Fleischer Studios, Inc. was an animation production company founded in 1921 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, noted for adapting comics characters Popeye the Sailor and Superman into animated shorts and for their own characters such as Betty Boop. It was a major competitor to Walt Disney Productions until its dissolution in 1942.
This is a list of 109 cartoons starring Popeye, produced from 1933 to 1942 by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures.
During the course of production in 1941, Paramount assumed control of the Fleischer studio, removing the Fleischers from control and renaming the organization Famous Studios by 1942. Popeye cartoons continued production under Famous Studios following 1942's Baby Wants a Bottleship (see List of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoons (Famous Studios)).
Popeye the Sailor series[]
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 (approx. 20 minutes) long and in Technicolor.
Dave Fleischer was the credited director on every cartoon produced by the 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.[1] Credited animators are therefore listed for each short.
1933[] | ||||
# | Episode | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
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* | Popeye the Sailor | July 14 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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1 | I Yam What I Yam | September 29 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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2 | Blow Me Down! | October 27 | Willard Bowsky William Sturm |
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3 | I Eats My Spinach | November 17 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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4 | Seasin's Greetinks! | December 17 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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5 | Wild Elephinks | December 29 | Willard Bowsky William Sturm |
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1934[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
6 | Sock-a-Bye Baby | January 19 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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7 | Let's You and Him Fight | February 16 | Willard Bowsky William Sturm |
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8 | The Man on the Flying Trapeze | March 16 | Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar |
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9 | Can You Take It | April 27 | Myron Waldman Tom Johnson |
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10 | Shoein' Hosses | June 1 | Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar |
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11 | Strong to the Finich | June 29 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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12 | Shiver Me Timbers | July 27 | Willard Bowsky William Sturm |
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13 | Axe Me Another | September 21 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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14 | A Dream Walking | September 28 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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15 | The Two Alarm Fire | October 26 | Willard Bowsky Nick Tafuri |
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16 | The Dance Contest | November 23 | Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar |
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17 | We Aim to Please | December 28 | Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar |
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1935[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
18 | Beware of Barnacle Bill | January 25 | Willard Bowsky Harold Walker |
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19 | Be Kind to 'Aminals' | February 22 | Willard Bowsky Charles Hastings |
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20 | Pleased to Meet Cha! | March 22 | Willard Bowsky Harold Walker |
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21 | The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist' | April 26 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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22 | Choose Your 'Weppins' | May 31 | Dave Tendlar George Germanetti |
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23 | For Better or Worser | June 28 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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24 | Dizzy Divers | July 26 | Willard Bowsky Harold Walker |
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25 | You Gotta Be a Football Hero | August 30 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti |
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26 | King of the Mardi Gras | September 27 | Dave Tendlar William Sturm |
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27 | Adventures of Popeye | October 25 | no animation credits |
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28 | The Spinach Overture | December 6 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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1936[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
29 | Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky | January 3 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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30 | A Clean Shaven Man | February 7 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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31 | Brotherly Love | March 6 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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32 | I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski | April 3 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti |
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33 | Bridge Ahoy! | May 1 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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34 | What-No Spinach? | June 5 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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35 | I Wanna Be a Life Guard | June 26 | Dave Tendlar William Sturm |
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36 | Let's Get Movin' | July 24 | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini |
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37 | Never Kick a Woman | August 28 | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall |
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38 | Popeye the Sailor with Little Swee'Pea | September 25 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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39 | Hold the Wire | October 23 | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini |
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40 | The Spinach Roadster | October 30 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti |
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41 | Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor | November 27 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Ed Nolan |
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42 | I'm in the Army Now | December 25 | no animation credits |
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1937[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
43 | The Paneless Window Washer | January 22 | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini |
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44 | Organ Grinder's Swing | February 19 | Dave Tendlar William Sturm |
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45 | My Artistical Temperature | March 19 | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews |
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46 | Hospitaliky | April 16 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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47 | The Twisker Pitcher | May 21 | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews |
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48 | Morning, Noon and Nightclub | June 18 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti |
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49 | Lost and Foundry | July 16 | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews |
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50 | I Never Changes My Altitude | August 20 | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini |
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51 | I Likes Babies and Infinks | September 17 | Seymour Kneitel Graham Place |
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52 | The Football Toucher Downer | October 15 | Seymour Kneitel Graham Place |
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53 | Protek the Weakerist | November 19 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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54 | Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves | November 26 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Orestes Calpini |
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55 | Fowl Play | December 17 | Dave Tendlar William Sturm |
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1938[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
56 | Let's Celebrake | January 21 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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57 | Learn Polikeness | February 18 | Dave Tendlar Nick Tafuri |
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58 | The House Builder-Upper | March 18 | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews |
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59 | Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh | April 22 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti |
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60 | I Yam Love Sick | May 27 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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61 | Plumbing is a 'Pipe' | June 17 | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini |
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62 | Popeye the Sailor with the Jeep | July 15 | Seymour Kneitel Graham Place |
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63 | Bulldozing the Bull | August 19 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti |
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64 | Mutiny Ain't Nice | September 23 | Dave Tendlar William Sturm |
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65 | Goonland | October 21 | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews |
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66 | A Date to Skate | November 18 | Willard Bowsky Orestes Calpini |
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67 | Cops Is Always Right | December 30 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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1939[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
68 | Customers Wanted | January 27 | Seymour Kneitel William Henning |
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69 | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp | April 7 | Dave Tendlar Nick Tafuri William Sturm Rueben Grossman |
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70 | Leave Well Enough Alone | April 28 | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews |
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71 | Wotta Nitemare | May 19 | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti |
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72 | Ghosks is the Bunk | June 14 | William Henning Abner Matthews |
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73 | Hello How Am I | July 14 | William Henning Abner Matthews |
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74 | It's the Natural Thing to Do | July 28 | Tom Johnson Lod Rossner |
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75 | Never Sock a Baby | November 3 | William Henning Abner Matthews |
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1940[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
76 | Shakespearean Spinach | January 19 | Roland Crandall Ben Solomon |
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77 | Females Is Fickle | March 8 | Dave Tendlar William Sturm |
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78 | Stealin Aint Honest | March 22 | Tom Johnson Frank Endres |
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79 | Me Feelins Is Hurt | April 12 | Orestes Calpini Bob Leffingwell |
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80 | Onion Pacific | May 24 | Willard Bowsky James Davis |
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81 | Wimmin Is a Myskery | June 7 | Willard Bowsky Joe D'Igalo |
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82 | Nurse-Mates | June 21 | Graham Place Louis Zukor |
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83 | Fightin Pals | July 12 | Willard Bowsky Robert Bentley |
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84 | Doing Impossikible Stunts | August 2 | Tom Johnson Frank Endres |
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85 | Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive | August 16 | Orestes Calpini Reuben Grossman |
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86 | Puttin On the Act | August 30 | Dave Tendlar Tom Golden |
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87 | Popeye Meets William Tell | September 20 | James Culhane Al Eugster |
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88 | My Pop, My Pop | October 18 | Abner Kneitel Arnold Gillespie |
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89 | Popeye the Sailor with Poopdeck Pappy | November 15 | Bill Nolan Winfield Hoskins |
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90 | Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep | December 13 | Grim Natwick Irv Spector |
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1941[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
91 | Problem Pappy | January 10 | Myron Waldman Sydney Pillet |
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92 | Quiet! Pleeze | February 7 | Willard Bowsky Lod Rossner |
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93 | Olive's Sweepstakes Ticket | March 7 | Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel |
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94 | Flies Ain't Human | April 4 | Tom Johnson George Germanetti |
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95 | Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle | May 9 | Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet |
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96 | Olive's Boithday Presink | June 13 | Dave Tendlar Tom Golden |
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97 | Child Psykolojiky | July 11 | Bill Nolan Joe Oriolo |
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98 | Pest Pilot | August 8 | Dave Tendlar Tom Baron |
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99 | I'll Never Crow Again | September 19 | Orestes Calpini Rueben Grossman |
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100 | The Mighty Navy | October 17 | Seymour Kneitel Abner Matthews |
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101 | Nix on Hypnotricks | December 19 | Dave Tendlar John Walworth |
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1942[] | ||||
# | Film | Original release date | Credited animators | Notes |
102 | Kickin' the Conga Round | January 16 | Tom Johnson George Germanetti |
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103 | Blunder Below | February 13 | Dave Tendlar Harold Walker |
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104 | Fleets of Stren'th | March 13 | Al Eugster Tom Golden |
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105 | Pip-eye, Pup-eye, Poop-eye an' Peep-eye | April 10 | Seymour Kneitel George Germanetti |
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106 | Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix | May 8 | Dave Tendlar Abner Kneitel |
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107 | Many Tanks | June 12 | Tom Johnson Frank Endres |
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108 | Baby Wants a Bottleship | July 3 | Al Eugster Joe Oriolo |
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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:
- Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Volume 1, released July 31, 2007 (Popeye the Sailor - Big Chief Ugh-A-Mugh-Ugh)
- Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940, Volume 2, released June 17, 2008 (I Yam Lovesick - Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep)
- Popeye the Sailor: 1941-1943, Volume 3, released November 4, 2008 (Problem Pappy - Baby Wants a Bottleship) [4]
See also[]
- Popeye
- List of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoons (Famous Studios) (1942 – 1957)
- Popeye the Sailor (1960 – 1962)
- The All-New Popeye Hour (1978 – 1981, CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
- The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show (1981 – 1983), CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
- Popeye and Son (1987 – 1988, CBS; produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions)
- The Popeye Show (2001 – 2003, Cartoon Network)
Notes[]
- ↑ Culhane, Shamus (1986). Talking Animals and Other People. New York: Da Capo Press. Pg. 40-41
- ↑ Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves on YouTube
- ↑ http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=3021
- ↑ Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation » Popeye Vol. 3
Sources[]
- Calma, Gordon and Nenad. "Fleischer Popeye Tribute: Episodes". Retrieved August 26, 2007.