filmlover Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I was just reading that Warner Home Video plans to release previously unavailable classic Popeye shorts on DVD in 2007. They've cleared rights to release 231 shorts released theatrically by Paramount between 1933 and 1957, as well as 220 made-for-TV cartoons, and 65 episodes of The Continuing Adventures of Popeye produced from 1978 to 1981 and 26 Popeye & Son shorts produced in 1987. The theatrical library consists of 120 black and white shorts and 111 Technicolor ones. Warners has already started preservation and restoraion work on the titles. Apparently, this is the first time that Popeye has received a legit video release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerb Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Yes, there was a complete press release for the Popeye cartoons on www.tvshowsondvd.com a couple of weeks back. I believe they will be releasing them in sets. I hope so because the Fleischer Popeye's are all I would really be interested in. But either way, I'm not complaining. Also, the article stated that they would include remastered prints of all the public domain Popeye's. Thank goodness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBurley Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 There were how many Popeye cartoons? Didn't they all seem somewhat alike? Don't get me wrong; I'm delighted to see they're being restored. But they could probably repeat the same one over again and we wouldn't know the difference. Or maybe my memory of Popeye is fading. I'll go eat some spinach now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 "...they could probably repeat the same one over again and we wouldn't know the difference." Oh, Jack, how can you be so wrong? Oh, sure, there were some that dealt with Popeye and Bluto/Brutus fighting over Olive Oyl, but there were so many, many more that dealt with more important storylines...such as Bluto trying to steal Olive from Popeye. But, seriously, there are some I would like to see again. There was one where Popeye and Bluto go to Rio that I liked. And, of course the early ones which had the Jeep, the Sea Hag, and others. And I hope they restore the 3D quality like animation of the first couple like Sinbad the Sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlofffan Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Who here thinks that Olive Oyl's voice was a parody of Zasu Pitts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerb Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Most definitely. I've read that somewhere before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarboManiac Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I do! I do! Not sure if it really was, but it sounded that way! I am only interested in Fleischer cartoons as well. The Popeyes, and Betty Boops, and Superman, etc. They were the best, so thirties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GarboManiac Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Eugene Pallette? Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastooge Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 > But who was Popeye's Voice? William Costello until 1935, and then Jack Mercer took over. http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=5837 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CineSage_jr Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a copy of the DVDs to-day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 > Who here thinks that Olive Oyl's voice was a parody > of Zasu Pitts? All these years I thought it was! But who was Popeye's Voice?>> Always reminds me of Eugene Pallette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerb Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Let's also hope that Popeye's very first screen appearance is included with this set as it is actually a Betty Boop cartoon titled "Popeye the Sailor" (1933). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerb Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Also, for all of you Looney Tunes fans, Volume 4 of the Golden Collection series will be released in November, which means 60 more animated classics. They haven't posted a definite list of the cartoons included in this set yet, but there is a trailer floating around. So there will soon be a total of about 240 Warners' greats with an official, uncut, remastered release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 I heard about vol. 4 and am looking forward to it. I know they won't, but I hope they will someday release the controversial cartoons from the WWII era and before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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