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Lars-Goran Ahlm
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From: Åmål, Sweden
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posted June 16, 2012 06:13 AM

I recently bought a "brand new" sealed Popeye cartoon released by Film Office. As expected colors is perfect, all my copies from Film Office are the same color as when I bought them. I beleive they made all their releases on AGFA.

But on to what I really want to know.
As usual they have removed the original titles and put in french ones. I would like to know the original title. The french title is Le Bolide de Popeye and has a copyright year of 1951. I have looked through the IMDB and can't find any Popeye film that matches the story.
Popeye is entered in a car race against "Count Noah Count". Popeyes car is a small one with 1/2 horsepower, the adversary's car is really big and boasts 1000 horsepower. Needless to say the Count uses some foul tricks along the way.
Neither Olive or Bluto is in this film.

Does anybody here know what this was titled originally?

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Pasquale DAlessio
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posted June 16, 2012 06:33 AM

Bolide translates to "fireball". The Fireball Of Popeye? Somehing is lost in the translation here. [Confused]

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
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posted June 16, 2012 06:47 AM

Hello Lars,the only two cartoons I can find listed in Walt Lee's
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films are ; "Tar With A Star" 1949 and "Popalong Popeye" 1952 they are the only two that fit that
time period you stated.

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Jerome Sutter
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posted June 16, 2012 11:01 AM

The title is: Double Cross Country Race (1951)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tf-ifani3U

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Osi Osgood
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posted June 16, 2012 12:26 PM

... and the cigar goes to Jerome!

I'll stick with the Fleischer Popeye output though. He was fun back then!

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Lars-Goran Ahlm
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From: Åmål, Sweden
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posted June 16, 2012 01:26 PM

Yes that IS the one.
Thanks everybody, Jerome especially.
Now that don't need to bother me anymore.

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