Popeye Color Specials

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]. The Popeye Color Features or Popeye Color Specials consist of: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, the only Popeye shorts released in Technicolor by Fleischer Studios, also being double.

All Popeye cartoons are one-reel (6 to 10 minutes) and in black and white, except for the three Popeye Color Specials (Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor from 1936, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves from 1937, and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp from 1939), which are two-reels (20 minutes) long and in Technicolor. When Popeye was first introduced into the comic strip _Thimble Theater_ in 1929, he was just a hired hand, a minor character. But just a few years later, he had taken over the comic strip, and beginning in 1933 the Fleischer Studio began turning out Popeye theatrical cartoons to capitalize on its popularity.

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Mr. Coat: A Look Back at the Popeye Color Specials Mr. Coat examines why the Fleischers' entry into two-reel Technicolor cartoons, starring their famous sailor man, were such brilliant pieces of animation.

Popeye the Sailor series All cartoons are one-reel (6 to 10 minutes) and in black-and-white, except for the three Popeye Color Specials (Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor from 1936, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves from 1937, and Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp from 1939), which are two-reels (approx. 20 minutes) long and in Technicolor. One of the most beloved characters ever, see Popeye in three color specials, "Sinbad," "Ali Baba," and "Aladdin." Digitally restored and remastered!

Clips from two Popeye Color Special double-length animated shorts, produced by Max & Dave Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures: "Popeye the Sailor Me.