Popeye and the Thousand and One Nights

If the names Olive, Bluto or Wimpy have not remained in our collective memories, we most certainly remember Popeye's rippling muscles, nourished by the wonders of spinach.
The famous "sailor man" was initially known as Mathurin in France, but finally adopted his international moniker of Popeye (due to his bulging eyes).
With his protruding chin and pipe sticking out his mouth, Popeye may well have a bolshy and jealous side, but he is also a very endearing anti-hero, thanks to his courage and sensitivity.
Created in 1929 by the graphic artist Elzie Crisler Segar, the rough and ready sailor was first seen on the screens in 1933, when he was presented by Betty Boop.
It only needed a couple of months for him to start living out his own adventures thanks to Dave Fleischer who set him up in the Popeye Cartoons.
After seeing his escapades in comic form and as a TV series, Robert Altman then took over in the 80s with a live action feature starring Robin Williams.
Popeye and the Thousand and One Nights presents three oriental ports of call: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939) with Popeye taking a leading role in a film made by Olive Oyl, Popeye Meets Ali Baba (1937), which sees the couple on the tail of a crook, and Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936), where our sailor is hot on the heels of another who has abducted poor Olive.