Jack Mercer Movies

The harried wife of an incorrigible cigarette smoker confines her husband to an institution that promises to break him of his habit.

Popeye is hosting three of his western-obsessed nephews on his ranch. To get them to eat their spinach, he tells about how he arrived at the ranch...

A cannibal wreaks havoc in Cincinnati.

Popeye is building a house while his nephews practice their music. The kids come out to help, but only cause trouble, so Popeye sends them back to...

Singalong about wacky inventions.

When enemy planes attack the battleship he's serving on, Popeye fights back.

This Screen Song audience-participation short (Paramount production number X9-1)is an all-animated short with cartoon caricatures of many Hollywood...

Katnip has a cold and reads that eating a fresh crow is a sure cure. Cros didn't come any fresher than Buzzy, and when Katnip spies him ice-skating,...

A mouse fools Scat the cat into thinking that he's from another planet.

Brutus is an egotistical French director making a film about Antony and Cleopatra, starring Popeye and Olive Oyl. But Popeye may not survive the...

A man schemes to get rich with a talking horse.

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...

Betty Boop and Freddie appear on stage in a melodrama, wherein Betty sings the title song to the villain.

Bluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms. Popeye ends up in a tank...

Popeye and Bluto are running competing penny arcades, trying to bring in customer Wimpy. Of course, he would gladly pay Tuesday for a penny today....

Singalong with spot gags about forest animals.

The captain of a ship's crew, a mouse, goes to the bar to pick up his men. After forcing the initially reluctant sailors onboard, they set sail and...

A Paramount Noveltoon (production number P10-1) that has a farmer fattening up a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but when he starts to sharpen his...

To finally defeat Popeye, Bluto sets out to destroy the spinach crop.

A little mouse is in trouble from mean Skat the cat, who's terrorizing the neighborhood. None of the mice dare go outside.