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Never Sock a Baby

Never Sock a Baby

1939Short⏱️ 6mApproved
AnimationComedyShortFamily
6.5
IMDB Rating
231 votes

Popeye spanks Swee'pea and sends him to bed without supper. He wrestles with his conscience over this, while Swee'pea packs a bundle and runs away from home. They apparently live in the wilderness, since Swee'pea crosses a rope br...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Release Date
November 3, 1939
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 5
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Margie Hines
as Swee' Pea
Jack Mercer
Jack Mercer
as Popeye

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Paramount Pictures, Fleischer Studios

🏷️ Keywords

popeye the sailor characterdream sequencerescuerunaway childbaby

🎯 Categories

AnimationComedyFamilyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Be Brutal To Your Little Boy And Beat Him When He Sneezes
by boblipton2025-03-30
6/10

"As this cartoon opens, Popeye is spanking Sweepea for unspecified reasons, and then sending him to bed without supper. As Popeye's conscience bothers him, Sweepea prepares to run away form home. It's certainly an entertaining Popeye cartoon, if not up to the usual high standards of the Fleischer cartoons. The gags are fewer in number, and only one is topnotch. On the other hand, we don't have to witness yet another interminable fight between Popeye and Bluto, nor any sign of Olive Oyl. Perhaps that simplicity of story may appeal to you, but I look on it as a chance to spotlight..."

💡 Did You Know?

This cartoon features the final on screen credit for E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye. The credit appears in small print below the "Popeye the Sailor" logo instead of on the ship door screen.

📖 Synopsis

Popeye spanks Swee'pea and sends him to bed without supper. He wrestles with his conscience over this, while Swee'pea packs a bundle and runs away from home. They apparently live in the wilderness, since Swee'pea crosses a rope br...