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Auction History Result 6r0142 POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS ALI BABA'S 40 THIEVES Swedish 1937 great cartoon art, ultra rare! Date Sold 6/6/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Swedish Movie Poster (measures 23 1/2" x 35 1/2" [60 x 90 cm]) (Learn More) Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves, the 1937 Dave Fleischer animated animation cartoon comedy short featuring the voices of Jack Mercer (in the title role as Popeye), Mae Questel (as Olive Oyl), Gus Wickie (as Abu Hassan), and Lou Fleischer (as Wimpy). Note that Dave Fleischer (along with his brother Max) were legends and pioneers in animated films. They made the very first sound cartoon in 1924, beating Walt Disney by several years. They had great success with their Out of the Inkwell cartoons, Popeye, Betty Boop, and much more, including the Superman cartoons, widely regarded as the finest cartoons ever made! But after Walt Disney made Snow White, the Fleischers made Gulliver's Travels, which did not do well at the box office, and their next major project, Mr. Bug Goes To Town, had the bad fortune to be released two days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and it also did poorly. At this same time, the Fleischer brothers had a major falling out, and in 1942, they split completely. After they made the last of their Superman cartoons in 1942, Paramount ceased control of their studio. Each of the brothers made a few more cartoons, but their careers were essentially over. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only once before auctioned this Swedish poster, and now that very same poster has been reconsigned to us for this auction, so it is still the only example we have ever auctioned (and it sold for $323)! The poster has a really cool stamp in Swedish that reads "Copyright and origin Segar and King Features Syndicate Inc.". Apparently, King Features needed to protect their copyright on the comic strip, and no doubt they made the Swedish distributor stamp the poster with this stamp. Also note that the bottom of the poster credits "Olivia" (who is surely Olive Oyl), Bluto, and "Frasse" (who is Wimpy, but we are not sure why he's called Frasse!). Note also that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: very good. The poster has two horizontal folds and one vertical fold, to the right of center. It has minor wear on the folds and in the borders. It has some faint ink transfer in a few of the white background, but it is not very noticeable or distracting, and this really cool poster displays great! Learn More about condition grades 
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