Gulliver’s Travels 1939
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival, Blefuscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between…
We Aim to Please 1934
Popeye and Olive open a diner, singing the title song. Alas, their first two characters are Wimpy (who actually gets them to fall for the “gladly pay you Tuesday” schtick)…
Wild Elephinks 1933
Popeye and Olive, marooned on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas. And a moose(!). Popeye eventually battles an entire menagerie at…
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor 1936
After sending his giant bird, Rokh, to wreck Popeye’s boat and kidnap Olive Oyl, Sindbad forces Olive to dance for him by firing buckshot at her feet with a pea-shooter….
The Dance Contest 1934
Popeye and Olive visit a dance hall, where a contest is in progress (though judge Wimpy seems far more interested in his hamburgers than the dancers). He dances terribly. Bluto…
The Man on the Flying Trapeze 1934
Popeye the sailor navigates his ship through the seas, up onto dry land and through the city streets, finally parking it in front of Olive’s house. Olive’s mother delivers the…
The Two-Alarm Fire 1934
Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive’s huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each other than the fire. When Bluto goes…
Seasin’s Greetinks! 1933
Popeye skates over to Olive’s house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he’s teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh; of course, Popeye…
Popeye the Sailor 1933
Popeye introduces himself to us (including a quick live-action shot of newspapers announcing that he’s a movie star). The ship docks, and the sailors try to pick up Olive, but…
Strong to the Finich 1934
Olive runs some kind of boarding school. She serves her charges a huge bowl of spinach, but they are less than enthusiastic about it. Popeye comes by and demonstrates the…
A Clean Shaven Man 1936
That’s what Olive wants. To even the score, the boys visit Wimpy’s barber shop. Wimpy is out, so they shave each other; you’d think Popeye would know better than to…