July 14, 1933 is the first time Popeye the Sailor appeared as a short animated film characters. Short animation was produced by Fleischer Studios animated short and directed by Dave Fleischer.
Popeye was one of the newspaper comic strip character that Fleischer animated. In the film, Betty Boop appeared as a cameo (appearing as a hula dancer). The appearance of Betty Boop - which was popular at the time - intended to boost the success of Popeye.
The first Popeye cartoon is now included in the DVD collection, Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Volume 1, released by Warner Home Video in 2007.
This is the first animated appearance of Popeye the sailorman video (low-res), uploaded to YouTube by jony0091:
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