The Paneless Window Washer

Popeye the Sailor in "The Paneless Window Washer"
Directed byDave Fleischer
Willard Bowsky (animation director)
Produced byMax Fleischer
Adolph Zukor
StarringJack Mercer
Mae Questel
Gus Wickie
Music bySammy Timberg
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 22, 1937 (1937-01-22)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Paneless Window Washer is a 1937 Popeye theatrical cartoon short in the Max Fleischer Cartoon series directed by Dave Fleischer.[1]

Plot

Bluto is trying to make a buck by spraying mud on the windows to make people think they're dirty. Up 20 stories (or at least Popeye says that) is Olive Oyl, public stenographer. Wiping all kinds of windows, Popeye and Bluto get into a bitter quarrel between who's better at cleaning windows.

Cast

Production notes

A version of this film was released by Cartoon Renewal Studios in 2021, enhanced by an artificial intelligence system, colorized and upscaled to 1080 HD.

Reception

The scene with "Olive Oyl's typing is a fun example of exaggeration in The Paneless Window Washer by Fleischer Studios."[2]

References

  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. ^ Freeman, Heather D. (2017). The Moving Image Workshop: Introducing Animation, Motion Graphics and Visual Effects in 45 Practical Projects. p. 25.