The best William 'Billy' Costello’s animation movies

William 'Billy' Costello

William 'Billy' Costello

02/02/1898- 09/10/1971
Today we present the best William 'Billy' Costello’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 William 'Billy' Costello’s movies.
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Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor
7.6/10
Popeye and Bluto fight for the love of Olive Oyl in their debut short, featuring Betty Boop.

Wild Elephinks

Wild Elephinks
7.1/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 29/12/1933
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas (also a moose!). Popeye eventually battles an entire menagerie at once - after first gulping down a can of spinach, of course.

Seasin's Greetinks!

Seasin's Greetinks!
7/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 17/12/1933
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye skates over to Olive's house to give her a Christmas present: ice skates of her own. While he's teaching her, Bluto skates up and gets fresh; of course, Popeye fights him. When Olive rejects Bluto again, he sends her careening on an ice floe towards a waterfall.

Dizzy Dishes

Dizzy Dishes
6.2/10
The Fleischer's Talkartoon short that debuted the now infamous Betty Boop.

Shoein' Hosses

Shoein' Hosses
7.1/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 01/06/1934
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Wimpy is such a terrible helper that blacksmith Olive fires him. Both Popeye and Bluto see the help wanted sign; they compete for the position. Of course, their competition wrecks the shop.

For Better or Worser

For Better or Worser
6.9/10
Popeye's failures in the kitchen send him on a quest for a wife. He visits the "matrimonial agency" and picks Olive at the same time Bluto picks her. Of course, the boys settle their problem with their fists. Soon, Bluto and Olive are visiting Justice of the Peace Wimpy, with Popeye temporarily detained.

I Yam What I Yam

I Yam What I Yam
6.9/10
  • Genre: AnimationFamily
  • Release: 29/09/1933
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy are shipwrecked on an island of hostile Indians

Choose Your 'Weppins'

Choose Your 'Weppins'
7/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 30/05/1935
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Policeman Wimpy loses his handcuffed prisoner when he's distracted by a hamburger shop. The escapee drops into the weapon-filled pawn shop Popeye and Olive are running, and quickly gets in a fight with Popeye.

Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938 - Volume One

Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938 - Volume One
Popeye The Sailor: 1933-1938 Volume One (DVD) Spinach--YUCK! But not to the most famous, fearless comic strip sailor in the world--Popeye. Whether romancing his longtime sweetheart, Olive Oyl, rescuing defenseless infant Swee'pea, or wrestling his nasty nemesis, Bluto, Popeye summons his spinach-induced strength to save the day. With one gulp of the vitamin-rich vegetable, Popeye transforms his scrawny body into a human dynamo! For high seas hijinks or landlocked levity, turn to the hilarious animated antics of that two-fisted tar--Popeye.

Sock-a-Bye, Baby

Sock-a-Bye, Baby
6.9/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 18/01/1934
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
When Popeye takes the baby for a walk in the stroller, the little one won't be quiet unless he's sleeping. Of course there's no end of noisiness. This include a Harpo Marx lookalike playing the harp; a music school with many practicing students inside; a ship blowing its horn; a radio outside a radio store; a building construction site; and blaring car horns in traffic. Popeye doesn't hesitate to shut them all up.

Pleased to Meet Cha!

Pleased to Meet Cha!
6.8/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 21/03/1935
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking, they start fighting. She catches them, and tells them one will have to leave. Bluto tells Popey that whoever does the best trick can stay. As a result, they find ever more creative ways to abuse each other, much to Olive's merriment. Eventually, though, they start destroying her house, and Olive throws them both out, for a little while, anyhow.

A Dream Walking

A Dream Walking
7.2/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 27/09/1934
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto each wants to save Olive as she sleepwalks onto a construction site. But most of their efforts go into preventing each other from being the hero.

Axe Me Another

Axe Me Another
7.1/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 29/08/1934
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Pierre Bluto, running a logging camp, has thrown Olive into the river because he didn't like her spinach. Popeye rescues her and proceeds to beat Bluto in a lumberjack contest.

Blow Me Down!

Blow Me Down!
7/10
Popeye sails into Mexico, where Olive is a dancer and Bluto is a bandit.

We Aim to Please

We Aim to Please
7.1/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 27/12/1934
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive open a diner, singing the title song. Alas, their first two customers are Wimpy (who actually gets them to fall for the "gladly pay you Tuesday" schtick) and Bluto, who orders 6 sandwiches and refuses to pay for them. This leads, of course, to a fight, which Popeye needs his spinach to win.

Beware of Barnacle Bill

Beware of Barnacle Bill
7.3/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 24/01/1935
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
To the classic tune of "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", Olive explains that she can't marry Popeye because she's in love with Barnacle Bill (an unusually large Bluto), who then comes by and proceeds to pound Popeye (until he eats his spinach, of course).

I Eats My Spinach

I Eats My Spinach
7/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 17/11/1933
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive Oyl visit a rodeo.

Dizzy Divers

Dizzy Divers
7.1/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 25/07/1935
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Bluto are deep sea divers. Popeye has a treasure map; for some reason he cuts Bluto in on the deal, but of course, Bluto's idea of 50-50 isn't exactly fair...

You Gotta Be a Football Hero

You Gotta Be a Football Hero
6.9/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 29/08/1935
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye and Olive are attending a football game; Bluto's team takes the field, and Olive is swept off her feet, becoming a cheerleader for him. Popeye signs up and becomes quarterback of the opposing team, which is skinny and pathetic looking, compared to Bluto's team of huge bruisers. Things go badly, of course, until Popeye eats his spinach and becomes a whole football team himself, winning both the game and Olive.

The Man on the Flying Trapeze

The Man on the Flying Trapeze
7.1/10
  • Genre: AnimationComedy
  • Release: 15/03/1934
  • Character: Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Popeye comes to ask Olive out, but finds she's gone off with the title character. Popeye goes to the circus (ringmaster Wimpy) looking for her, to find she's part of the act; an aerial battle ensues.

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