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The first cartoon in the series was released in 1933, and Popeye cartoons remained a staple of Paramount's release schedule for nearly 25 years. [21] Billy Costello was the original voice of Popeye, a voice that was replicated by later performers, such as Jack Mercer and even Mae Questel.
First regular Popeye the Sailor series entry in Technicolor [6] (three two-reel Technicolor Popeye Color Specials were produced by Fleischer in the 1930s). First of four cartoons where Popeye's sailor outfit is blue; First use of the "spinning star" opening credits; First entry of the 1943-44 film season. 124 The Marry-Go-Round: December 31 ...
This is a list of the 109 cartoons of the Popeye the Sailor film series produced by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures from 1933 to 1942. [1]During the course of production in 1941, Paramount assumed control of the Fleischer studio, removing founders Max and Dave Fleischer from control of the studio and renaming the organization Famous Studios by 1942.
The first cartoon in the series was released in 1933, and Popeye cartoons would remain a staple of Paramount's release schedule for nearly 25 years. One source of inspiration for the Fleischers were newspapers and comic strips, and they saw potential in Popeye as an animated star, thinking the humor would translate well onscreen. [2]
At first Segar intended Popeye to be a once-off character, but after large numbers of newspaper readers wrote in requesting the character's return, Segar reintroduced Popeye as a full-time regular in August 1929, eventually enabling the sailor to become the focal point of the strip. [3] Segar initially depicted Popeye as a quarrelling antihero. [2]
Fleischer Studios (/ ˈ f l aɪ ʃ ər /) was an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures, the parent company and the distributor of its films.
2.2 Popeye the Sailor cartoons. 2.3 Looney Tunes. 3 Universal Pictures. Toggle Universal Pictures subsection. 3.1 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. 4 MGM cartoons.
1932 – Flowers and Trees (the first Silly Symphony cartoon in colour and winner of the first Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film), Goofy, Puppetoons, Warner Bros. Cartoons is founded. 1933 – Fanny Zilch, Popeye the Sailor, Father Noah's Ark, Three Little Pigs; 1934 – Color Rhapsody, Donald Duck, Cri-Cri