Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 3

Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 3 is the sixth volume in a series of DVD by Warner Archive Collection released by Warner Home Video collecting, in chronological order, the theatrical Popeye cartoons originally distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is also the third authorized collection of theatrical Popeye cartoons to be released on a Blu-ray disc. It contains 17 color Popeye cartoons released in 1948 and 1949 that were produced by Famous Studios and the last Popeye cartoons released in 1940s.[1] Both the Blu-ray and the DVD were released on September 17, 2019.[2]

Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 3
Directed byIsadore Sparber
Seymour Kneitel
Bill Tytla
Dave Fleischer
StarringPopeye
Olive Oyl
Bluto
Music byWinston Sharples
Distributed byWarner Home Video
King Features Entertainment
Release date
September 17, 2019 (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Background

By this time, Popeye voice actor and story man Jack Mercer had finished his military service and is the voice of Popeye on every cartoon in this collection as well as future Popeye cartoons. Several of the Popeye cartoons made during this time were remakes of earlier cartoons. Meanwhile, Famous Studios revived the Screen Songs series of cartoons started by Fleischer Studios. But public opinion at that time preferred Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM Cartoons and Disney Cartoons as a whole but still had favorable opinions of Famous Studios' Popeye cartoons.[3] While all of the cartoons in this collection are in color with most of them in Polacolor, some of the cartoons were filmed in Technicolor and Cinecolor process.[1]

Cartoon listing with director credit

1948

1949
  • Popeye's Premiere (no director credit–utilized footage from Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp directed by Dave Fleischer)[5]
  • Lumberjack and Jill (Seymour Kneitel)
  • Hot Air Aces (Isadore Sparber)
  • A Balmy Swami (Isadore Sparber)
  • Tar with a Star (Bill Tytla)
  • Silly Hillbilly (Isadore Sparber)
  • Barking Dogs Don't Fite (Isadore Sparber)
  • The Fly's Last Flight (Seymour Kneitel)

Disclaimers

On the back cover, there is a disclaimer stating that this Blu-ray and DVD collection is intended for the adult collector and may not be suitable for children. More detailed wording in an opening screen explains that the ethnic stereotypes depicted in such cartoons as Wigwam Whoopie, Spinach vs. Hamburgers, A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing, Popeye's Premiere and Snow Place Like Home are considered to be offensive today but are included because they are part of the history of these cartoons. One Polacolor cartoon has a disclaimer before A Wolf In Sheik's Clothing stating that some of the Polacolor elements of this cartoon were damaged or lost years ago so it was the most difficult cartoon to restore which utilized that cartoon's best elements.

Notes
  1. ^ This short is not made available for streaming purchase in digital stores due to ethnic controversy.

See also

References
  1. "Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 3". WB Shop. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  2. "Popeye the Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 3". Blu-ray. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. "Famous Studios 1948-49". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  4. Warner Archive: Olive Oyl for President YouTube. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  5. Warner Archive: Popeye's Premiere YouTube. Retrieved 2019-11-08.

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