Popeye the Sailor filmography (Famous Studios)

Short films

1942

• Does not have the "Famous Studios" branding in the opening segment
• No longer shown on American television due to World War II ethnic stereotyping of Japanese people and a scene involving a Japanese Naval Officer committing suicide by eating firecrackers and drinking gasoline
• First cartoon directed by Dan Gordon
• Does not have the "Famous Studios" branding in the opening segment
• The last version of the opening credits sequence from the last Fleischer Studios shorts is used, minus the "A Max Fleischer Cartoon" credit
• First cartoon directed by Isadore Sparber
• Dave Barry voices Bluto, as well as in A Hull of a Mess
• Starting with this cartoon, Bluto was redesigned to appear more muscular compared to his previous appearances
• Final entry of the 1941-42 film season.
• First appearance of the "Famous Studios" branding in the opening segment.
• First appearance of the opening segment with Popeye's head poking out of a porthole and tooting his pipe. The animation in this segment was the basis for the "spinning star" opening credits, lasting from Her Honor the Mare until the final cartoon in 1957, Spooky Swabs.
• First entry of the 1942-43 film season.
• No longer shown on American television due to World War II ethnic stereotyping of Japanese people
• First cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel
• The ending gag is cut from a.a.p. prints due to the involvement of the Paramount logo
• In the public domain in the United States

  1943

• Does not air on American television outside of any scheduled airings on The Popeye Show due to World War II content involving Nazi stereotypes
• First cartoon where Popeye sings his full theme song when he appears since Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
• Final cartoon with "anchor" designed ending.
• An edited-for-TV version is known to exist
• Dave Barry voices Bluto
• No longer shown on American television due to World War II ethnic stereotyping of Nazis and Japanese people
• Dave Barry voices Bluto
• Final black and white cartoon featuring Bluto.
• Some TV versions are edited to remove anti-Japanese dialogue spoken by Popeye's nephews
• Twinkletoes the Carrier Pigeon from the Fleischer Studios film Gulliver's Travels appears.
• A parody of Jack and the Beanstalk
• The ending gag is cut from a.a.p. prints due to the involvement of the Paramount logo. This gag was recreated for airing on The Popeye Show and for the 2008 DVD release
• First cartoon to feature the voice of Gilbert Mack
• Breaks the fourth wall
• The first of three cartoons to feature Popeye's Navy buddy, Shorty
• Except for uncut airings on The Popeye Show, the ending gag is usually cut from TV airings such as TBS and Boomerang in the United States due to its content suggesting murder, though the "murder" scene was in the dark
• All Voices are provided by Jack Mercer
• Margie Hines voices Olive Oyl
• All Other Voices are provided by Jack Mercer
• Final black-and-white cartoon in the Popeye film series
• The booing gag was reused by Popeye in Popeye's Premiere.
• The redrawn print incorrectly uses the "Max Fleischer" title card of Popeye The Sailor Man.
• Final entry of the 1942-43 film season.
• All voices are provided by Jack Mercer
• First regular Popeye the Sailor series entry in Technicolor.
• 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.
• The second appearance of Shorty.
• Final appearance of Margie Hines as the voice of Olive Oyl
• A restored version aired on The Popeye Show
• The last Popeye cartoon to use the Western Electric "Noiseless Recording" sound system

  1944

• First of two cartoons to use special opening credits and introductory music
• The first Popeye cartoon to use the RCA Photophone sound system
• Final appearance of Dave Barry as the voice of Bluto
• The last Popeye cartoon produced at the Fleischer/Famous studio in Miami, Florida. Famous moved to New York City in late 1943.
• A restored version was prepared for The Popeye Show, but the show was cancelled before it could air
• Some TV airings delete Popeye's "sambo dancer" line
• Color remake of the Fleischer Studios short Shoein' Hosses
• The first Popeye cartoon produced after Famous Studios moved back to New York
• First appearance of Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl since 1938's A Date to Skate
• First appearance of Jackson Beck as the voice of Bluto. Beck would be the permanent voice for Bluto until The All-New Popeye Hour in 1978.
• A restored version aired on The Popeye Show
• Compilation film; footage reused from the Fleischer two-reel Popeye Color Specials ''Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor and Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
• A restored version aired on The Popeye Show
• A restored version aired on The Popeye Show
• Final film appearance of Shorty. Here, he is voiced by Arnold Stang rather than Gilbert Mack
• A restored version aired on The Popeye Show
• Final cartoon directed by Dan Gordon
• Semi-remake of the Fleischer short Cops is Always Right
• Although Olive Oyl appears in this cartoon, she doesn't speak at all.
• Final entry of the 1943-44 film season.
• A parody of Superman, who had previously been featured in a Paramount cartoon series of his own; a brief snippet of the theme from the series is heard while Olive Oyl reads a Superman comic book.
• Jackson Beck, who voices Bluto in this cartoon, was the announcer for The Adventures of Superman'' radio program at the time this cartoon was made.
• Original Paramount version restored and distributed by Turner
• First entry of the 1944-45 film season.

  1945

• First appearance of the Paramount mountain with a red color scheme and solid blue sky in the opening
• No longer shown on American television due to Black African native stereotyping
• Second of two cartoons to use special opening credits and introductory music
• A restored version aired on The Popeye Show
• This is the first of the several cartoons where Mercer was unavailable to voice Popeye; however, this is the first and only time that Mae Questel provides Popeye's voice.
• Original Paramount version restored and distributed by Turner
• Despite the fact that Popeye and Bluto are wearing blue pants, it's possible that their Navy sailor suits are blue.
• First time that Floyd Buckley provides Popeye's voice since 1935's Be Kind to "Aminals".
• A color remake of the Fleischer Studios short Hospitaliky
• The last time Jack Mercer voices Popeye until 1946's Rocket to Mars
• An early appearance of the newly-designed Olive Oyl.
• Final Popeye cartoon produced and released during World War II.
• Final entry of the 1944-45 film season.

  1946

• First Popeye short to have a separate opening title card for the "A Famous Studios Production" credit
• Floyd Buckley voices Popeye
• Color remake of the Max Fleischer short The House Builder-Upper
• First entry of the 1945-46 film season.
• Floyd Buckley voices Popeye
• The newly-designed Olive Oyl appears in the opening credits; however, she retains her old style in the cartoon.
• First cartoon directed by Bill Tytla
• Second of four cartoons where Popeye's sailor outfit is blue
• First time that Harry Foster Welch voices Popeye
• The first Popeye cartoon produced in Cinecolor
• Original titles were retained in a.a.p. TV syndication print
• Final short in which Floyd Buckley voices Popeye
• Semi-remake of the Fleischer shorts Dizzy Divers and Stealin' Ain't Honest
• Bluto reverts to his Fleischer-era character design for this cartoon only
• Produced in Cinecolor
• Jack Mercer and Harry Foster Welch both voice Popeye
• Some TV versions are edited to remove a Japanese stereotype
• Original Paramount version restored and distributed by Turner. However, syndicated TV airings on Boomerang have an editing error on the opening titles.
• Early appearance of the newly-designed Olive Oyl
• Harry Foster Welch voices Popeye
• Harry Foster Welch voices Popeye
• First regular appearance of the newly-designed Olive Oyl
• Some TV versions are edited to remove a Black stereotype
• Harry Foster Welch voices Popeye
• An edited-for-TV version is known to exist
• Although uncredited, Jim Tyer worked on this short
• No longer shown on American television due to Black African native stereotyping
• Final entry of the 1945-46 film season.