Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor | |
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Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
Story by | Joe Stultz (uncredited) Bill Turner (uncredited) Jack Ward (uncredited) Izzy Sparber (uncredited) |
Based on | Sinbad the Sailor |
Produced by | Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Jack Mercer Mae Questel Gus Wickie Lou Fleischer[1] Bradley Barker[2] |
Music by | Sammy Timberg Bob Rothberg Sammy Lerner |
Animation by | Willard Bowsky Lillian Friedman George Germanetti Edward Nolan Orestes Calpini |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 16:33 (two reels) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a 1936 two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 27, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.[3] It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios and directed by Dave Fleischer, with the title song's music composed by Sammy Timberg and lyrics written by Bob Rothberg. The voice cast includes Jack Mercer as Popeye, Gus Wickie as Sindbad the Sailor, Mae Questel as Olive Oyl and Lou Fleischer as J. Wellington Wimpy.[1]
In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".