The Farmer and the Belle

The Farmer and the Belle

1950 · 6 min · ★ 5.8 · Animation, Comedy

Olive Oyl's Farm is desparately in need of a farmhand. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the boys are driving by. They compete for the job. Chores: Getting water from a well, picking apples, shoeing a horse, gathering eggs. Popeye feeds a hen a little spinach, and she produces a mountain of eggs, which eventually end up all over Bluto. Bluto drops an anvil on Popeye, then goes after Olive against her wishes, chasing her into a succession of haystacks (where he finds a needle!). The chicken feeds Popeye his spinach, and he triumphs, sending Bluto into the pigpen (where the pigs won't have anything to do with him).

Directed by Seymour Kneitel · Written by Joe Stultz

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Jack Mercer Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
Jackson Beck Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

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