Popeye the Sailor (movie series)
Popeye the Sailor is an American animated series of short films. It is based on the Popeye comic strip character created by E. C. Segar. In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted Segar's characters into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures.[1]
| Popeye the Sailor | |
|---|---|
 Popeye the Sailor opening title employed in the 1930s. | |
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer Dan Gordon I. Sparber Seymour Kneitel Bill Tytla Dave Tendlar |
| Story by | George Manuell Seymour Kneitel Bill Turner Warren Foster Dan Gordon Tedd Pierce Milford Davis Eric St. Clair Cal Howard Jack Mercer Carl Meyer Jack Ward Joe Stultz Otto Messmer Dave Tendlar Irving Dressler I. Klein Woody Gelman Larry Riley Larz Bourne Irv Spector George Hill James Tyer Izzy Sparber |
| Based on | Popeye by E.C. Segar |
| Animation by | Seymour Kneitel Roland Crandall William Henning William Sturm Willard Bowsky Dave Tendlar Myron Waldman Thomas Johnson Nick Tafuri Harold Walker Charles Hastings George Germanetti Orestes Calpini Edward Nolan Frank Endres Robert G. Leffingwell Jack Ozark Lillian Friedman James Davis Joe D'Igalo Graham Place Robert Bentley Tom Golden Shamus Culhane Arnold Gillespie Abner Kneitel Winfield Hoskins Grim Natwick Irv Spector Myron Waldman Sidney Pillet Lod Rossner Bill Nolan Joe Oriolo Tom Baron Ruben Grossman John Walworth Al Eugster James Tyer Ben Solomon Morey Reden John Gentilella Lou Zukor Martin Taras George Rufle Bill Hudson Harvey Patterson Wm. B. Pattengill Steve Muffatti Hicks Lokey Howard Swift Jack Ehret (assistant animator) |
| Color process | Black-and-white (1933–1943) 3-strip Technicolor (1943–1957) 2-strip Cinecolor (1957-1963) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | July 14, 1933 — December 25, 1963 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Filmography
References
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 121–124. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
Other websites
Media related to Popeye the Sailor cartoons at Wikimedia Commons
