Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is the 41st Popeye cartoon and the first of the three Popeye Color Specials.
A two-reel animated cartoon short subject, it was produced in Technicolor and released to theaters on November 27, 1936 by Paramout Pictures, produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer, with musical supervision by Sammy Timberg. The voice of Popeye is performed by Jack Mercer, with Mae Questel as Olive Oyl and Gus Wickie as Sindbad the Sailor.
Plot
In this short, Sindbad the Sailor (a Bluto-like character) proclaims himself the greatest sailor in the world and "the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow," a claim which is challenged by Popeye's arrival on his island with Olive Oyl and J. Wellington Wimpy in tow. Sindbad orders his huge Roc, Rokh, to kidnap Popeye's girfriend, and treats the one-eyed sailor to a series of challenges to prove his greatness, including fighting Rokh, a two-headed giant named Boola, 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 fellow."
A subtly dark running gag features Wimpy chasing after a duck on the island with a meat grinder, intending to grind the duck's meat so that he can fry it into a hamburger, but the duck not only escapes, but also snatches away Wimpy's last hamburger in retaliation after he gives up. Many of the scenes in this short film make use of the Fleischer's Tabletop process, which used model sets to create 3D backgrounds for the cartoon.
External links
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor at the Internet Movie Database