Popeye: Original Classics in Technicolor (Blu-ray)
Popeye: Original Classics in Technicolor (Blu-ray)
*This is NOT a comic! But it is cartoon history!
By Max Fleischer. Published by Thunderbean Animation.
Blu-ray disc, 1936-1960
This special Blu-ray collection features a ‘pop in’ to Popeye’s career in animated films! Featured are classic shorts from the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studio, plus “Barbecue for Two” the original pilot for the first Television series. This set features new HD scans from original 35mm and 16mm prints, including a rare 1930s Technicolor print of “Popeye Meets Sindbad’. Best of all, this set is chock full of bonus features, including a new HD restoration of the 1939 Popular Science short featuring the making of a Fleischer Popeye cartoon, still galleries and rare interviews.
Cartoons on this collection:
Little Sweet Pea (1936)
Popeye Meets Sindbad (1936)
I Never Changes Me Altitude (1937)
Popeye Meets Ali Baba (1937)
The Paneless Window Washer (1937)
A Date to Skate (1938)
Me Musical Nephews (1943)
Taxi Turvy (1954)
Insect to Injury (1956)
Popeye For President (1956)
A Haul in One (1956)
Nearlyweds (1957)
Barbecue for Two (1960)
Bonus Features include:
*Rare interviews with Animators Gordon Sheehan and Dave Tendlar, Voice actors Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck and Mae Questel and more
*Still Galleries of Animation Production Art, Posters, Behind the Scenes and Publicity Materials.
*Original Popular Science Short featuring the making of a Popeye Cartoon, newly restored in HD.
* Commercials featuring Popeye, including Start, Soaky Toys, and Mattel Popeye Guitar
* A Visit to Chester, Ill.. home of Popeye
and more!