The Paneless Window Washer Explained

Popeye the Sailor in "The Paneless Window Washer"
Director:	Dave Fleischer Willard Bowsky (animation director)
Producer:	Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor
Starring:	Jack Mercer Mae Questel Gus Wickie
Music:	Sammy Timberg
Studio:	Fleischer Studios
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	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

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

• Jack Mercer as Popeye
• Mae Questel as Olive Oyl
• Gus Wickie as Bluto

Production notes

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

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

Notes and References

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