A Date to Skate

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

Popeye takes Olive roller skating in a rink; she's never skated before, so he has to teach her, and she's not exactly a quick learner. After a while, she ends up outside the rink, and still ... Read allPopeye takes Olive roller skating in a rink; she's never skated before, so he has to teach her, and she's not exactly a quick learner. After a while, she ends up outside the rink, and still out of control; she skates through a department store and causes major traffic problems. W... Read allPopeye takes Olive roller skating in a rink; she's never skated before, so he has to teach her, and she's not exactly a quick learner. After a while, she ends up outside the rink, and still out of control; she skates through a department store and causes major traffic problems. When she gets stuck on a speeding fire truck, Popeye realizes he'll need his spinach, but h... Read all

Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Willard Bowsky
Stars
- Jack Mercer
- Mae Questel

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

371

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Willard Bowsky
Stars
- Jack Mercer
- Mae Questel

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos2

Top cast2

Edit

Jack Mercer

Popeye
(voice)
(uncredited)

Mae Questel

Olive Oyl
(voice)
(uncredited)

User reviews8

6.7371

Featured reviews

7Hitchcoc

Just Rollin' Along

Popeye insists on taking Olive roller skating. She has never been and now is terrified. But off they go to the rink. Of course, what happens are a series of sight gags which show our skinny heroine taking lots of prat falls. One interesting thing is that while spinach comes into play, Bluto is never on the scene.

Michael_Elliott

Another Fun Popeye Short

A Date to Skate (1938)

*** (out of 4)

Popeye and Olive are on a date when they come across a new skating ring. Popeye wants to try it but Olive isn't so sure. Before long Olive finds herself on skates and speeding around town unable to stop.

A DATE TO SKATE isn't a great Popeye short but it's an entertaining one. The highlight here is a sequence where Olive causes a masses traffic wreck as she keeps hanging onto a police officer who is in control of the traffic signs. Another great thing here is the actual animation as it's almost 3D like. As Olive zips through town you really do feel as if you're right there with you as she enters one dangerous situation after another.

7SnoopyStyle

Popeye and Olive by themselves

Popeye takes Olive Oyl roller-skating and she's new to it. That's it. There's no Bluto or any other Popeye characters. This is black and white. Popeye and Olive function perfectly fine in a slapstick comedy. In this one, they're good together.

Kirpianuscus

skating

A long chain of adventures about the modest abilities of Olive to skate. But Popeye is near her and his bravery and happy served by public spinach, after few car crashes , solves everything. So, some laughts and pure adventures.

7boblipton

The End Of The Roll

Popeye is out with Olive Oyl. They come across a roller-skating rink. He suggests going in. She doesn't know how to skate. He offers to teach her.

The last of the Popeye cartoons that was produced in New York before the Fleischers moved their operation down to Florida is also the last with Mae Questal voicing Olive before she was replaced by Marjorie Hines. This is a pretty good one. There's no sign of Bluto; that's always a plus for me. And there's one excellent gag in which Popeye breaks the fourth wall in his search for spinach. Add in the usual plethora of gags that Dave Fleischer insisted on, and you'll have a very good time.

More like this

6.4

Customers Wanted

7.0

Wotta Nitemare

6.5

Leave Well Enough Alone

6.7

Cops Is Always Right

6.5

Shakespearian Spinach

7.0

Le lion qui craignait les souris

6.6

6.5

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.1

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Final Fleischer cartoon with Mae Questel as the voice of Olive Oyl. Margie Hines took over the role for all remaining Fleischer Popeye cartoons.