23 October 1936 Animated, Comedy 6 mins
Popeye is wooing Olive on the phone when Bluto comes over. He overhears, taps into the line, and impersonates Popeye. They proceed to have a high-wire fight on the telephone lines outside Olive's house.
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Jack Mercer as Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel as Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Gus Wicke as Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
United States 23 October 1936
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18 January 1934
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03 April 1936
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27 November 1936
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29 December 1933
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29 August 1934
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15 February 1934
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18 November 1937
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07 February 1936
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit enters a dogsled race with a $10,000 first prize.
22 February 1936
A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops.
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15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.
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