While billed as a Betty Boop cartoon, it was produced as a vehicle for Popeye in his debut animated appearance.

[2] The cartoon begins with stock film footage of newspapers rolling off a printing press.

The front page of one of the newspapers appears, with a headline declaring that Popeye has become a movie star.

They play two games, the high striker and African dodger, with Popeye "winning" both times and then they watch Betty Boop (also voiced by Bonnie Poe) doing the hula.

He then punches the approaching engine and its baggage car and coaches in the "face", and wrecks the whole train in a crushing halt and sparing Olive's life, because of the can of spinach he ate.