Movies Similar to Pre-Hysterical Man

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor(1936)

Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with a series of daunting tasks by Sindbad.

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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp(1939)

Olive Oyl's screenplay for an Aladdin movie comes to life and Popeye battles for control of a genie in this, the last of the three Popeye color films.

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Popeye the Sailor(1933)

Popeye and Bluto fight for the love of Olive Oyl in their debut short, featuring Betty Boop.

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The Dance Contest(1934)

Popeye and Olive compete as partners in a dance contest. Naturally, Bluto butts in.

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Hello How Am I(1939)

Olive invites Popeye over for a hamburger dinner. His roommate Wimpy hears this and disguises himself as Popeye in order to be who enjoys the feast.

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Tar with a Star(1949)

Gunfights are diminishing the population (1864- for the time being) in the tough Western town of Cactus Corners.

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Peep in the Deep(1946)

Olive has a map to a sunken treasure, but Bluto stowed away and is determined to beat Popeye to it.

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Popeye's Premiere(1949)

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.

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Popeye Meets William Tell(1940)

William Tell shoots an arrow, barely missing Popeye, then tells Popeye that he has just lost his son in an unfortunate arrow incident. Tell then defies the High Governor and is ordered to shoot an apple off his son's head; Popeye stands in for his son.

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The Royal Four-Flusher(1947)

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.

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Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix(1942)

Popeye and Bluto agree that women are too much trouble, so they agree to swear off them, which lasts about five seconds, until Olive comes on board ship for a tour. The boys vie for her attention.

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Olive's Boithday Presink(1941)

Popeye wants to get Olive a fur coat, but after a run-in with dishonest furrier Geezil decides the best way is to go hunting for a bear himself.

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Seasin's Greetinks!(1933)

Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he's teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh; of course, Popeye fights him. When Olive rejects Bluto again, he sends her careening on an ice floe towards a waterfall.

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The Paneless Window Washer(1937)

Bluto dirties all of an office building's windows himself, to drum up business for his window cleaning service. When he gets to Olive's stenographer office, about ten floors up, she says no: Popeye's going to wash her windows. And the battle with Popeye is on.

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The Mighty Navy(1941)

Popeye joins the US Navy and routs the enemy in a one-man battle, but not before he causes his commanding officer plenty of aggravation.

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My Pop, My Pop(1940)

Popeye's 99-year-old father won't admit he's too old to help Popeye build a ship. Popeye tells him to build one side while he builds the other; Pappy's side is a mess. He falls asleep helping hoist the mast. While Pappy sleeps, Popeye rebuilds his side and finishes the above-decks, with a little help from spinach, of course.

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Pest Pilot(1941)

Popeye runs a small airport, and Pappy wants to be a pilot.

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Wigwam Whoopee(1948)

Popeye follows along behind the Mayflower in his own rowboat. He washes up on Plymouth Rock.

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Doing Impossikible Stunts(1940)

Mystery Pictures is looking for a stunt man. Swee'pea tags along with Popeye, but he sends the tot home. Popeye shows clips of his stunts to the director, who is impressed; when he goes to put on the last reel, Swee'pea, who snuck back in, hands him Lost and Foundry (1937), which features Swee'pea saving the day. The director signs Swee'pea.

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Robin Hood-Winked(1948)

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.

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