Cumulative rating:	(9 ratings submitted)

Synopsis

Hashtag(s)

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Characters

Popeye (Voice: Jack Mercer) Olive Oyl (Voice: Mae Questel) Bluto (Voice: Gus Wickie) Wimpy (Voice: Jack Mercer)

Lerner, Sammy : "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man "

Rothberg, Bob and Sammy Timberg : "I'm Sindbad the Sailor "

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Nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar): Best Animated Short Film

Cartoon Network

MeTV

Tooncast

Distributor(s)

Paramount

Spinach-Packin' Popeye

Big Bad Sinbad

United States

Popeye the Sailor - Volume 1 - 1933-1938

Cartoon Craze - Volume 5 - Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor

15 Winners, 26 Nominees

Cinema Favorites

Popeye: Original Classics from the Fleischer Studio

200 Classic Cartoons

300 Cartoon Classics

United States

Popeye Original Classics In Technicolor

Running Time: 16:31

MPAA No.: 487

Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Cinematographic Format: Spherical

Color Type: Technicolor

Negative Type: 35mm

Original Country: United States

Original Language: English

Print Type: 35mm

Sound Type: Mono: Western Electric Noiseless Recording

Reviews and Comments

From bcToonist2837 :

This cartoon is notable for a few reasons. It is the first color Popeye cartoon, it is one of the three two-reeler Popeye cartoons, it was nominated for an Academy Award, and it featured backgrounds in three-dimensions. (A few Ub Iwerks cartoons made in the '30s also used three-dimensional backgrounds.) In the restored version of this cartoon, you can see how rich the colors are. After the title cards and a clever listing of the cast of characters, we are introduced to Sinbad the Sailor (played by Bluto) and his captive animals and creatures through a catchy introduction song. Once Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Wimpy arrive on Sinbad's island, Sinbad kidnaps Olive Oyl. As Popeye arrives to save the day (yet Wimpy is focused on following a duck he is trying to eat), we are treated to a classic battle between Popeye and his foes. The first two are humorous as he brings back Rokh the Mighty Eagle as a giant cooked bird after both being thrown in the distance and he sees double as he fights Boola, the babbling two-headed giant. The last battle is classic fighting between Popeye and Bluto (or in this case, Sinbad), and the latter is hung on top of a tree like a flag. Not only this cartoon is entertaining as Popeye cartoons usually are, it is an important film for artistic and technical reasons.
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