For Better or Worser (1935)
Directed by Dave Fleischer
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Tired of cleaning his dingy apartment and burning his dinner, Popeye decides that it's time to get a wife. He heads down to a seedy-looking matrimonial bureau, where he and fellow bachelor Bluto vie for the affections of a modestly veiled Olive Oyl. Temporarily disposing of his rival, Bluto drags Olive to the nearest justice of the peace (who else but Wimpy?)--with Popeye, grotesquely scrunched like an accordion by a pile driver, hot on the couple's heels. This bizarre entry serves to introduce the Fleischer studio's unique "3-D" background effect, with the animated characters cavorting before a "live" tabletop-model background. The musical score inclues the lilting "Stay as Sweet as You Are", written byMack Gordon and Harry Revel for the 1934 movie musical College Rhythm.