critiQs

Login Sign-up
The Spinach Overture

The Spinach Overture

#
Animation   Comedy   Music
📜 Overview: Popeye's ensemble is rehearsing the opening of the Poet and Peasant Overture (with interpolations of the Popeye theme and "I've Been Working on the Railroad"). Maestro Bluto drops in from next door to conduct and play violin and show Popeye up. Popeye plays horribly until he unlocks the previously unexplored artistic benefits of spinach.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1935-12-07
⌚ Running Time: 8 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Jack Mercer original image
Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer
Mae Questel original image
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel
Gus Wicke original image
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Gus Wicke

Similar Movies

6.5
Movie Name : Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Release Date : 🕔 1936-11-27
Average Rating: 6.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with …

7.8
Movie Name : Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Release Date : 🕔 1937-11-26
Average Rating: 7.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his …

6.8
Movie Name : Wild Elephinks
Release Date : 🕔 1933-12-29
Average Rating: 6.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas …

6.8
Movie Name : Seasin's Greetinks!
Release Date : 🕔 1933-12-17
Average Rating: 6.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he's teaching …

4.0
Movie Name : Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter
Release Date : 🕔 1972-10-07
Average Rating: 4.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye, Olive Oyl and all other King Features comic strip characters are invited on a cruise hosted by Professor Grimsby, …

7.2
Movie Name : I Eats My Spinach
Release Date : 🕔 1933-11-17
Average Rating: 7.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye and Olive Oyl visit a rodeo.

6.9
Movie Name : Goonland
Release Date : 🕔 1938-10-21
Average Rating: 6.9
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye sails to Goon Island in search of his Pappy. He finds the place populated by the imposing, but ugly, …

4.5
Movie Name : Assault and Flattery
Release Date : 🕔 1956-07-06
Average Rating: 4.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : In Judge Wimpy's courtroom, Bluto accuses Popeye of assault and battery; he claims to have been attacked by him on …

5.429
Movie Name : A Haul in One
Release Date : 🕔 1956-12-14
Average Rating: 5.429
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye and Bluto are, believe it or not, pals and partners in a moving company. (Maybe it's because Popeye isn't …

6.7
Movie Name : Sock-a-Bye, Baby
Release Date : 🕔 1934-01-18
Average Rating: 6.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : When Popeye takes the baby for a walk in the stroller, the little one won't be quiet unless he's sleeping. …

5.2
Movie Name : Let's You and Him Fight
Release Date : 🕔 1934-02-15
Average Rating: 5.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Bluto is the boxing champ, Popeye his challenger, Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with …

6.7
Movie Name : Axe Me Another
Release Date : 🕔 1934-08-29
Average Rating: 6.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Pierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues …

5.0
Movie Name : Floor Flusher
Release Date : 🕔 1954-01-01
Average Rating: 5.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto gets …

5.7
Movie Name : I Yam Love Sick
Release Date : 🕔 1938-05-29
Average Rating: 5.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Olive is reading a romance novel and munching on a gift box of candy from Bluto when Popeye drops by. …

6.5
Movie Name : The Paneless Window Washer
Release Date : 🕔 1937-01-22
Average Rating: 6.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Bluto dirties all of an office building's windows himself, to drum up business for his window cleaning service. When he …

5.8
Movie Name : I'm in the Army Now
Release Date : 🕔 1936-12-25
Average Rating: 5.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Olive tells Popeye and Bluto that she loves a man in a uniform, so they try to sign up at …

6.5
Movie Name : I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
Release Date : 🕔 1936-04-03
Average Rating: 6.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye takes Olive mountain climbing. Bluto sets various traps for them along the way.

6.2
Movie Name : Hold the Wire
Release Date : 🕔 1936-10-23
Average Rating: 6.2
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Popeye is wooing Olive on the phone when Bluto comes over. He overhears, taps into the line, and impersonates Popeye. …

Comments (0)