The best Jack Mercer’s family movies

Jack Mercer

Jack Mercer

31/01/1910- 07/12/1984
Today we present the best Jack Mercer’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jack Mercer’s movies.
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Popeye

Popeye
5.4/10
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
7.3/10
Two sailors Sindbad and Popeye decide to test themselves in order to prove their supremacy. Popeye is then presented with a series of daunting tasks by Sindbad.

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels
6.6/10
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.

Poor Cinderella

Poor Cinderella
6.9/10
In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

Mr. Bug Goes to Town

Mr. Bug Goes to Town
6.9/10
The happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.

Bunny Mooning

Bunny Mooning
5.8/10
Jack and Jill Rabbit get hitched in this classic Fleischer Studios cartoon (made a year before Bugs Bunny hit the scene).

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

Christmas Comes But Once a Year
7.2/10
  • Genre: AnimationFamily
  • Release: 04/12/1936
  • Character: Professor Grampy (voice) (uncredited)
At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Boo Moon

Boo Moon
6/10
Casper the Friendly Ghost comes to the aid of King Luna and his people after being attacked by invading Tree Men. On the 3D Bluray 3-D Rarities Volume 1, this appears as an extra in 3D.

Many Tanks

Many Tanks
6.6/10
Bluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms. Popeye ends up in a tank drill.

Ancient Fistory

Ancient Fistory
6.2/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedyFamily
  • Release: 29/01/1953
  • Character: Popeye / Fairy Godfather / Guest Announcer / Bull (voice)
It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella story, with a car created from a can of spinach.

I Like Mountain Music

I Like Mountain Music
5.6/10
After hours, individuals on various magazine covers in a drugstore come to life and sing, speak, or perform. Caricature celebrity depictions include George Arliss, Eddie Cantor, Sonja Henie, Benito Mussolini, Ignacy Paderewski, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, and Ed Wynn. A robbery sequence features bad guys breaking into the cash register and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the case. King Kong also makes an appearance. A Merrie Melody cartoon.

The Friendly Ghost

The Friendly Ghost
6.6/10
Casper struggles to find friends who won't run away scared when they meet him.

Santa's Surprise

Santa's Surprise
6.2/10
  • Genre: AnimationFamily
  • Release: 05/12/1947
  • Character: Russian Boy / Dutch Boy / Vocal Effects - Snoring (voice) (uncredited)
Seven children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve and decide to surprise him with some help around the house while he sleeps.

The Mighty Navy

The Mighty Navy
7.2/10
Newly inducted into the U.S. Navy, Popeye is on a training ship, but his seat-of-the-pants ways don't fit in with modern equipment.

The Hot Air Salesman

The Hot Air Salesman
6.1/10
A door to door salesman visits Betty Boop's home with a long line of useless household gadgets.

Baby Wants a Bottleship

Baby Wants a Bottleship
6.6/10
Olive is going shopping and drops Swee'pea off for Popeye to watch. Popeye carves a sailboat for him, but the tyke spots Popeye's battleship, and the puny toy boat will no longer do. He climbs aboard, and there's the expected mayhem. Notable sequences include a stint on the ship's cannon's control board, with Popeye caught on the barrel, then in the gears; also, at the end, Swee'Pea hitches a ride atop a torpedo just as Olive is returning and Popeye's out cold.

Assault and Flattery

Assault and Flattery
5.7/10
Bluto is accusing Popeye in judge Wimpy's courtroom. Bluto tells a sad tale of how Popeye attacked him without provocation, but Popeye tells his side, in detail

Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix

Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix
7.1/10
Popeye and Bluto agree that women are too much trouble, so they agree to swear off them, which lasts about five seconds, until Olive comes on board ship for a tour. The boys vie for her attention.

We Did It

We Did It
5.7/10
While Betty Boop is away, the kittens get into mischief. Will Pudgy the pup take the blame as usual?

Snubbed by a Snob

Snubbed by a Snob
5.9/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedyFamily
  • Release: 18/07/1940
  • Character: Hunky / Spunky / Stallions / Bull (voice) (uncredited)
A young horse says hi to little donkey Spunky. But the horse's mother pulls him away, saying we don't associate with that kind. Spunky makes a few more overtures, and eventually they set off on a chase, running across a bull from time to time. The horse stops to eat a lot of apples and drink far too much water; this leaves him too bloated to move much at all. The two continue to anger the bull, which gives chase; Spunky saves the colt, and they all live in harmony.

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