Jackson Beck

Jackson Beck

Birth : 1912-07-23, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 2004-07-28

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jackson Beck was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical shorts.

Profile

Jackson Beck

Movies

3-D Rarities
King Luna/Moon People (archive footage)
Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilarious standup routine by Slick Slavin; trailer for The Maze, with fantastic production design by William Cameron Menzies; Doom Town, a controversial anti-atomic testing film mysteriously pulled from release; puppet cartoon The Adventures of Sam Space, presented in widescreen; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; Boo Moon, an excellent example of color stereoscopic animation…and more!
Popeye 75th Anniversary Collection
Brutus / Bluto (Voice)
In honor of the squint-eyed seaman's 75th anniversary, this three DVD set is a no-frills packaging of Popeye the Sailor's color King Features cartoons of the sixties.
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Narrator (voice)
G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.
Radio Days
Radio Voice (voice)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Power
The Voice (voice)
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
Narrator (voice)
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro Toys and Marvel Comics property. Using a laser core stolen from G.I.Joe, Cobra activates the Weather Dominator, an incredible weapon which controls the forces of Nature itself, Cobra Commander targets Washington for destruction, but the Joe team repels the attack and the Weather Dominator explodes into three parts setting off a chain reaction of natural disasters around the world. Can G.I.Joe recover the Weather Dominator in time to beat Cobra and save the world. It aired in 1984 and most of the 1984 and even some 1985 products are given plenty of screen time. Like the first miniseries, A Real American Hero, The Revenge of Cobra was written by Ron Friedman who created the series for television, and wrote all four miniseries.
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Announcer (voice)
A Real American Hero is the first G.I. Joe miniseries, in it the G.I. Joe Special Missions Force must contend with COBRA who, after the successful theft of a special broadcast satellite now threaten the world with a teleportation machine called the M.A.S.S. Device. G.I. Joe tracks down the original designer who advises that the only way to counter the weapon is to build a M.A.S.S. Device of their own. However to power the device properly three rare catalytic elements are needed. Now it's a race around the world and against the clock as G.I. Joe and COBRA go M.A.S.S. to M.A.S.S.
The Camps of Death
Narrator (segment "Death: A Nazi War Criminal Pays for His Crime") (voice) (archive footage)
Human torture. Factories of death. War atrocities. The crimes that haunt the pagse of history are chronicled in the piercing documentary Camps of Death. Following Hitler's murderous career, the film traces his rise to power, his ultimate demise, and the subsequent nuremberg trials that publicized the horrors of Hitler's regime. Concentration camp footage combines with chilling POW interviews to graphically create the nazi nightmare that few could hope to survive. A powerful look at the third reich adn the horrifying fate of its enemies.
Cry Uncle!
Narrator (voice)
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
Take the Money and Run
The Narrator
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
Dialogue Coach
Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a beautiful girl (Patricia Harty) from a fire, he fancies himself to be in love with her, leaving his wife and seeking help, in the process, from a nutty Psychiatrist (Hermione Gingold).
Trouble Date
Military Doctor
Creepers tries to get Jeepers to get the courage to ask for a date with a bathing beauty that Jeepers knew as a "puppy." Jeepers helps Creepers look for his old girlfriend.
The Boss Is Always Right
Boss
Wise guy Jeepers tries to "help" pal Creepers get a raise from his boss.
Jeep Tale
Brutus
Popeye tells Swee'Pea the story of how Eugene the Jeep got his special powers. He tells a fairy tale about a mama jeep and her four children- three good girls and a mischievous boy named Jeepers. One day, they go to eat spinach in the good farmer's garden. Jeepers goes into the bad farmer's garden and eats weeds. The farmer catches Jeepers and locks him up, but mama rescues him that night. The next day, the bad farmer tries to chop down the jeep tree, but mama jeep foils him completely. Afterward, the good farmer invites them over for more spinach.
Popeye's Pizza Palace
Brutus (voice)
Popeye runs a pizza restaurant. Wimpy wants to pay him Tuesday for some hamburger pizzas, but Popeye says "No money, no pizzas! Cash on the line!" Wimpy would pay Brutus Tuesday if he gave him money for pizzas, but Popeye yells "No money, no pizzas!" Brutus tells Popeye to fix Wimpy some pizzas. Popeye makes a pizza making machine, and asks Brutus what kind of pizzas he wants. Brutus wants a tamale pizza, but Popeye says he never serves tamale pizzas. Brutus then rolls Popeye into some pizza dough, but Popeye eats some spinach pizza and turns Brutus into a pizza-bread man, then kicks him out. Popeye sees Wimpy eating pizza, and has him pay for it.
Popeye and the Giant
Brutus (voice)
Popeye is walking across the street, while Wimpy is practicing his hamburger-mooching talk. Brutus notices him and puts growth pills on a hamburger. Wimpy then eats it, and it causes him to grow very big. Brutus takes the towering moocher to the circus, but they refuse to hire him. Wimpy seeks help from the Sea Hag, who puts him in a baby carriage. Popeye sees his friend's large size and tries to shrink him down by feeding him spinach, but it only makes him grow bigger. He gives Wimpy a hamburger, which turns him back to normal. Wimpy thanks Popeye and promises to pay him Tuesday for today's hamburger.
Matinee Idol Popeye
Brutus (Voice)
Brutus is an egotistical French director making a film about Antony and Cleopatra, starring Popeye and Olive Oyl. But Popeye may not survive the production.
Out of This Whirl
TV Announcer (voice)
A young boy, obsessed with rockets and space, goes outside to play.
Fit to Be Toyed
J.G. (voice) (uncredited)
Jonathan P. Grisley, the president of a toy company, is sent to a psychiatrist to find out why he plays with toys. He goes back to childhood and thinks that he's got "toy phobia".
Right Off the Bat
Announcer
A baseball team in desperate need for a star player drafts a horse.
Stork Raving Mad
Audience Member
A far-fetched tale about a baby who doesn't want to be delivered and a stork who goes a little goofy in the process. The stork has a rush delivery, but the baby isn't ready to settle down yet.
Travelaffs
Pig Businessman
A compilation of spot gags about tourists from earlier cartoons.
Chew Chew Baby
Harry (voice)
A cannibal wreaks havoc in Cincinnati.
Jumping with Toy
Fox (voice)
A hungry fox disguises himself as Santa Claus, and arms himself with deadly gifts, hoping to make a duck dinner out of Baby Huey.
Spree Lunch
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business. The competition escalates, until finally they are throwing things at each other; Wimpy stands between them and snags a complete meal from the stream of objects passing overhead. Another spinach-free Popeye.
The Crystal Brawl
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Bluto muscles out Popeye to take Olive to the fair. Popeye rushes ahead and poses as a fortune teller, luring Olive in. He shows Olive her future (actually, her past) in the crystal ball.
Nearlyweds
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto both plan to marry Olive Oyl, but Popeye proposes first. When Olive says, "Yes!" to Popeye, Bluto sets out to make Popeye look bad, break up the wedding, and win Olive over.
A Haul in One
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto are, believe it or not, pals and partners in a moving company. (Maybe it's because Popeye isn't squinting here.) Anyhow, Olive has made the mistake of hiring them. She hasn't finished packing yet, so the boys, smitten as soon as she answers the door, compete to help her. Once packed, they compete to move more impressive piles of her belongings. Popeye easily wins these contests, even though Bluto locks him in the van at one point. At the end, Bluto socks Popeye into the piano, then into a table; though he hardly seems to need it, Popeye still eats his spinach, then thrashes Bluto.
I Don't Scare
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Bluto sabotages Popeye's date with the superstitious Olive Oyl on Friday the 13th.
Parlez Vous Woo
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Olive is so captived by "The International", a radio personality with a French accent, that she'd rather stay home than go out on a date with Popeye. Bluto, overhearing this, comes to the door as the character.
Assault and Flattery
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Bluto is accusing Popeye in judge Wimpy's courtroom. Bluto tells a sad tale of how Popeye attacked him without provocation, but Popeye tells his side, in detail
Out to Punch
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's training for his boxing match with Bluto by jumping rope with a massive chain. Bluto, who's lazy about everything except sabotage, decides he needs to stop Popeye.
Popeye for President
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto are running for president; it's election day, the vote is tied, and Olive is the only remaining voter. But she won't vote until her chores are done, so Popeye and Bluto compete to cut her wood, plow her fields, and store her hay. And then it's just an old-fashioned fight.
Red White and Boo
Through the use of a Time Machine, Casper the Friendly Ghost gets transported back in time, In the stone-age, Casper frightens cave-men and women. Robert Fulton's steamboat makes a successful first trip when Casper's ghostly form frightens it into action. Casper assists Paul Revere on his famous ride when Revere's horse, frightened by Casper, ceases to balk and breaks into a gallop. George Washington, crossing the Delaware River, is sped up by Casper's appearance, and Casper becomes a hero by besting the British Redcoats.
Gift of Gag
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's nephews try to sneak a birthday present for their Uncle Popeye into his house.
Beaus Will Be Beaus
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto both show up to take Olive to the beach. Olive agrees, but only on the condition they promise to stop fighting...
A Bicep Built for Two
Herman / Big Muscular Cat
From Press Kit: Katnip's serenading of a girl cat is interrupted by a tough cat that runs him off and takes over.The love-lorn Katnip is determined to best the muscle-bound cat and enlists the aid of Herman. Herman, with bad-intentions, puts Katnip through a muscle-building course which consists of weight-lifting, bar-chinning and equipment rigged with high explosives.
Git Along Lil' Duckie
Fox
The over-sized Baby Huey wants to join the little ducks in their cowboy game but they don't want him. A fox comes along and the ducklings flee and leave Huey to fight the enemy. The fox uses an exploding-cigar, a shotgun and dynamite against him but Huey is too tough and the fox winds up being the pursued.
Cookin' with Gags
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
The boys are taking Olive on a picnic. It's April 1, and Bluto plays a series of "jokes" on Popeye.
Fright to the Finish
Bluto (voice)
Olive is reading ghost stories to the boys. Popeye scoffs; Bluto decides to take advantage of this by staging various pranks (a headless man, an animated skeleton, and a sheet-over-balloon ghost). He pins the blame on Popeye and then goes to comfort Olive. Popeye retaliates by turning invisible, thanks to a jar of vanishing cream.
Greek Mirthology
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye is trying to get his nephews to eat their spinach, so he tells them about how Hercules (Popeye) defeated a bully (Bluto).
Candy Cabaret
Butterscotch / Sourball (voice)
Set in a nightclub in Sugarland---not the one in Texas---the bon-bons, lollipops, taffy and other sweet-and-sticky citizens perform in a musical show. The grand finale features the Sugar Lump Orchestra playing "Ain't She Sweet" while the bouncing-ball leads the theatre audience in a sing-along.
Taxi-Turvy
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto are taxi drivers; they are, of course, competing for fares - and Olive, in particular.
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye is being honored for his 20 years of films, in a dinner hosted by 'Bob Hope' (several other celebrities are present, like Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, 'Jerry Lewis' and 'Dean Martin').
The Seapreme Court
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Little Audrey, while fishing, falls to the bottom of the sea, where she encounters all types of sea-life and then is arrested by the local fish-constable. She is tried by a jury of sardines who find her guilty, and she is sentenced to the 'eelectric chair." She makes an escape attempt, and wakes up to find it has all been a dream. She has a nibble on her fishing line and reels in a small fish, which she quickly returns to the water.
Boo Moon
King Luna/Moon People
Casper the Friendly Ghost comes to the aid of King Luna and his people after being attacked by invading Tree Men. On the 3D Bluray 3-D Rarities Volume 1, this appears as an extra in 3D.
Floor Flusher
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto gets jealous, so he starts rerouting Olive's plumbing and causing all sorts of leaks.
Huey's Ducky Daddy
Gilbert
Hubert Duck is forced by his wife to take his son, Baby Huey, on his fishing trip. Huey causes all kinds of trouble and ends up catching a whale.
Firemen's Brawl
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto are manning a fire station when the alarm comes in: it's Olive's house.
Toreadorable
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive are at a bullfight selling snacks. When toreador Bluto throws the bull, Olive falls for him.
Better Bait Than Never
Buzzy
Katnip is trying to catch a really big fish, but is having no success.
Starting from Hatch
Fox
The birth of Baby Huey! The headlines in "Barnyard Eggstra" read: "Duck Lays Huge Egg. Mother Eggcited. Egg To Be Named Huey." A fox steals the giant egg and escapes with it. When he uses a hammer to crack the egg, Baby Huey is hatched. The fox tries to cook the king-size duckling. Huey mistakes the fox for his mommy and thinks that he's just trying to give him a bath. He chases the fox, thinking that the fox is his mother and trying to escape him. In tears, his mother shows up with a milk bottle. Baby Huey is overjoyed: "I'm the luckiest duck in the world, I've got two mothers."
Child Sockology
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Olive invites the boys over for dinner. They play briefly with Swee'pea, but when the inevitable fight starts, they ignore him and he wanders off to a construction site. The boys alternate between fighting each other and rescuing the tot, with Bluto concentrating on fighting and Popeye on saving.
Ancient Fistory
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella story, with a car created from a can of spinach.
Philharmaniacs
Conductor Lion
Singalong about an all-animal orchestra, spoofing the musicians and various instruments of the orchestra.
Big Bad Sindbad
Sindbad (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye's nephews are touring a museum of nautical history (only three of them, for some reason). They come to a statue of Sindbad, the world's greatest sailor, and ask Popeye to explain, since *he* is supposed to be the world's greatest sailor. He explains by telling the story of the time he met Sindbad, as seen in part of the earlier short Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936). Inspired by his tale, the nephews adjust the statue.
Dizzy Dinosaurs
Narrator / Caveman
The cavemen go to the Paramountain Theater.
Swimmer Take All
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto are in a swimming race across the English Channel. As usual, Bluto has a million ways to cheat, and Popeye overcomes all of them to win. Some of the bits: Popeye's suit is connected to a fish hook; the fish unravels it and Popeye knits it back together. Bluto is on a raft and blows sneezing powder at Popeye. Bluto attaches a magnet to Popeye which attracts a mine (which ends up blowing Popeye much closer to the line). Bluto dumps a load of cement on Popeye.
Gag And Baggage
Narrator / Desparado / Train Announcer / Pig / Bear
Singalong with spot gags about the history of the railroad.
Scout Fellow
Fox
Baby Huey dreams of becoming a Cub Scout, but the patrol out on a camping trip considers him to be too big and stupid to join. When a wolf shows up all the other ducks run away but Huey mistakes him for the scout master, and asks for his help. The wolf gives him several tasks to perform, all designed with Huey ending up on the wolf's dinner table, but dumb Huey turns the situations and the wolf is rendered harmless. The scouts make Huey an honorary member, and the battered wolf is used as a patrol flag.
Casper Comes to Clown
Ringmaster (voice) (uncredited)
Casper befriends a bear cub with a natural talent for juggling. Soon the cub is in the circus, but a gorilla proves to be much scarier than any ghost.
Party Smarty
Fox
In this outing, Huey goes to a birthday party, causes his usual havoc and the baby ducks blindfold Huey and send him away playing pin the tail on the donkey.
Boo Scout
Scout Leader (voice)
Casper the Friendly Ghost befriends a Boy Scout.
Alpine for You
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye is climbing the Alps, and Olive is being hauled up behind him on a rope, taking pictures. Mountain guide Bluto spots them through binoculars, and goes crazy over Olive. He immediately intercepts them and tries to convince them they need a professional guide. Popeye resists, so Bluto uses a number of tricks: cutting the rope, burning a bridge they are crossing, using a magnet to break Popeye's climbing pick. Olive finally has had enough, and goes off with Bluto, who promptly gets her alone in a dark cave. Her screams bring Popeye, whose battle with Bluto carves a Mount Rushmore replica in a mountain-top. Bluto knocks Popeye into a snowbank, where a Saint Bernard dog revives him with spinach (after consulting a handy Popeye comic book). Popeye bashes Bluto into a mountain, forming a Paramount logo.
Land Of Lost Watches
Red Lantern / King Findall / Doctor
Little Billy and Isabel catch Red Lantern, the Magic Fish. He takes them to the Land Of The Lost to meet King Find All, Rosita Wristwatch, and Wally Pocketwatch.
Drippy Mississippi
Gambling Boat
Singalong with spot gags about the Mississippi River as it runs from Minneapolis/St. Paul through Davenport and St. Louis down to New Orleans.
One Quack Mind
Fox
Dumb and overgrown Baby Huey finds himself left to the untender mercies of a fox disguised as a baby sitter. Hue also turns out to be one tough duck when he discovers his new baby sitter likes to play rough. So does Huey, who proceeds to beat the stuffing out of the fox.
Snooze Reel
Narrator / Judge / Singing Cowboy
Screen Song with spot gags about newsreels (including Paramount's own newsreel division).
The Farmer and the Belle
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Olive Oyl's Farm is desparately in need of a farmhand. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the boys are driving by. They compete for the job. Chores: Getting water from a well, picking apples, shoeing a horse, gathering eggs. Popeye feeds a hen a little spinach, and she produces a mountain of eggs, which eventually end up all over Bluto. Bluto drops an anvil on Popeye, then goes after Olive against her wishes, chasing her into a succession of haystacks (where he finds a needle!). The chicken feeds Popeye his spinach, and he triumphs, sending Bluto into the pigpen (where the pigs won't have anything to do with him).
Gobs of Fun
Mouse Captain
The captain of a ship's crew, a mouse, goes to the bar to pick up his men. After forcing the initially reluctant sailors onboard, they set sail and hit the (literal) high seas. Spots gags abound such as a cook dumping the garbage overboard into a clam's mouth, the clam getting his revenge by climbing onboard and spraying the garbage back at the cook, and a running gag involving a bear who is splashed by his bucket of water each time he throws it overboard. Finally, we are invited to sing along to the old sea tune, "Strike Up the Band".
Land of the Lost Jewels
Red Lantern
Two children are fishing when they catch a talking fish named Red Lantern. He takes them underwater with him to the Land of the Lost, where missing items can be found again. They meet King Find All, a walrus, and a singing cricket (Hoppy-Go-Lucky) that used to be the girl's pin. He's deemed to be a special jewel (since he's made of emerald) and is brought to the jewel storage room, despite his wishes to be in the Land of the Toys...
Leprechauns Gold
Narrator / Leprechaun Leader (voice) (uncredited)
A song-filled Noveltoon featuring the antics of the Irish Leprechauns during their annual gold-washing ceremony. It depicts the wee people of Ireland who flavor its traditions with laughs and legend.
Tar with a Star
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Gunfights are diminishing the population (1864- for the time being) in the tough Western town of Cactus Corners.
A Balmy Swami
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto. Bluto spots Olive in her luxury box and immediate makes plans. First, he humiliates Popeye with a series of magic tricks. Next, he hypnotizes Olive, but while she's walking toward Bluto in a trance, Popeye points her the other way and goes after Bluto himself. Meanwhile, Olive has walked out the stage door and onto a construction site, and the boys race to save her. Popeye's efforts are hampered by Bluto's magic, like the instant brick wall he builds. Bluto awakens her, and she attacks him and then panics. Popeye throws her a hook to save her; it does, but it crashes through a window, bringing a piano (!) out with it. The piano crashes on the building, and Olive is catapulted by the strings to a distant platform. Another race to save her. As Popeye is trapped in a plummeting elevator, he breaks out the spinach.
The Ski's the Limit
Narrator (voice)
A combination cartoon/travelogue set in the Swiss Alps, with a tuneful sight-seeing tour of Switzerland thrown in, before the bounding-ball comes bouncing along and asks the theatre audience to follow it in singing the ever-popular "I Miss My Swiss Miss, My Swiss Miss Misses Me." Some of the theatre singers may have actually thrown in a yodel or two.
Hot Air Aces
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Despite the title, the vehicles here are airplanes, not balloons. Bluto and Popeye are racing around the world; Bluto's got a sort of rocket plane, and Popeye's got a sad old prop model that has to be hand-started. He gets off to a bad start, as Bluto spins the prop, getting Popeye tangled up in it. This knocks him out; Olive puts him into his plane and gives him a push, and Popeye wakes up in the nick of time. Bluto stops off at the Eiffel Tower to woo a maiden; Popeye, with help from a lightning bolt, passes him. Bluto catches up again, and removes Popeye's engine. The plane crashes into the ocean, but fortunately, there's a case of spinach and a giant magnet nearby, so Popeye rebuilds the plane, using spinach cans to replace the missing pistons, and wins the race, as his spinach exhaust fries Bluto's plane.
Lumberjack and Jill
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto are lumberjacks who compete for the affections of their new cook, Olive Oyl.
Popeye's Premiere
Evil Vizier (voice)
Popeye and Olive are at the premiere of Popeye's new movie. He gets a little too wrapped up in the movie, interacting with it at various points, and even handing the screen version of himself a can of spinach. The movie itself is the story of Aladdin, minus the songs and about half the footage of the short it's cut from.
Symphony in Spinach
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Singer Olive Oyl needs an accompanist, and both Popeye and Bluto apply for the job.
Robin Hood-Winked
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye is Robin Hood; he's got a sidekick, Little John. Bluto is the tax collector, and Olive is the owner/barmaid at the local pub. Bluto comes to the pub to collect taxes and falls for Olive.
Roaring Wheels
Narrator
Documentary on racing, from miniatures to odd terrain cars.
Sing or Swim
Moon
The world famous Coney Island in New York City, which got it's start in the 1840's is here included in Famous Studios, "Screen Song" series. The featured song is, By the Beautiful Sea, written in 1914, and is of the "follow the bouncing ball" variety. The song follows the slight story of animal characters(among them an elephant and mouse playing catch with a medicine ball)having fun at the beach.
Wigwam Whoopee
Chief (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock.
Little Brown Jug
Piggy (voice)
"Little Brown Jug" is a short cartoon about various woodland creatures...
Base Brawl
Voice
ll the animals come out to watch in this singalong about an opening-day baseball game at the zoo between the Jungle Jumbos and the Forest...
All's Fair at the Fair
Bluto (voice)
Bluto, the daring hot air balloon rider, catches the eye of Olive at a carnival, much to Popeye's chagrin. Bluto manages to make Popeye look bad several times, eventually winning a ring at the ball toss and taking her up in his balloon. Of course, he tries to get fresh with her, and Popeye comes to the rescue with the help of some fireworks. The hot air balloon gets a bit too hot, putting Olive in even more danger.
Safari So Good
Bluto (voice)
Popeye and Olive are on a safari, he with a gun and she with a camera. She wanders off to stalk a chimp, and happens across Bluto as a Tarzan-like character. She's smitten, as is he, so he shows off a bit. Popeye finally catches on, and they start the usual round of fighting and one-upmanship. Bluto summons a wide array of animals, and while Popeye's occupied, hauls Olive high into a treehouse. With some help from the chimp, Popeye has his spinach and turns most of the animals into fur coats (on a rack the chimp pushes through the melee), then rescues Olive by hauling on the tree's roots until she's at ground level.
Wotta Knight
Bluto (voice)
Popeye and Bluto are knights, jousting for the honor of Sleeping Beauty (Olive, with long blonde hair). Of course, Bluto plays dirty, squirting grease on the field in front of Popeye's horse, and using an extra-long lance. But Popeye wins anyhow, and climbs SB's tower with Bluto right behind him. They fight over her, playing tug-of-war with her pigtails.
Popeye and the Pirates
Pierre (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye is taking Olive on a boat ride when she spots a pirate ship. They are soon captured, and Popeye has to rescue Olive from the (initially charming) pirate captain. He tries tricks, like dressing in drag, but until the spinach, no luck. Fortunately, a passing swordfish reading a Popeye comic book recognizes him and feeds him the spinach on the comic cover.
The Royal Four-Flusher
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive are feeding squirrels in the park when the rich and elegant Count Marvo (Bluto), the magician (and practical joker), rides up on his horse and steals Olive away, while tricking Popeye with an exploding cigar and other gimmicks.
Is Everybody Listening?
Narrator
A documentary about the 82% of US citizens that listen to the radio for their entertainment, news and sport.
The Wee Men
Narrator / Leprechauns (voice)
A yarn about the mythical Leprechauns who reside in Ireland and their crock of gold. The legend says that if anyone succeeds in capturing one of the wee men, the little person must then lead them to where the gold is hidden. Young Patrick, on his 121st birthday---that is correct, his 121st birthday---is permitted to do a good deed, and delivers new shoes to the homes of the poor. But, alas, the town miser spots him and succeeds in capturing him. Patrick leads the miser to the spot of the gold, a tree stump, and promises, as the legend says, not to remove it while the old miser rushes home for a shovel. But, when he returns he now finds hundreds of tree stumps, and is foiled. Young Patrick is welcomed back home with a birthday cake...with 121 candles.
Cad and Caddy
Golfer (voice)
Lulu plans her revenge against a distressed golfer who refuses to give her a lollipop after he promised her one for caddying for him.
Madhattan Island
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
A humorous tour of Manhattan concludes with 3 bouncing-ball songs.
I'll Be Skiing Ya
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive are on a winter vacation in Lake Plastered, NY. Popeye is teaching Olive to ice skate (but not doing a very good job); she catches the eye of skating instructor Bluto. But when Bluto takes her up a ski lift and puts the moves on, she calls for Popeye to save her, and soon, everyone is skiing down that hill.
Abusement Park
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto battle over Olive in an amusement park.
Germany - Handle with Care!
This "March of Time" entry examines the many problems, both human and economic, that faced the Allies in their respective zones of Germany -- USA, England and Russia -- following the end of World War II, and the Allied occupation of what was left of the country following the Nazi reign of Adolf Hitler. The Cold War issues had not yet fully surfaced, so this entry, with fleeting glances into each Zone of the time, traced what economic recovery had been made by the end of 1946, and how the average German citizen of 1946 was living...or getting by.
The Island Fling
Bluto / Friday (voice)
Bluto is Robinson Crusoe; Popeye and Olive approach his island on a raft.
The Fistic Mystic
Bluto (voice)
Popeye and Olive enter the city of Badgag and spot Bluto doing magic tricks. He hypnotizes Olive like a snake charmer. Bluto introduces himself as the Great Bourgeois and gives Olive a fancy dress, turns Popeye into a donkey, and sits on a bed of nails. Popeye pounces on the bed and turns it into springs. The boys next compete in snake charming; Popeye blows a hornpipe on his pipe. Bluto next turns Popeye into a parrot. Bluto then locks Olive in a basket and does the sword trick; Olive escapes and gives parrot Popeye his spinach, which revives him. Bluto escapes with the rope trick and a flying carpet, but Popeye uses his pipe like a rocket to get aloft. Another battle, with Popeye using Bluto's own magic to turn Bluto into a canary. Popeye and Olive fly the carpet home, past the Statue of Liberty.
Rodeo Romeo
Bluto (voice)
Popeye and Olive are at the rodeo, starring Badlands Bluto. Olive is impressed by Bluto's stunts, many of them designed to make Popeye look bad. Dynamite, the bronco that's never been ridden busts out and Popeye, seeing his chance, downs some spinach and manages an impressive series of tricks, culminating in firing a bullet at Bluto and lassoing it just in time. Bluto's had enough, and he substitutes loco weed for Popeye's spinach, then challenges him to throw the bull. Popeye's fried brain sees the bull as a beautiful woman; he tries to dance with it. The bull throws Popeye against the box where Bluto is now sitting and throws the remaining loco weed into Bluto's open mouth; he sees Olive as a bull and grabs her. He tries to brand her; her cries of help arouse Popeye, who pulls out a fresh can of spinach and goes to work.
Rocket to Mars
Martian Leader (voice)
Popeye and Olive are touring a museum when they accidentally launch a rocketship to Mars. Olive escapes, but Popeye gets to Mars, where he is attacked (by a group led by Bluto) that was preparing to invade Earth. Fortunately, Popeye has a can of spinach handy, so he can save the Earth (turning most of the Martian war apparatus into amusement park rides).
Peep in the Deep
Bluto / Popeye (voice)
Olive has a map to a sunken treasure, but Bluto stowed away and is determined to beat Popeye to it.
Klondike Casanova
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
At the Polar Bar & Grill in the Klondike, Popeye and Olive Oyl are the sole proprietors. Dangerous Dan McBluto, the owner of a fur farm, walks in and kidnaps Olive.
Service with a Guile
Bluto (voice)
Olive runs a service station. The admiral pulls in and asks Olive to put some air in his tire, as he heads off to a cigar store. Meanwhile, the boys stop by on a 24-hour leave, and start to be "helpful" - which of course means that the tire, then the entire car, are in serious trouble. Not that Popeye doesn't do some amazing things to save the car; he carries it, atop a hoist, to the top of a very tall building under construction, then outruns it as it falls, and catches it, unscathed; the car is demolished, however, when Bluto snatches the hoist away and lets the car fall the remaining couple of meters onto Popeye. Spinach time: He manages to rebuild the car, apparently good as new, in the time it takes the admiral to walk back from the cigar store, so Bluto shoves him away to take credit. But the car falls to pieces when it's started, and the admiral puts Bluto on rust-scraping duty as Popeye and Olive float by in a rowboat.
House Tricks?
Bluto (voice)
Olive is building a house when the boys happen by. They show off a bit to convince her to let them build her house for her. She decides to split the job in half by splitting the blueprints in half and having each build one side of the house. Of course, "cooperation" isn't in their vocabulary. Bluto does an extremely sloppy job on his half, and also takes every opportunity to either sabotage Popeye or trick him into doing more work. Meanwhile, Popeye's making enough of his own mistakes, many of which seem to involve wedging Olive into small bent pipes. Eventually, Popeye has his spinach and finishes the house, but the house collapses as they are celebrating with a kiss.
Cheese Burglar
Dog (voice)
While cats and dogs are natural enemies, such is not the case in the house where Herman the mouse lives. They are very good friends indeed, are work together to make Herman's life a hard life. Herman tries to break up their friendship, and divert their attention from guarding the cheese in the refrigerator, and almost succeeds but they make up in time to prevent Herman getting the cheese. They give chase and Herman takes refuge in a jug of wine.
Bargain Counter Attack
Section Manager (voice)
Lulu goes to a department store to exchange her doll for something else. While looking for a new item Lulu manages to terrorize the section manager, ski down the escalators, and cause a noahic flood in the store.
Daffydilly Daddy
Lulu's Father (voice)
Little Lulu's daddy gives her a blue posey to exhibit at a flower show. She loses it on the way and a bulldog prevents her from reacquiring it, but she outwits him and proceeds to the show. There she breaks the stalk when she uses her bean-shooter at a hummingbird. She tosses the flower in a barrel of Vigaro and the flower suddenly bursts into bloom again.
Tops in the Big Top
Bluto (voice)
Bluto is the ringmaster; Popeye is the star attraction. Bluto covets Popeye's assistant Olive. Popeye sticks his head in a lion's mouth, but Bluto has put a steak on Popeye's head. When he gets out of that, he does his high wire act: carrying a piano, and Olive, blindfolded. Bluto sabotages this with a banana peel and tosses Popeye to the monkey cage, while he has his way with Olive - until Popeye eats his spinach.
Magica-Lulu
Magician
Lulu goes to see the magic show with the magician's act.Lulu wants to be part of the magic show but she finds trouble. Watch for the gag when Lulu is mistaken as a rabbit in the magician's hat.
Pop-Pie a la Mode
Cannibal Leader (voice)
Popeye, adrift at sea on a raft, eventually comes to an island which, it turns out, is inhabited by cannibals.
Gabriel Churchkitten
Pastor (voice)
This cartoon concerns the efforts of a kitten, Gabriel, and a mouse, Peter, who apparently live in peaceful coexistence in the home of Parson Peaseporridge, to get the Parson to wake up at night and feed them their milk and cheese, respectively. The Parson repeatedly rises up, in a fit of sleepwalking, and reaches the cupboard, while muttering the need to feed the "churchkitten" and "churchmouse," but then proceeds to drink the milk and eat the cheese himself. Eventually, the kitten and mouse enlist the aid of a neighboring puppy named Trumpet to achieve their goal.
She-Sick Sailors
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Bluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive Oyl. A jealous Popeye becomes a real superhero by eating his spinach.
Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye takes Olive to the zoo, where she's spotted by zookeeper Bluto, who tries various stunts to impress her and/or get rid of Popeye.
It's Nifty to Be Thrifty
Lulu's Father
In an attempt to prevent his daughter from spending her money needlessly on sweets, Mr. Moppet tells Lulu the story of The Grasshopper and The Ant. Seeing how the grasshopper wasted his money, and could count on no help from the ant, Lulu promises her father that he won't waste her money any more. But the temptation of the local candy store grows too strong, and Lulu buys all of the sweets that she can get hold of in order to "save up for the winter."
Puppet Love
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Bluto builds a Popeye puppet and manipulates it to treat Olive rudely. Then he comes in and takes Olive away. When Popeye discovers the ruse, knocks Bluto out and ties puppet strings to him.
Task Force
Narrator
Technicolor 2-reeler on the US Coast Guard.
Secret Agent
Narrator / Police Chief / Saboteur (voice) (uncredited)
A double agent trying to deliver information to Washington, D.C. is chased by Nazi operatives.
The Underground World
Narrator / Henderson (voice) (uncredited)
Superman has to save Lois Lane from a cult of hawk-people in an homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs's "At the Earth's Core".
Show-Business at War
Self (voice)
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Superman: Jungle Drums
German Commander (voice) (uncredited)
Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle.
The Mummy Strikes
Narrator / Professor (voice) (uncredited)
Egyptologists are attacked by mummies, drawing the attention of Superman.
Destruction, Inc.
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions Plant...who have captured Lois Lane and loaded her into a torpedo!
Eleventh Hour
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Using Clark Kent as a cover, Superman travels to Japan as a saboteur during the war.
Superman: Showdown
Boss (voice) (uncredited)
Superman's reputation is tarnished when a crook begins committing crimes in a Superman costume.
Superman: Japoteurs
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.
Volcano
Narrator #2 / Officer / Professor (voice) (uncredited)
Superman comes to the rescue when a volcano erupts.
Electric Earthquake
Perry White / Indian Scientist (voice) (uncredited)
A scientist uses an earthquake machine to threaten the city, and only Superman can stop his extortion plan!
The Magnetic Telescope
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
When police interfere with a reckless scientist's experiment, it creates a deadly meteor shower only Superman can stop.
The Bulleteers
Bulleteer (voice) (uncredited)
Criminals with rocket powered car loot and extort the city, and only Superman can stop them!
The Arctic Giant
Perry White (voice) (uncredited)
A frozen Tyrannosaurus rex is found and put on display in a museum, but when he thaws out and revives, Superman has to stop his rampage!
Billion Dollar Limited
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Robbers target a special train carrying a billion dollars worth of gold, and the only one who can stop them is Superman!
The Mechanical Monsters
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.
The Mad Scientist
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes of getting more information for a news story.
The Movies March On
Narrator
A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the present (1939) date. Industry executives such as Jack and Harry Warner, Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, et al are seen taking bows in the live (non-archive) footage.
Inside Nazi Germany
Narrator (voice)
Short documentary film in the newsreel series 'The March of Time'.