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. 🔍 Discover Popeye's FIRST cartoon appearance from 1933! This rare Fleischer Studios animation has been: ️ Digitally restored to 4K quality ️ Color-corrected for modern screens ️ Enhanced. Popeye the Sailor, released in 1933 by Fleischer Studios, marks the first animated appearance of the iconic spinach-loving sailor.
Though the character had already become popular in the Thimble Theatre comic strip, this cartoon short officially launched Popeye's long and successful career in animation. 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.
Popeye Gets His Own Cartoon Series "I Yam What I Yam" is the first cartoon in the Popeye series produced by the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1933 and 1942. Popeye was one of the most popular cartoon stars from the 1930s through the 1960s with 600+ Popeye cartoons in existence. 1935.
CAREER HIGH: POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINBAD THE SAILOR (1936) - Innovative and entertaining first two-reel color Popeye cartoon. For over half a century, schoolchildren have sung some variation of Popeye's theme song. Despite all his popularity as a hero of a newspaper comic strip, Popeye today is best remembered as an animated cartoon superstar.
The first cartoon in the series was released in 1933, and Popeye cartoons remained a staple of Paramount's release schedule for nearly 25 years. [25] Billy Costello was the original voice of Popeye, a voice that was replicated by later performers, such as Jack Mercer and even Mae Questel. The only opening themes that differed significantly from the standard were the very first Popeye short, I Yam What I Yam (1933), and the three Fleischer Studio color specials, Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936), Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937), and Popeye Meets Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939).
Step back in time to 1936 with the legendary cartoon Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor! 🌊⚓ This was the first color Popeye cartoon ever made and remains one of the most iconic. Popeye the Sailor first appeared in the Thimble Theater comic strip, created by E. C.
Segar on January 17, 1929. Although the strip remained popular for several years, the one-eyed sailor is best remembered as an animated cartoon character. Fleischer Studios, which had great success with Betty Boop, adapted Popeye to animation in 1933.