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Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre. [6] The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was a main character for a decade before Popeye's 1929 appearance.
Popeye's theme song, titled "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", composed by Sammy Lerner in 1933 for Fleischer's first Popeye the Sailor cartoon, [70] has become forever associated with the sailor. " The Sailor's Hornpipe " has often been used as an introduction to Popeye's theme song.
Winfield Bennett Mercer [1] (January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984), known professionally as Jack Mercer, was an American voice actor.He is best known as the voice of cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor Man and Felix the Cat.
Mae Questel was recast as Swee'Pea in the (1960s) Popeye shorts. Marilyn Schreffler replaced Mae Questel as the voice of Swee'Pea in the 1970s and 80s, Corinne Orr also did the role as Swee'Pea in Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter (1972). Swee'Pea was also voiced by Tabitha St. Germain in Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004).
Popeye follows, still in control. There is a hump and a fork in the road of which Olive & Popeye take opposite paths, reuniting in a crash at the end: Olive is flung into the air and lands in her beau's mighty hands. She wants to go skating again, singing, "My heart's palpitatin' whenever I'm skatin' with Popeye the Sailor Man!"
Popeye the Sailor is an American animated series of short films based on the Popeye comic strip character created by E. C. Segar.In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios, based in New York City, adapted Segar's characters into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. [1]
Popeye is coasting back to the big screen. The iconic sailor man and spinach chugger, who first appeared in comic strips in the late 1920s, will be the subject of a new live-action feature film ...
Popeye is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman and produced by Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions. It is based on E. C. Segar's Popeye comics character. The script was written by Jules Feiffer, and stars Robin Williams [3] as Popeye the Sailor Man and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. Its story follows Popeye's ...