Direction: Dave Tendlar

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Dave Tendlar. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Popeye the Sailor: Organ Grinder's Swing (S)

1937 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Popeye and Olive are grooving to the sounds of Wimpy the organ grinder, but their neighbor Bluto wants him to move on. Popeye and Bluto settle their disagreement with their...

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The Deputy Dawg Show (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 6 min. · United States

Direction Connie Rasinski · Ralph Bakshi · Bob Kuwahara · Dave Tendlar

Plot A canine sheriff's deputy in a backwoods Southern town always manages to catch the bad guy, despite his own ineptitude.

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Popeye the Sailor: I Wanna Be a Life Guard (S)

1936 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Popeye applies for a lifeguard job when he sees Olive in the pool, but Bluto also wants the job (and Olive). The manager, Wimpy, asks them to demonstrate their skills...

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Betty Boop and Grampy (S)

1935 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Two piano movers, a fireman and a traffic cop all drop what they're doing to join Betty Boop at the contraption-happy Grampy's eccentric party.

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Popeye the Sailor: I'm in the Army Now (S)

1936 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Willard Bowsky · Dave Tendlar

Plot To impress Olive, Bluto and Popeye try to convince an Army recruiter to sign him up.

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Matty's Funday Funnies (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

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Popeye the Sailor: Mutiny Ain't Nice (S)

1938 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Captain Popeye must hide Olive Oyl, an accidental stowaway on a ship filled with sailors who believe women are a jinx.

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The Hector Heathcote Show (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 25 min. · United States

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Fowl Play (S)

1937 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Popeye gives Olive a parrot that he's trained. Bluto sets the bird free and then tries to kill it.

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Betty Boop: Morning, Noon and Night (S)

1933 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot To the tune of Rubinoff and his orchestra, Betty Boop and feathered friends try to save a baby bird from the booze-swilling Tom Kats Club.

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Popeye the Sailor: Choose Your 'Weppins' (S)

1935 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot 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...

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Spinach Packin' Popeye (S)

1944 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Izzy Sparber · Willard Bowsky · Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Popeye donates blood, then dashes off to a boxing match with Bluto. He loses. Olive, who heard this on the radio, rejects him as no longer strong enough for her...

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Luno the White Stallion (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 6 min. · United States

Direction Connie Rasinski · Art Bartsch · Bob Kuwahara · Dave Tendlar

Plot It centered on a little boy named Tim who had a toy horse Pegasus of marble white named Luno who would come alive and whisk him off on adventures in...

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Popeye the Sailor: Doing Impossikible Stunts (S)

1940 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Willard Bowsky · Thomas Johnson · Seymour Kneitel

Plot Mystery Pictures is looking for a stunt man. Swee'pea tags along with Popeye, but he sends the tot home. Popeye shows clips of his stunts to the director, who is...

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Popeye the Sailor: Puttin on the Act (S)

1940 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Olive rushes over to show Popeye the headline: Vaudeville is coming back. They agree to rehearse their old act. After a brief song-and-dance intro, the act begins: Popeye demonstrating his...

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Popeye the Sailor: Females Is Fickle (S)

1940 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot Olve brings her new goldfish onto Popeye's ship, but the fish jumps out of its bowl and into the sea. Olive convinces Popeye to go after it, but the fish...

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Wedding Belts (S)

1940 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot To prepare for married life, the stone age bride and groom first go through some premarital education, which seems more like two training camps for a heavyweight bout. The gal...

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Betty Boop: Is My Palm Read (S)

1933 · Movie · 5 min. · United States

Direction Dave Fleischer · Dave Tendlar

Plot For customer Betty Boop, psychic reader Prof. Bimbo conjures up an adventure on a haunted tropical island in his crystal ball.

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