Sinbad the Sailor (1935 film)

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1935 American film

Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor theatrical poster

Directed by| Ub Iwerks (uncredited)
Produced by| Ub Iwerks
Music by| Carl W. Stalling

Production
companies

The Ub Iwerks Studio

Distributed by| Celebrity Pictures

Release date

* July 30, 1935 (1935-07-30) (U.S.)

Running time

| 7:30
Country| United States
Language| English
Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor is a 1935 animated short film produced and directed by Ub Iwerks.

## Synopsis

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The cartoon begins with the legendary Sinbad the Sailor overlooking the seas with his faithful parrot from atop the crow's nest of a merchant ship. Suddenly, he spots a group of nefarious pirates and their captain singing a shanty. He rallies his crew for retreat, but the pirates discover them and plan to steal their treasure. First they shoot their cannons at them, but Sinbad bats their cannonballs back and destroys them. Then their captain catches their ship with an anchor and the two crews engage each other in battle while their captains and their parrots duel it out. The pirate captain finds himself outnumbered, but then he uses a cannonball as a bowling ball to defeat Sinbad's crew. The sailor is tied up and forced to walk the plank into the ocean.

Luckily, Sinbad's parrot saves him before he drowns and he manages to swim ashore to a deserted island, where he hallucinates dancing hula girls. He then finds the same pirates planning to bury the treasure on the island and tricks them into fighting each other by throwing coconuts at their heads from atop a tree, but is then thrown off by an angry ape and discovered. The pirates tie him to a tree and begin tormenting him until realizing that the tree was actually the leg of a giant, fire-breathing roc, who overpowers the pirates. The captain retaliates by throwing the treasure chest at it, but the roc catches it in its beak and flies away with Sinbad still attached. Sinbad's parrot unties him and forces the roc to drop the treasure by destroying its tail-feathers. Sinbad activates a parachute in his hat and lands safely on his own ship with the treasure. He and his parrot then enjoy their victory with cigars until they realize they were the kind that explode.

## See also

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* ComiColor Cartoons

## Preservation

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Sinbad the Sailor was preserved and restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The restoration premiered at the UCLA Festival of Preservation in 2022. Restoration funding was provided by ASIFA-Hollywood.

## References

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## External links

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* The short film Sinbad the Sailor is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
* Sinbad the Sailor at IMDb
* Sinbad the Sailor at the TCM Movie Database

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Sinbad the Sailor

One Thousand and One Nights

Films|

* Sinbad the Sailor (1935)
* Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
* Arabian Nights (1942)
* Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
* Son of Sinbad (1955)
* The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
* Sindbad ki Beti (1958)
* Captain Sindbad (1963)
* Sindbad Alibaba and Aladdin (1965)
* The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
* Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor (1974)
* Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
* Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
* Sinbad (1992)
* Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)
* Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
* The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010)
* Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011)
* The Adventures of Sinbad (2013)
* Sinbad (film series) (2015–2016)

Plays|

* The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad (1964)

Television series|

* Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt (1965)
* Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (1975)
* Alif Laila (1993–1997)
* The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996)
* The Adventures of Sinbad (1996)
* Princess Dollie Aur Uska Magic Bag (2004–2006)
* Sinbad (2012)
* Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (2012-2013)
* Magi: The Kingdom of Magic (2013-2014)
* Janbaaz Sindbad (2015–2016)
* Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (2016)

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Films directed by Ub Iwerks

Films|

* Empty Socks (1927)
* Sleigh Bells (1928)
* Steamboat Willie (1928)
* Africa Before Dark (1928)
* Oh What a Knight (1928)
* The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)
* The Barnyard Battle (1929)
* Hell's Bells (1929)
* The Karnival Kid (1929)
* Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929)
* Mickey's Follies (1929)
* The Opry House (1929)
* Plane Crazy (1929)
* Arctic Antics (1930)
* Autumn (1930)
* Fiddlesticks (1930)
* Summer (1930)
* Techno-Cracked (1933)
* Balloon Land (1935)
* Little Black Sambo (1935)
* Sinbad the Sailor (1935)
* Porky and Gabby (1937)
* Porky's Super Service (1937)
* The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
* Stop That Tank! (1942)

See also|

* Flip the Frog
* Willie Whopper
* ComiColor Cartoons

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