Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.Tired of political rhetoric, Olive lays out her platform.
- Directors
- Writers
- Stars
Jack Mercer
- Popeye
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Mae Questel
- Olive Oyl
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Sid Raymond
- Candidate #1
- (uncredited)
- …
- Directors
- Izzy Sparber
- Thomas Johnson(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe censors must have been in a generous mood, as the suggestive silk hosiery and cavorting bathing beauty depictions would have been considered racy at the time. But as this cartoon was shown in cinemas (pre television), the adult audience would have found these bits amusing.
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Olive Oyl for President was another vintage cartoon I decided to watch this Election Day
On this Election Day, I thought I'd look at some vintage cartoons that had popular characters running or dreaming of such. Having just watched Betty Boop for President, I checked this out from ThadBlog right after. With the same voice talent (Mae Questel) and some of the same music from the previous black-and-white short, this color cartoon has Olive bopping Popeye after he laughs when she expresses interest in running for the highest office in the land. Most of what Ms. Oyl would do is pretty silly and a little sexist (like having her cabinet consist of the male Paramount contract roster) but by the time she addresses the elephant and donkey audience in Congress and gets them to stop arguing by having Cupid shoot (through a machine gun!) arrows on them, I was amused enough to find this animated short pretty entertaining in its own right. Oh, and there's a cameo of Famous Studios' Little Audrey licking a giant ice cream cone...
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- tavm
- Nov 4, 2008
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- Also known as
- Oliwka Olejek na prezydenta
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- Runtime6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Olive Oyl for President (1948) officially released in Canada in English?
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