Izzy Sparber — Director (23)
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A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Wolf in Sheik's Clothing
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Le Cheik rembarré
Popeye and Olive are riding a camel in Arabia. They stop to fill the camel with water and freshen up a bit; Olive muses aloud that she'd like to kiss a sheik. A sheik, looking a lot like Bluto, happens to overhear this and sets up a kissing booth. He carries her away to his luxurious tent. Popeye finally finishes up and notices Olive is gone; he chases after her, but his camel suffers a blowout. Meanwhile, the sheik has been wooing Olive. Popeye arrives, and after briefly sharing the hookah with the sheik, tries to leave with Olive. The sheik will have none of it; he wraps Popeye like a mummy and fires him with a cannon into the sphinx. Fortuitously, there's a can of spinach inside, and Popeye saves the day.
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Cookin' with Gags (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cookin' with Gags
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Le pique-nique
The boys are taking Olive on a picnic. It's April 1, and Bluto plays a series of "jokes" on Popeye, though of course they go beyond the bounds of acceptability, particularly once they get to the picnic grounds; Bluto puts gasoline on the fire he asks Popeye to light and swaps a beehive for the lemonade. Bluto then launches a cruel joke against Olive and frames Popeye. The capper: he replaces Popeye's spinach with a joke can, and runs off with Olive for some canoeing. But Popeye gets the last laugh with an inflatable sea monster.
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Popeye's 20th Anniversary (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jackson Beck / Jack Mercer …
other title: Popeye und das Jubiläum / Le 20ème anniversaire de Popeye
Popeye is being honored for his 20 years of films, in a dinner hosted by 'Bob Hope' (several other celebrities are present, like Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, 'Jerry Lewis' and 'Dean Martin').
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Land of the Lost Jewels (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Land of the Lost Jewels
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jackson Beck / Mae Questel …
Two children are fishing when they catch a talking fish named Red Lantern. He takes them underwater with him to the Land of the Lost, where missing items can be found again. They meet King Find All, a walrus, and a singing cricket (Hoppy-Go-Lucky) that used to be the girl's pin. He's deemed to be a special jewel (since he's made of emerald) and is brought to the jewel storage room, despite his wishes to be in the Land of the Toys...
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Floor Flusher (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Floor Flusher
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jackson Beck / Jack Mercer …
other title: Popeye le Plombier
Popeye and Bluto stop by to see Olive and fix her leaky faucet. Popeye does it better, and Bluto gets jealous, so he starts rerouting Olive's plumbing and causing all sorts of leaks.
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Klondike Casanova (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Klondike Casanova
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Harry Welch / Mae Questel …
other title: Casanova / 卡萨诺瓦
At the Polar Bar & Grill in the Klondike, Popeye and Olive Oyl are the sole proprietors. Dangerous Dan McBluto, the owner of a fur farm, walks in and kidnaps Olive.
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Parlez Vous Woo (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Parlez Vous Woo
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Popeye der Charmeur / Parlez-moi d'Amour
Olive is so captived by "The International", a radio personality with a French accent, that she'd rather stay home than go out on a date with Popeye. Bluto, overhearing this, comes to the door as the character.
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A Haul in One (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Haul in One
director: Izzy Sparber actor: Jack Mercer / Mae Questel …
other title: Popeye als Möbelpacker / Le déménagement d'Olive
Popeye and Bluto are, believe it or not, pals and partners in a moving company. (Maybe it's because Popeye isn't squinting here.) Anyhow, Olive has made the mistake of hiring them. She hasn't finished packing yet, so the boys, smitten as soon as she answers the door, compete to help her. Once packed, they compete to move more impressive piles of her belongings. Popeye easily wins these contests, even though Bluto locks him in the van at one point. At the end, Bluto socks Popeye into the piano, then into a table; though he hardly seems to need it, Popeye still eats his spinach, then thrashes Bluto.