Seymour Kneitel — Director (25)
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She-Sick Sailors (1944) IMDb TMDB
She-Sick Sailors
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Jackson Beck …
other title: Super-Popeye / Du Super Popeye
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.
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Cilly Goose (1944) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cilly Goose
director: Seymour Kneitel
Cilly Goose is a bit ashamed since she's only laid one egg and the rest of the farmyard animals are much more productive. So, she lays a plan to become the goose that lays golden eggs.
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Car-azy Drivers (1955) IMDb TMDB
Car-azy Drivers
director: Seymour Kneitel
other title: Popeye et les chauffards
Popeye arrives in a suit of armor to take Olive for her first driving lesson. Between her literal-mindedness ("choke the engine"), inexperience, an inattentiveness, she has several accidents, culminating in a showdown with a locomotive.
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Toys Will Be Toys (1949) IMDb TMDB
Toys Will Be Toys
director: Seymour Kneitel
Toys in a toy store come to life at night, and perform in a toy parade before the Doll Princess, all of which leads to the "Screen Song" sing-a-long, "Oh, You Beautiful Doll".
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Butterscotch and Soda (1948) IMDb TMDB
Butterscotch and Soda
director: Seymour Kneitel
The housekeeper does her best to get nourishing food into Little Audrey, but the only thing Audrey wants is candy. And she wants lots of it. The housekeeper banishes Audrey to her room, but the cunning girl has sweets hidden in bags that hang outside her bedroom window. The angry servant finds every last piece of candy in the room and takes it away. Soon, Audrey has candy withdrawal and even gets the sweet-tooth version of delirium tremens. A nightmare sends her to a Candy Horror Land where evil candy canes and sinister licorice drops force-feed her all the candy she doesn't want.
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All's Fair at the Fair (1947) IMDb TMDB
All's Fair at the Fair
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Le parc d’attractions
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.
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Shaving Muggs (1953) IMDb TMDB
Shaving Muggs
director: Seymour Kneitel
other title: Chez le coiffeur
Shore leave; Olive refuses to go out with either of the boys until they get a shave and haircut (Popeye actually has stubble). Barber Wimpy is out, so they take turns. First Popeye takes care of Bluto, making him actually look presentable; then it's Bluto's turn to give Popeye the works of course, he's going to get a different treatment.
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Popeye and the Pirates (1947) IMDb TMDB
Popeye and the Pirates
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Popeye et les Pirates
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.
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Puppet Love (1944) IMDb TMDB
Puppet Love
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer / Jackson Beck …
other title: La Marionnette
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.
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A-Haunting We Will Go (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A-Haunting We Will Go
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Frank Gallop / Mae Questel …
other title: A-Hunting We Will Go / A Haunting We Will Go
Casper the Friendly Ghost, sad that he can make no friends since everyone he meets is afraid of him, hatches an abandoned egg and becomes the emerging little duck's best friend and protector.
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Me Musical Nephews (1942) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Me Musical Nephews
director: Seymour Kneitel actor: Jack Mercer
other title: Mes neveux aiment la musique
Popeye's nephews have been practicing their music and are getting good, but it's bedtime. After Popeye puts them to bed, they discover that many of the things in their bedroom can also be used to make music. And they are also blessed with an uncanny ability to appear to sleep every time Popeye comes to check on them.