Ghosks is the Bunk
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Ghosks is the Bunk is a 1939 animated short starring Popeye
, Olive Oyl
and Bluto
. Olive reads a ghost story to Popeye and Brutis. Bluto leaves and rigs a haunted house and lures them to it. But they quickly discover him and, even better, a can of invisible paint, and they get the better of him.
Runtime:6 min
Director:Dave Fleischer
Country:USA
Language:English
Color:Black and White (later re-colored)
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Sound Mix:Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Company:Fleischer Studios
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Popeye
Popeye the Sailor is a cartoon fictional character created by Elzie Crisler Segar, who has appeared in comic strips and animated cartoons in the cinema as well as on television. He first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929...
, Olive Oyl
Olive Oyl
Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre. The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however Olive Oyl was a main character for 10 years before Popeye's 1929...
and Bluto
Bluto
Bluto is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his Thimble Theatre comic strip . Bluto made his first appearance September 12 of that year...
. Olive reads a ghost story to Popeye and Brutis. Bluto leaves and rigs a haunted house and lures them to it. But they quickly discover him and, even better, a can of invisible paint, and they get the better of him.
Cast
- Pinto Colvig ... Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
- Margie Hines ... Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
- Jack Mercer ... Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Title
"Ghosks is the Bunk" is the original title, but was mistakenly changed to "Ghosk is the Bunk" when re-colored years later. This mistake came from tracing over the original title card.Technical Info
Release Date:14 June 1939Runtime:6 min
Director:Dave Fleischer
Country:USA
Language:English
Color:Black and White (later re-colored)
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Sound Mix:Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Company:Fleischer Studios
Releases
The black-and-white version of this short is available on DVD on Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940, Volume 2Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940, Volume 2
Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940, Volume 2 is the second of a series of DVD sets released by Warner Home Video collecting, in chronological order, the theatrical Popeye cartoons originally distributed by Paramount Pictures. Originally planned as a four-disc set like Volume 1, Volume 2 was announced and...
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