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| Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves | |
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| Directed by | Dave Fleischer[1] Willard Bowsky (animation - uncredited) |
| Story by | Dan Gordon (story) Bill Turner (uncredited) Jack Ward (story) (uncredited) Izzy Sparber (uncredited) Seymour Kneitel (uncredited) |
| Based on | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer[1] Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Jack Mercer Mae Questel Gus Wickie Lou Fleischer[1] |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg Sammy Lerner Tot Seymour (Abu Hassan lyricist) Vee Lawnhurst (Abu Hassan composer)[2] |
| Animation by | Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Orestes Calpini[1] George Sheehan (additional - uncredited) Lillian Friedman (additional - uncredited) |
| Layouts by | Robert Little |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Little[1] |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 17:15 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Specials series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 26, 1937 by Paramount Pictures.[3] It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer. Willard Bowsky was head animator, with musical supervision by Sammy Timberg. The voice of Popeye is performed by Jack Mercer, with additional voices by Mae Questel as Olive Oyl, Lou Fleischer as J. Wellington Wimpy and Gus Wickie as Abu Hassan.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
- ^ "About Fleischer Studios".
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.