Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1

Popeye the Sailor: 1933–1938, Volume 1 is the first authorized DVD by Warner Archive Collection of theatrical Popeye cartoons on home video. This four-disc DVD set includes 60 theatrical Popeye cartoons, and was released on July 31, 2007 by Warner Home Video. Included inside this box is a miniature reproduction of a sequence of vintage 1936 Thimble Theatre comic strips titled "The S'prise Fight!" and a recipe sheet with 25 cents off coupon for two cans of Allens' Popeye Spinach.

Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Volume 1
Directed byDave Fleischer
StarringPopeye
Olive Oyl
Bluto
Music bySammy Timberg
Sammy Lerner
Bob Rothberg
Distributed byWarner Home Video
King Features Entertainment
Release date
July 31, 2007 (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The cartoons were produced by Fleischer Studios and originally distributed to theaters by Paramount Pictures.

Included are 58 regular one-reel black-and-white Popeye cartoons, and two of the two-reel Technicolor Popeye Color Specials: The cartoons on this and following sets are unedited, uncut, uncensored, remastered and restored, many with their original Paramount Pictures opening and closing production logos, and others with the titles recreated. The Color Specials have also had their original opening titles restored, marking the first time in a half-century they have been shown in their original format.

Because some of the cartoons contain material which may be considered offensive to modern audiences, each disc in this collection includes a title card disclaimer which summarizes that the cartoons depict sexist, ethnic and racist stereotypes that may be offensive to modern audiences.[1]

DVD listing

Unless otherwise indicated, these are one reel black and white cartoons.
Dave Fleischer received director credit on every cartoon in this set.

Disc one

1933

1934
  • 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

Special features

Disc two

1934
  • The Two-Alarm Fire
  • The Dance Contest
  • We Aim to Please

1935
  • Beware of Barnacle Bill
  • Be Kind to Aminals
  • Pleased to Meet Cha!
  • The Hyp-Nut-Tist
  • Choose Your "Weppins"
  • For Better or Worser
  • Dizzy Divers
  • You Gotta Be a Football Hero
  • King of the Mardi Gras
  • Adventures of Popeye (compilation film, partial live-action)
  • The Spinach Overture

1936
  • Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky

Special features
  • Retrospective documentary: "Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation 1900-1920"
  • Popeye Popumentaries: "Wimpy the Moocher: Ode to the Burgermeister", "Sailor's Hornpipes: The Voices of Popeye"
  • From the vault: Three Bray Productions/Sullivan Studios shorts: "Bobby Bumps Puts a Beanery on the Bum" (1918), "Feline Follies" (1919), "The Tantalizing Fly" (1919)

Disc three

1936

1937
  • The Paneless Window Washer
  • Organ Grinder's Swing (improperly has credit title from The Paneless Window Washer)

Special features
  • Popeye Popumentaries: "Blow Me Down! The Music of Popeye", "Popeye in Living Color: A Look at the Color Two-Reelers"
  • From the vault: Six Out of the Inkwell shorts: "Modeling" (1921), "Invisible Ink" (1921), "Bubbles" (1922), "Jumping Beans" (1922), "Bedtime" (1923), "Trapped" (1923)

Disc four

1937
  • My Artistical Temperature
  • Hospitaliky
  • The Twisker Pitcher
  • Morning, Noon and Night Club
  • 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 in Technicolor (two reel)
  • Fowl Play

1938
  • Let's Celebrake
  • Learn Polikeness
  • The House Builder-Upper
  • Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh

Special features
  • Popeye Popumentaries: "Me Lil' Swee'Pea: Whose Kid is He Anyway?", "Et Tu, Bluto? Cartoondom's Heavist Heavy"
  • From the vault: Four Out of the Inkwell/Fleischer Studio shorts: "A Trip to Mars" (1924), "Koko Trains 'Em" (1925), "Koko Back Tracks" (1927), "Let's Sing with Popeye" (1934)

See also

Black-and-white DVD releases

Colour DVD releases

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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