I like popeye and also feel that most cartoon movies including disney are based on some foundation laid by Max Fleischer and his work. Then there was an ancestor of Popeye it was Betty Boop.

The Great Depression ended Betty's Toon Career and it was replaced by Popeye. The moods of people changed after the major economic turmoil.

Here is a Betty Boop 1935 Video. I make the assumption that this is free from copyright as it is 1935. If you have an objection it will be removed.