The Paneless Window Washer

Popeye the Sailor in "The Paneless Window Washer"
Popeye the Sailor in "The Paneless Window Washer"
Directed by	Dave Fleischer; Willard Bowsky (animation director)
Produced by	Max Fleischer; Adolph Zukor
Starring	Jack Mercer; Mae Questel; Gus Wickie
Music by	Sammy Timberg
Production; company	Fleischer Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 22, 1937;
Running time	6 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Paneless Window Washer is a 1937 Popeye theatrical cartoon short in the Max Fleischer Cartoon series directed by Dave Fleischer.^[1]

Plot[edit]

Bluto is trying to make a buck by spraying mud on the windows to make people think they're dirty. Up 20 stories (or at least Popeye says that) is Olive Oyl, public stenographer. Wiping all kinds of windows, Popeye and Bluto get into a bitter quarrel between who's better at cleaning windows.

Cast[edit]

Production notes[edit]

A version of this film was released by Cartoon Renewal Studios in 2021, enhanced by an artificial intelligence system, colorized and upscaled to 1080 HD.

Reception[edit]

The scene with "Olive Oyl's typing is a fun example of exaggeration in The Paneless Window Washer by Fleischer Studios."^[2]

References[edit]

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
^ Freeman, Heather D. (2017). The Moving Image Workshop: Introducing Animation, Motion Graphics and Visual Effects in 45 Practical Projects. p. 25.

External links[edit]

The Paneless Window Washer at IMDb
The short film The Paneless Window Washer is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 122–123. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.

[2] Freeman, Heather D. (2017). The Moving Image Workshop: Introducing Animation, Motion Graphics and Visual Effects in 45 Practical Projects. p. 25.

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