Popeye The Sailor - The 1940s, Volume 3 (17 Color Theatrical Shorts)
Contents of the 2019 Warner Archive DVD and Blu-ray.
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- DirectorIzzy SparberThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerMae QuestelSid RaymondTired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.
- DirectorIzzy SparberThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock. Meanwhile, Indian princess Olive is showering beneath a waterfall. She accidentally gets stuck in Popeye's musket, and is blasted into the sky. When she comes down, Popeye kisses her to revive her, and they instantly fall in love. The chief, who has designs on Olive himself, sees this and goes after Popeye, but since he doesn't want to alienate Olive himself, avoids a direct confrontation. Instead, he gives Popeye a pole to hold; he soon finds himself tied to it with a blazing fire. Olive sees this and rushes to save him, but the chief comes after her. She's soon in peril, and that means it's time for the spinach and turning his attackers into Indian-head pennies and buffalo nickels.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelDave TendlarStarsJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Olive are atop the highest peak in Yellowstone Park; Olive falls off into a deep hole, where a caveman and dinosaur are still living. Olive almost ends up in the dinosaur, but the caveman (longing for a woman) saves her. Olive falls for him, but Popeye, noticing Olive's absence, comes down and saves her from the caveman. They fight it out; the caveman stuffs Popeye into a not-quite-empty spinach can and feeds him to the dinosaur, but of course, Popeye breaks out and wins the day.
- DirectorBill TytlaGeorge GermanettiStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelThe first Olympics, starring Hercules (looking, but not quite sounding, like a really pumped-up Bluto), who challenges anyone to do the same feats as him. Popeye takes that challenge, of course. First, they battle animals, with Bluto pulling the skins off two wild elephants and Popeye turning three lions into a nesting set. The discus throw doesn't go well, with Herc's disc swooping Popeye into Herc's hand. The javelin is even worse for Popeye, with Herc throwing him all the way to the moon. This gives him a chance to go after Olive in typical Bluto fashion; her cries of help reach Popeye, who prays to the Greek goddess Spinachia, who delivers a can of spinach to him.
- DirectorIzzy SparberThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she'd like to kiss a sheik. A sheik, looking a lot like Bluto, happens to overhear this and sets up a kissing booth. He carries her away to his luxurious tent. Popeye finally finishes up and notices Olive is gone; he chases after her, but his camel suffers a blowout. Meanwhile, the sheik has been wooing Olive. Popeye arrives, and after briefly sharing the hookah with the sheik, tries to leave with Olive. The sheik will have none of it; he wraps Popeye like a mummy and fires him with a cannon into the sphinx. Fortuitously, there's a can of spinach inside, and Popeye saves the day.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelAl EugsterStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye's nephews would rather have hamburgers than spinach, so Popeye recounts some of his past exploits where spinach saved the day.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelDave TendlarStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Olive are relaxing in the water off Miami when a hurricane hits. It carries them to the North Pole. Fortunately, a penguin comes by advertising Pierre's Trading Post; unfortunately, Pierre has eyes for Olive.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckPhil KramerJack MercerPopeye is Robin Hood; he's got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is the owner/barmaid at the local pub. Bluto comes to the pub to collect 100% taxes and falls for Olive, whom he tries to impress with trick archery, but Popeye/Robin makes a fool of him. Since he can't win fair, he cheats by serving Popeye a root beer spiked with "Ye Olde Michael Finn (king size)". With Popeye out cold, he dashes off with Olive, but Little John feeds Popeye his spinach, and Popeye races off to the castle, turning the armored knights into a cast-iron stove. Bluto carries Olive up a spiral staircase, but Popeye screws it into the ground, and they all ride off with Bluto acting as their beast of burden.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelSinger Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelDave TendlarStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Olive are at the premiere of Popeye's new movie. He gets a little too wrapped up in the movie, interacting with it at various points, and even handing the screen version of himself a can of spinach. The movie itself is the story of Aladdin, minus the songs and about half the footage of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939), the short it's cut from.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Bluto are lumberjacks who compete for the affections of their new cook, Olive Oyl.
- DirectorIzzy SparberAl EugsterStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Bluto are airplane pilots racing around the world. Bluto has a rocket-type plane and Popeye has a sad old prop model that has to be hand-started. Bluto indulges in some sabotage but Popeye thinks he can fix it with spinach cans.
- DirectorIzzy SparberThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto. Bluto spots Olive in her luxury box and immediately makes plans. First, he humiliates Popeye with a series of magic tricks. Next, he hypnotizes Olive, but while she's walking toward Bluto in a trance, Popeye points her the other way and goes after Bluto himself. Meanwhile, Olive has walked out the stage door and onto a construction site, and the boys race to save her. Popeye's efforts are hampered by Bluto's magic, like the instant brick wall he builds. Bluto awakens her, and she attacks him and then panics. Popeye throws her a hook to save her; it does, but it crashes through a window, bringing a piano out with it. The piano crashes on the building, and Olive is catapulted by the strings to a distant platform. Another race to save her. As Popeye is trapped in a plummeting elevator, he breaks out the spinach. Finally, Bluto is given to the seal as a plaything.
- DirectorBill TytlaGeorge GermanettiStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye becomes a sheriff of a lawless Western town.
- DirectorIzzy SparberThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye's traveling department store comes to hillbilly country. He gets upset as Bluto, mistaking a radiator for an accordion, cuckoo clocks for a shooting gallery, and a girdle for a hammock, does violence to his store. When Olive arrives, looking for a makeover, that distracts Popeye a while. Bluto sees the "new" Olive, gets jealous, and the feud is on.
- DirectorIzzy SparberThomas JohnsonStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelHaving to walk Olive's dainty French Poodle, Frenchy, both human and dog are bullied by Bluto and his vicious bulldog.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelThomas JohnsonStarsJack MercerPopeye is settling in for a nap in his hammock, but every sound in the city is disturbing him until he moves indoors. Even there, he's plagued by houseflies. He chases them outdoors, except for one. That one ends up in a spinach can and gives Popeye a real fight.