Dizzy Divers
- Studio
- Fleischer Studios
- Distributor
- Adolph Zukor
Synopsis
Popeye and Bluto are deep-sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map and, despite years of animosity between the two men, Popeye includes Bluto as a 50/50 partner in a search for the treasure. Bluto has a different idea of how to split the treasure and heads off on his own. Popeye follows in hot pursuit. Wimpy, for some reason, is a deck hand on Bluto's boat. Olive, naturally, is Popeye's first mate. Popeye arrives at the location first and locates the treasure. When Bluto arrives the fighting starts. Bluto manages to entrap Popeye inside a giant oyster but Olive finds a clever way to send him spinach so he can escape. Ends with a novel twist allowing Popeye to keep his word to Bluto while also defeating him.
Characters
Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto, J. Wellington Wimpy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Dave Fleischer
Producing
- Producer
- Max Fleischer
Animation
- Animator
- Willard Bowsky, Harold Walker
Voices
- Voice
- William "Red Pepper Sam" Costello (Popeye), Mae Questel (Olive Oyl), William Pennell (Bluto)
Production notes
The original black and white cartoon has been colorized.
Pictures
Reviews
get rich or laugh tryin
I like this one Bluto was hatin as usual
and tried to steal the treasure but our
boy Popeye came through and got
the loot the last part was funny he broke
the chest in half rocked Bluto and knocked
him and Blutos half in the ocean and him
and Olive rode off thats what u get for
hatin
Dizzy Divers
Exceedingly inventive, as per usual.
This one's worth innumerable re-playings, for one main reason: Hearing Costello's & Wickie's contrabass mumblings UNDERWATER......and with those SKINDIVER HELMETS on!!
Dizzy Divers
Dizzy Divers extol all that is Fleischer Popeye. My favorite scene is where Sammy Timberg,(Music) Dave Fleischer,(Direction), and Willard Bowsky and Harold Walker (animators)combine and expertly time the underwater ballet/fight sequence. Max always told his animators to try to make each film different and the staging in this is exemplifies this to tremendous advantage. The amount of animation...boats, ocean, sky, bubbles, not to mention Popeye and Bluto having to perform under water and thus appear "weightless"! When the fighscene commences "The Stars and Stripes Forever" turns from a march to a jazzy fox trot! The choreography is outstanding and perfectly timed to the music. It is almost like Popeye and Bluto pre-date Esther Williams in the underwater department.
Costello and Wickie...(was there ever a better Bluto) gurgle and mumble hysterically. [apologies to Jackson Beck]
In the end Popeye keeps his end of the bargain and where else...but in cartoons... could smoke and the smokestacks be aminated in perfect time to the music. Don't miss this cartoon!!
Dizzy Divers
Exceedingly inventive, as per usual.
This one's worth re-watching innumerable times, for one main reason: Trying to decipher Gus Wickie's and Billy Costello's contrabass mumblings, while they're UNDERWATER and with those SKINDIVER HELMETS on!!