Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Directed by  |  Dave Fleischer
Produced by  |  Max Fleischer
Adolph Zukor
Starring  |  Jack Mercer
Mae Questel
Gus Wickie
Lou Fleischer
Music by  |  Samuel Lerner
Bob Rothberg
Sammy Timberg
Animation by  |  Willard Bowsky
George Germanetti
Edward Nolan
Lillian Freedman
Charles Addams
Lou Appet
Alden Getz
Jack Kirby
Harry Lampert
Martin Taras
Studio  |  Fleischer Studios
Distributed by  |  Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)  |  November 27, 1936
Running time  |  16:33
Country  |  USA
Language  |  English
Preceded by  |  The Spinach Roadster
Followed by  |  I'm in the Army Now
IMDb profile
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a Popeye the Sailor two-reel theatrical animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and released on November 27, 1936.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Trivia
* 3 Production notes
* 4 External links

## Plot[edit]

## Trivia[edit]

* Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor was the first of three Popeye special extended-length shorts (with a run time of over 16 minutes each) to be produced by Fleischer Studios, as well as the first color Popeye short.
* This short was selected for archival in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
* Special effects artist Ray Harryhausen mentioned in an interview that Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor was a major influence when he created the special effects for the 1958 adventure film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, which he also co-produced.

## Production notes[edit]

* Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is one of a number of Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios/Paramount-produced Popeye the Sailor cartoons in the public domain in the United States.
* This short used a three-dimensional stereoptical process, utilizing modeled sets, to create the 3D backgrounds shown in the cartoon

## External links[edit]

* Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor public domain cartoon at YouTube