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Film, Video Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor

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Title

  • Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor

Summary

  • In Sindbad, the title character (Bluto with a few changes in his attire) catches sight of Popeye's ship through his spyglass and is instantly smitten with Olive Oyl. He instructs his pet Rokh to sink the ship, but bring Olive to him. Of course, Popeye manages to save himself, Wimpy and Olive, and settles Bluto's hash.

Names

  • Fleischer, Dave, 1894-1979, film director
  • Fleischer, Max, 1883-1972, film producer
  • Bowsky, Willard, animator
  • Germanetti, George, animator
  • Nolan, Edward, animator
  • Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976, presenter
  • Lerner, Sammy, composer, lyricist
  • Rothberg, Bob, 1901-1938, composer, lyricist
  • Timberg, Sammy, 1903-1992, composer, lyricist
  • Mercer, Jack, voice actor
  • Questel, Mae, 1910-1998, voice actor
  • Wickie, Gus, 1885-1947, voice actor
  • Fleischer Studios Inc. production company
  • Paramount Pictures, Inc., film distributor, copyright claimant

Created / Published

  • United States : Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1936.

Headings

  • -  Popeye--(Fictitious character)--Humor
  • -  Sindbad,--the Sailor (Legendary character)--Humor

Genre

  • Children's films
  • Animated films
  • Comedy films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP6754 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Parmount Pictures, Inc.; 27Nov36; LP6754.
  • -  Music and lyrics, Samuel Lerner, Bob Rothberg, Sammy Timberg.
  • -  Voices: Jack Mercer (Popeye), Mae Questel (Olive Oyl), Gus Wickie (Sindbad).
  • -  On title frame: "Popeye Color Feature" and "A Max Fleischer Cartoon in Technicolor".
  • -  Summary taken partly from Solomon, C. The history of animation, enchanted drawings, 1989, p. 79.
  • -  LC also holds an original release copy and a reissue copy in the AFI/Triangle Laboratories Estate Collection.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: Solomon, C. The history of animation, enchanted drawings, 1989; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1912-1939, p. 673; Eagan, D. America's film legacy, 2010, p. 253-255.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (17 min.) : sd., color.

Source Collection

  • DiCrescenzo (Louis) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023602008

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Fleischer, Dave, Film Director, Max Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti, Edward Nolan, Adolph Zukor, Jack Mercer, et al. Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor. composeds by Lerner, Sammy, Lyricist, Rothberg, Bob, Lyricist, and Timberg, Sammy, Lyricist United States: Paramount Pictures, Inc, 1936. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023602008/.

APA citation style:

Fleischer, D., Fleischer, M., Bowsky, W., Germanetti, G., Nolan, E., Zukor, A. [...] Paramount Pictures, I. (1936) Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor. Lerner, S., Rothberg, B. & Timberg, S., comps United States: Paramount Pictures, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023602008/.

MLA citation style:

Fleischer, Dave, Film Director, et al. Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor. comp by Lerner, Sammy, Lyricist, Rothberg, Bob, Lyricist, and Timberg, Sammy, Lyricist United States: Paramount Pictures, Inc, 1936. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023602008/>.