Popeye, Olive, Bluto and Co.
We know the event, the festival organized by the Cinémathèque québécoise presenting the best of animation film. But the Sommets also host a series of animated events held at the Cinémathèque or elsewhere, and which showcase new releases as well as memorable films from the past, short and feature films, screenings at the indoors and outdoors, film lessons and other events.
To be kept up to date with its annual programming, visit the Sommets website.
Popeye, playing Aladdin, gets help from a genie in a magic lamp to get noticed by the princess charming.
Popeye and Olive participate in a dance contest with some unexpected twists.
Popeye wants to marry Olive, but external challenges quickly make themselves known.
Olive has a water leak problem that is not easy to repair.
Popeye, in search of his father, discovers that his father is a captive on an island.
In his very first screen appearance, Popeye the Sailor, now a movie star, sings, demonstrates his strongman skills and dances the hula with Betty Boop at a carnival.
Popeye and Bluto battle it out in a rodeo competition to see who has the best tamer skills.
Popeye and friends are on a quest to stop a gang of thieves.
Popeye and Bluto, a wanted bandit, enter into a duel.
Popeye and friends find themselves on an unknown island inhabited by a tribe that is not very welcoming to strangers.
Dave Fleischer
Dave Fleischer was an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and composer, best known for his work in animation. Along with his older brother, Max Fleischer, he helped shape the early animation industry, competing directly with Disney Studios in the 1920s through their Fleischer Studios. The brothers co-created iconic characters like KoKo the Clown and adapted popular comic strip figures such as Popeye and Betty Boop into animated films. Dave directed the majority of their productions. The Fleischers were also pioneers in technical innovations, experimenting with clay animation (a precursor to modern stop-motion) and blending live-action with animation, a technique that would later be famously used in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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