Title from container. Theatrical shorts released between 1933 and 1938. Contains 60 theatrical shorts. "Authorized edition from the original masters." Special features: Disc one: Select commentaries on some episodes; "I yam what I yam: the story of Popeye the sailor" documentary; "Mining the strip: Elzie Segar and the Thimble Theatre" popumentary; "Me fickle goyl, Olive Oyl: the world's least likely sex symbol" popumentary; from the vault: 3 Bray Productions/IFC Studio shorts: "Colonel Heeza liar at the bat" (1915), "Krazy kat goes a-wooing" (1916) and "Domestic difficulties" (1916); Disc two: Select commentaries on some episodes; "Forging the frame: the roots of animation 1900-1920" documentary; "Wimpy the moocher: ode to the burgermeister" popumentary; "Sailor's hornpipes: the voices of Popeye" popumentary; from the vault: 3 Bray Productions/Sullivan Studio shorts: "Bobby Bumps puts a beanery on the bum" (1918), "Feline follies" (1919) and "The tantalizing fly" (1919) ; Disc three: Select commentaries on some episodes; "Blow me down! The music of Popeye" popumentary; "Popeye in living color: a look at the color two reelers" popumentary; From the vault: 6 'Out of the inkwell' shorts: "Modeling" (1921), "Invisible ink" (1921), "Bubbles" (1922), "Jumping beans" (1922), "Bedtime" (1923) and "Trapped" (1923) ; Disc four: Select commentaries on some episodes; "Me lil' Swee'pea: whose kid is he anyway?" popumentary; "Et tu, Bluto? Cartoondom's heaviest heavy" popumentary; from the vault: 4 'Out of the inkwell'/Fleischer Studio shorts: "A trip to Mars" (1924), "Koko trains 'em" (1925), "Koko back tracks" (1927) and "Let's sing with Popeye" (1933).
Contents:
disc one: Popeye the sailor ; I yam what I yam ; Blow me down! ; I eats my spinach ; Seasin's greetinks! ; Wild elephinks ; Sock-a-bye, baby ; Let's you and him fight ; The man on the flying trapeze ; Can you take it ; Shoein' hosses ; Strong to the finich ; Shiver me timbers! ; Axe me another ; A dream walking -- disc two: The two-alarm fire ; The dance contest ; We aim to please ; Beware of Barnacle Bill ; Be kind to 'animals' ; Pleased to meet cha! ; The "Hyp-nut-tist" ; Choose yer 'weppins' ; For better or worser ; Dizzy divers ; You gotta be a football hero ; King of the Mardi Gras ; Adventures of Popeye ; The spinach overture ; Vim, vigor and vitaliky -- disc three: A clean shaven man ; Brotherly love ; I-ski love-ski you-ski ; Bridge ahoy! ; What - no spinach? ; I wanna be a life guard ; Let's get movin' ; Never kick a woman ; Little Swee'pea ; Hold the wire ; The spinach roadster ; Popeye the sailor meets Sindbad the sailor ; I'm in the army now ; The paneless window washer ; Organ grinder's swing -- disc four: My artistical temperature ; Hospitaliky ; The twisker pitcher ; Morning, noon and nightclub ; Lost and foundry ; I never changes my altitude ; I likes babies and infinks ; The football toucher downer ; Protek the weakerist ; Popeye the sailor meets Ali Baba's forty thieves ; Fowl play ; Let's celebrake ; Learn polikeness ; The house builder-upper ; Big chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh.
Summary:
Find Popeye, spindly Olive Oyl, burger opportunist Wimpy, lil' Swee'pea, brooding Bluto, even a pair of rare, full-color, two reel extravaganzas that received top billing in some movie houses. Popeye is in all his muttering, spinach-chomping, Bluto-bashing, crowd-pleasing greatness.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.