" Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor " (1936) is a landmark animated short subject produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. Though technically a "two-reel" short with a runtime of roughly 16 minutes, it was historically significant for being billed in many theaters as a alongside main films due to its high production value and length—double that of standard cartoons . Key Highlights & Innovations
It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) in 1936, though it lost to Disney's The Country Cousin . Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
This was the first Popeye cartoon ever produced in Technicolor . Standard Popeye shorts did not transition to color regularly until 1943. " Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor