriolo Eli Brucker Nick Tafuri Graham Place (uncredited) [69] | Ed Watkins Jack Ward Joe Stultz (all uncredited) [70] |
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36 | Let's Get Movin' | July 24 [3] | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini | Joe Stultz Bill Turner [72] |
37 | Never Kick a Woman | August 30 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall | |
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38 | Little Swee'Pea | September 25 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | |
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39 | Hold the Wire | October 23 [3] | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini | |
40 | The Spinach Roadster | October 26 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti | Bill Turner Joe Stultz Ed Watkins Warren Foster Jack Mercer (all uncredited) [77] |
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41 | Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor | November 27 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Edward Nolan | |
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42 | I'm in the Army Now | December 25 [3] | Various | |
1937 | ||||
43 | The Paneless Window Washer | January 22 [3] | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini | |
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44 | Organ Grinder's Swing | February 19 [3] | David Tendlar William Sturm | |
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45 | My Artistical Temperature | March 19 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews | Bill Turner Joe Stultz Ed Watkins (all uncredited) [84] |
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46 | Hospitaliky | April 16 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | Seymour Kneitel (uncredited) [88] |
47 | The Twisker Pitcher | May 21 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews | Dave Fleischer Seymour Kneitel (both uncredited) [93] |
48 | Morning, Noon and Nightclub | June 18 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti | Dave Fleischer (uncredited) [96] |
49 | Lost and Foundry | July 16 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews | |
50 | I Never Changes My Altitude | August 20 [3] | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini | |
51 | I Likes Babies and Infinks | September 18 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Graham Place | |
52 | The Football Toucher Downer | October 15 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Graham Place | |
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53 | Protek the Weakerist | November 19 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | |
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54 | Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves | November 26 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Orestes Calpini | |
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55 | Fowl Play | December 17 [3] | David Tendlar William Sturm | |
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1938 | ||||
56 | Let's Celebrake (or Calebrate) | January 21 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | |
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57 | Learn Polikeness | February 18 [3] | David Tendlar Nicholas Tafuri | |
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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 | |
60 | I Yam Love Sick | May 29 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | |
61 | Plumbing is a "Pipe" | June 17 [3] | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini | |
62 | The Jeep | July 15 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Graham Place | |
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63 | Bulldozing the Bull | August 19 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti | |
64 | Mutiny Ain't Nice | September 23 [3] | David Tendlar William Sturm | |
65 | Goonland | October 21 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews | |
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66 | A Date to Skate | November 18 [3] | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini | |
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67 | Cops is Always Right | December 30 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | |
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1939 | ||||
68 | Customers Wanted | January 27 [3] | Seymour Kneitel William Henning | |
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69 | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp | April 7 [3] | David Tendlar William Sturm Nicholas Tafuri Reuben Grossman | |
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70 | Leave Well Enough Alone | April 28 [3] | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews | |
71 | Wotta Nitemare | May 19 [3] | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti | |
72 | Ghosks is the Bunk | June 14 [3] | William Henning Abner Matthews | |
73 | Hello, How Am I | July 14 [3] | William Henning Abner Matthews | |
74 | It's the Natural Thing to Do | July 30 [3] | Tom Johnson Lod Rossner | |
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75 | Never Sock a Baby | November 3 [3] | William Henning Abner Matthews | |
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1940 | ||||
76 | Shakespearean Spinach | January 19 [3] | Roland Crandall Ben Solomon | George Manuell |
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77 | Females is Fickle | March 8 [3] | David Tendlar William Sturm | Joseph E. Stultz [149] |
78 | Stealin Aint Honest | March 22 [3] | Thomas Johnson Frank Endres | George Manuell |
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79 | Me Feelins is Hurt | April 12 [3] | Orestes Calpini Bob Leffingwell | William Turner |
80 | Onion Pacific | May 24 [3] | Willard Bowsky James Davis | Joseph E. Stultz [156] |
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81 | Wimmin is a Myskery | June 7 [3] | Willard Bowsky Joseph D'Igalo | Ted Pierce [159] [160] |
82 | Nurse-Mates | June 20 [3] | Graham Place Louis Zukor | George Manuell |
83 | Fightin' Pals | July 12 [3] | Willard Bowsky Robert Bentley | Joseph E. Stultz [164] [165] |
84 | Doing Impossikible Stunts | August 2 [3] | Tom Johnson Frank Endres | Jack Ward |
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85 | Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive | August 16 [3] | Orestes Calpini Reuben Grossman | George Manuell [159] [170] |
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 |
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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 |
1941 | ||||
91 | Problem Pappy | January 10 [3] | Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet | Ted Pierce [110] [181] |
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92 | Quiet! Pleeze | February 7 [3] | Willard Bowsky Lod Rossner | Milford Davis [182] |
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93 | Olive's Sweepstake Ticket | March 7 [3] | Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel | Joseph E. Stultz [184] and Ted Pierce [185] |
94 | Flies Ain't Human | April 4 [3] | Tom Johnson George Germanetti | Eric St. Clair [187] [188] |
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 |
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97 | Child Psykolojiky | July 11 [3] | Bill Nolan Joe Oriolo | George Manuell |
98 | Pest Pilot | August 8 [3] | Dave Tendlar Tom Baron | George Manuell |
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 |
101 | Nix on Hypnotricks | December 19 [3] | Dave Tendlar John Walworth | Bill Turner Cal Howard |
1942 | ||||
102 | Kickin' the Conga 'Round | January 17 [3] | Tom Johnson George Germanetti | Bill Turner Ted Pierce |
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103 | Blunder Below | February 13 [3] | Dave Tendlar Harold Walker | Bill Turner Ted Pierce |
104 | Fleets of Stren'th | March 13 [3] | Al Eugster Tom Golden | Dan Gordon Jack Mercer |
105 | Pipeye, Pupeye, Poopeye, and Peepeye | April 10 [3] | Seymour Kneitel George Germanetti | Seymour Kneitel [217] [218] |
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106 | Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix | May 8 [3] | Dave Tendlar Abner Kneitel | Jack Mercer Jack Ward [220] [221] |
107 | Many Tanks | June 16 [3] | Tom Johnson Frank Endres | Bill Turner Carl Meyer [222] [223] |
108 | Baby Wants a Bottleship | July 3 [3] | Alfred Eugster Joseph Oriolo | Jack Ward Jack Mercer |
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 a bouncing ball. [227] [228] This film was made for theaters that participated in Paramount's weekly Popeye Fan Club meetings. The short is available as a special feature on Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1 .
Bugsy and Mugsy is a 1957 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 31, 1957, and stars Bugs Bunny, with Rocky and Mugsy. Bugs discovers that two robbers are hiding out on the floor above him, and plays them off against each other. The cartoon is a remake of the 1950 Merrie Melodies short Stooge for a Mouse, in which a mouse pitted Sylvester and Mike against each other in the same way.
Happy Harmonies is a series of thirty-seven animated cartoons distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and produced by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising between 1934 and 1938.
A Song a Day is a 1936 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and featuring Grampy.
The Impractical Joker is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Jack Mercer provides the voice for Irving.
Zula Hula is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Grampy.
Rabbit Rampage is a 1955 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on June 11, 1955, and stars Bugs Bunny.
This is a list of the 122 cartoons of the Popeye the Sailor film series produced by Famous Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1957, with 14 in black-and-white and 108 in color. These cartoons were produced after Paramount took ownership of Fleischer Studios, which originated the Popeye series in 1933.
Robot Rabbit is a 1953 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on December 12, 1953, and stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.
This Is a Life? is a 1955 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng, written by Warren Foster, and produced by Edward Selzer, with music directed by Milt Franklyn. The short was released on July 9, 1955, and stars Bugs Bunny. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan, and June Foray in her first work for Warner Bros. This is one of the few Bugs Bunny cartoons whose title does not contain Bugs, bunny, rabbit/wabbit or hare.
One Droopy Knight is a 1957 animated short subject in the Droopy series, directed by Michael Lah and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in CinemaScope.
Grampy's Indoor Outing is a 1936 Fleischer Studios animated short, starring Betty Boop and Grampy.
There's Good Boos To-Night is a 1948 animated short directed by Izzy Sparber and narrated by Frank Gallop, featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost. It is the second cartoon in the Casper series. The title is a play on "There's good news tonight", the sign-on catchphrase of radio commentator Gabriel Heatter.
What's My Lion? is a 1961 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon directed by Robert McKimson and written by David Detiege. The short was released on October 21, 1961 and features Elmer Fudd. This is Elmer's final speaking appearance in the original theatrical Looney Tunes shorts; he appears in 1962's Crow's Feat but does not have any dialogue.
The Candid Candidate is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy.
Plop Goes the Weasel! is a 1953 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Robert McKimson and produced by Edward Selzer. The cartoon was released on August 22, 1953, and features Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg.
Boo Moon is a 1954 theatrical cartoon short released in 3D as a Stereotoon. It was produced by Famous Studios for the Stereotoon series featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Don't Axe Me is a 1958 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on January 4, 1958, and stars Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Barnyard Dawg.
A Haunting We Will Go is a 1949 animated short directed by Seymour Kneitel and narrated again by Frank Gallop, featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios produced three theatrical shorts featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost from the Noveltoon series: The Friendly Ghost in 1945, There's Good Boos To-Night in 1948, and A Haunting We Will Go in 1949. From 1950 to 1959, Paramount produced a series of Casper the Friendly Ghost theatrical shorts.
Ghost of Honor is a 1957 American animation and comedy film directed by Izzy Sparber. The film features Casper the Friendly Ghost as well as additional music composed by Winston Sharples.
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.