Popeye The Sailor - The 1940s, Volume 1 (14 Color Theatrical Shorts)
Contents of the 2018 Warner Archive DVD and Blu-ray.
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- DirectorIzzy SparberJames TyerStarsJack MercerPopeye's nephews happen by just as the glue factory is rejecting a sorry looking horse and decide to take it home. They want to treat it as a house pet, despite the obvious problems; Popeye says no. They try to hide it, including painting a Hitler face on its rear and calling it a painter, but keep making mistakes like feeding it horseradish (great reaction shots). Finally, they hide the horse in the closet; Popeye comes out and says that they'll have to keep it now. We see why when she's sitting at the table with her four new foals.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelGraham PlaceStarsMargie HinesGilbert MackJack MercerPopeye wants to propose to Olive, but can't work up the nerve. His fellow sailor, Shorty, helps him.
- DirectorIzzy SparberJames TyerStarsDave BarryJack MercerPopeye and Bluto sing the title song on their way to Rio riding on the back of a donkey. In Rio, they visit a nightclub, where the featured singer/dancer is, of course, Olive Oyl. Both of the boys instantly fall for her, but she only has eyes for Popeye. Bluto figures he'll get his revenge by claiming the awkward Popeye is a champion samba dancer. He tries to fake it, and to hide from the spotlight, but no luck, until he breaks out the spinach. Bluto tries various other ways to sabotage his dancing, but the spinach-powered Popeye is too fleet of foot for Bluto to do any harm. In a final twirl with Olive, they end up with their clothes swapped.
- DirectorIzzy SparberDave TendlarStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye and Bluto pass by Olive's blacksmith shop and are smitten. Olive needs help, and of course, both of the boys offer, and demonstrate their prowess at blacksmithing.
- DirectorIzzy SparberWillard BowskyDave FleischerStarsBurton GoodmanJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye donates blood, then dashes off to a boxing match with Bluto. He loses. Olive, who heard this on the radio, rejects him as no longer strong enough for her and is preparing to join the army (where Bluto apparently is). Popeye stops her at the door and insists on showing her sequences from two earlier two-reelers to prove his strength, but she's unimpressed. Fortunately, this was all a dream; he awakens in the blood bank and dashes over to see Olive, who reaffirms her love.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelJames TyerStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelBluto builds a Popeye puppet and manipulates it to treat Olive rudely. Then he comes in and takes Olive away. When Popeye discovers the ruse, knocks Bluto out and ties puppet strings to him.
- DirectorIzzy SparberNick TafuriStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelPopeye takes Olive to the zoo, where she's spotted by zookeeper Bluto, who tries various stunts to impress her and/or get rid of Popeye. But Olive walks into the leopard cage, and before Bluto can get into his armored suit to save her, Popeye has eaten his spinach.
- DirectorDan GordonSeymour KneitelIzzy SparberStarsJack MercerArnold StangPopeye and Shorty help Olive move. Unfortunately, they start by running into a police car, and keep running afoul of the officer.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelJames TyerStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelBluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive Oyl. A jealous Popeye becomes a real superhero by eating his spinach.
- DirectorIzzy SparberJoseph OrioloStarsJackson BeckJack MercerPopeye sights land, disembarks from his raft and enters a café. He orders a meal, which the manager is glad to give him as he is a cannibal chef. Before long, Popeye finds in a large pot being cooked for dinner for a cannibal tribe. Popeye thinks this may be harmful to his health...and pops open a can of spinach.
- DirectorIzzy SparberNick TafuriStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelBluto is the ringmaster; Popeye is the star attraction. Bluto covets Popeye's assistant Olive. Popeye sticks his head in a lion's mouth, but Bluto has put a steak on Popeye's head. When he gets out of that, he does his high wire act: carrying a piano, and Olive, blindfolded. Bluto sabotages this with a banana peel and tosses Popeye to the monkey cage, while he has his way with Olive - until Popeye eats his spinach.
- DirectorIzzy SparberJames TyerStarsJackson BeckMae QuestelBluto and Popeye are vacationing on a men's only island, when Olive happens by on a shipwreck raft. They both pretend to ignore her, but woo her behind each other's back.
- DirectorIzzy SparberDave TendlarStarsFloyd BuckleyJackson BeckMae QuestelThe boys see lovely nurse Olive pass by and follow her to her hospital. She throws them out, so they scheme to hurt themselves enough to get hospitalized, with no luck. Bluto gets a wall to fall on him, but stands in the window. Popeye tries to get run over by a steam-roller, but a street cleaner saves him. Bluto dives off a skyscraper - into a huge pile of mattresses. Popeye stands in a naval gunnery range, but the gunners miss the target. Bluto taunts a bull, but stands next to a billboard of an attractive cow, which distracts the bull. Popeye crashes a plane, but the ambulance crew rescues the plane. The boys compete to get run over by a train, but punch each other off the tracks just as the train arrives. Finally, Popeye forces a can of spinach down Bluto's throat and gets a pounding. That lands him in the hospital but not Olive's; they failed to notice the sign: "Cat and Dog Hospital." They start fighting like cats and dogs, and get hauled off to the looney bin.
- DirectorSeymour KneitelGraham PlaceStarsJackson BeckJack MercerMae QuestelOlive Oyl, a regular Rosie the Riveter, receives a blow to the head from a swinging grappling hook, sending her into a sleepwalking state. Popeye and Bluto, two rival factory workers, fight each other for privilege of saving her life.