This is the second Popeye short, though the first where he gets top billing. In the first cartoon, POPEYE THE SAILOR, it's under the banner of a Betty Boop cartoon, but here he's back and without Betty.
The film begins with Popeye making Olive Oyl row their boat as he stands lookout and Wimpy catches and eats raw fish. Soon they come to land and Popeye builds a cabin for them in typical Popeye fashion. However, hostile American Indians are nearby and attack--so it's up to our hero to beat the snot out of them.
Overall, this is a very typical Popeye cartoon aside from a few little differences. First, Bonnie Poe did the voice of Olive, not Mae Questel (who did her voice for most of the cartoons). This was true of the first dozen or so Popeye cartoons and her voice here is very similar to Questel's--though in the previous film it was quite different (much, much deeper). Second, the ending was rather surprising and probably politically incorrect. When Popeye slugs the Indian chief, his clothes fly off and he looks the spitting image of Gandhi!! I assume most Indians would find this at least tacky to say the least and I was surprised to see that as early as 1933 Gandhi was already world famous and recognized.
Good animation and a fairly conventional story, there are no huge surprises (aside from the Gandhi scene) and the film is watchable and well made.
The film begins with Popeye making Olive Oyl row their boat as he stands lookout and Wimpy catches and eats raw fish. Soon they come to land and Popeye builds a cabin for them in typical Popeye fashion. However, hostile American Indians are nearby and attack--so it's up to our hero to beat the snot out of them.
Overall, this is a very typical Popeye cartoon aside from a few little differences. First, Bonnie Poe did the voice of Olive, not Mae Questel (who did her voice for most of the cartoons). This was true of the first dozen or so Popeye cartoons and her voice here is very similar to Questel's--though in the previous film it was quite different (much, much deeper). Second, the ending was rather surprising and probably politically incorrect. When Popeye slugs the Indian chief, his clothes fly off and he looks the spitting image of Gandhi!! I assume most Indians would find this at least tacky to say the least and I was surprised to see that as early as 1933 Gandhi was already world famous and recognized.
Good animation and a fairly conventional story, there are no huge surprises (aside from the Gandhi scene) and the film is watchable and well made.