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Popeye the Sailor

1933 American film
Movie animated_short_film Q7229296
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Popeye the Sailor

Summary

Popeye the Sailor is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of animated_short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (220 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Popeye the Sailor's instance of is recorded as animated short film[3].
  • Popeye the Sailor was directed by Dave Fleischer[4].
  • Popeye the Sailor's composer is recorded as Sammy Timberg[5].
  • Popeye the Sailor's composer is recorded as Sammy Lerner[6].
  • Popeye the Sailor's genre is crossover fiction[7].
  • Popeye the Sailor's genre is musical film[8].
  • Popeye the Sailor's based on is recorded as Popeye[9].
  • Popeye the Sailor was produced by Max Fleischer[10].
  • Popeye the Sailor was produced by Adolph Zukor[11].
  • Popeye the Sailor's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[12].
  • Popeye the Sailor's production company is recorded as Fleischer Studios[13].
  • The original language of Popeye the Sailor was English[14].
  • Popeye the Sailor's color is recorded as black-and-white[15].
  • Popeye the Sailor's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • Popeye the Sailor was released on July 14, 1933[17].
  • Popeye the Sailor's characters is recorded as Popeye[18].
  • Popeye the Sailor's characters is recorded as Betty Boop[19].
  • Popeye the Sailor's characters is recorded as Bluto[20].
  • Popeye the Sailor's characters is recorded as Olive Oyl[21].
  • Popeye the Sailor's voice actor is recorded as Bonnie Poe[22].
  • Popeye the Sailor's voice actor is recorded as Gus Wicke[23].
  • Popeye the Sailor's voice actor is recorded as William "Billy" Costello[24].
  • Popeye the Sailor's distributed by is recorded as Paramount Pictures[25].
  • Popeye the Sailor's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Popeye the Sailor'}[26].
  • Popeye the Sailor's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+7'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Max Fleischer[10] and Adolph Zukor[11]. Popeye the Sailor was directed by Dave Fleischer[4].

Publication

Popeye the Sailor was released on July 14, 1933[17]. The original language of it was English[14]. Genres include crossover fiction[7] and musical film[8].

Why It Matters

Popeye the Sailor ranks in the top 8% of animated_short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (220 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Adolph Zukor Max Fleischer Museum of Modern Art United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Einar Myre · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Manufacturer → Q651910
    Part of the series → Q1138541
    Copyright status → Q19652
    Director → Dave Fleischer
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q138772381 */"
  2. 7w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Distributed by → Paramount Pictures
    Country of origin → United States
    Collection → Museum of Modern Art
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8600]]: 6496"
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