Dave Fleischer — Director (127)
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You Can't Shoe a Horse Fly (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
You Can't Shoe a Horse Fly
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Pinto Colvig / Jack Mercer
Hunky and Spunky are settling in for a nap, but a horse fly sees them and sees dinner. After battling the fly for a while, the youngster enlists dad's help. But the fly is merely stunned, and rallies a new attack, this time with friends. Father eventually kills the lot of them.
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What -- No Spinach? (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
What -- No Spinach?
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Lou Fleischer …
other title: Il n’y a plus d’épinards
Wimpy is working for Bluto in his diner and trying to filch all the food he can eat. Popeye comes in and orders roast duck, but Wimpy grabs the drumsticks, then coats it with pepper sauce. Popeye walks out in anger and Bluto comes after him. Wimpy takes advantage of the resulting battle to load up on hamburgers.
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The Two-Alarm Fire (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Two-Alarm Fire
director: Dave Fleischer actor: William 'Billy' Costello / William Pennell …
other title: Alerte au feu
Popeye and Bluto run adjoining (and competing) fire companies. When Olive's huge house catches fire, they are soon more interested in fighting each other than the fire. When Bluto goes to the roof to rescue Olive, the fire strands him there. Popeye eats his spinach and rescues them, but it's too late for the house.
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I Yam Love Sick (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
I Yam Love Sick
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel
other title: J'ai le mal d'amour
Olive is reading a romance novel and munching on a gift box of candy from Bluto when Popeye drops by. She's too absorbed to notice him, so he feigns illness. The doctors are at a loss for a cure.
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A Clean Shaven Man (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Clean Shaven Man
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Un homme bien rasé
That's what Olive wants. To even the score, the boys visit Wimpy's barber shop. Wimpy is out, so they shave each other; you'd think Popeye would know better than to let Bluto at him with a razor.
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Adventures of Popeye (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Adventures of Popeye
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Les aventures de Popeye
In live action, a big kid is attacking a little kid for his "Adventures of Popeye" comic book, so Popeye gives the little kid pointers, in the form of clips from four of his earlier pictures.
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King of the Mardi Gras (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
King of the Mardi Gras
director: Dave Fleischer actor: Jack Mercer / Gus Wicke …
other title: Popeye, le roi du mardi gras
A Mardi Gras celebration, looking pretty much like any carnival. Bluto is a strongman, claiming to be King of the Mardi Gras, and drawing a large crowd. Popeye, nearby, claims only, "I yam what I yam," and has no crowd, but still draws Bluto's wrath.