Information about The Three Caballeros

The Three Caballeros
Directed by	Norman Ferguson Clyde Geronimi Jack Kinney Bill Roberts
Written by	James Bodrero Homer Brightman Del Connell William Cottrell Bill Peet Elmer Plummer Ted Sears Ernest Terrazzas Roy Williams Ralph Wright
Starring	Clarence Nash José Oliviera Joaquin Garay Aurora Miranda Carmen Molina Dora Luz Sterling Holloway Frank Graham Fred Shields Nestor Amarale Almirante Trío Calaveras Trío Ascencio del Río Pinto Colvig
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Release date(s)	February 3, 1945
Running time	72 minutes
Language	English, Portuguese and Spanish
Preceded by	Saludos Amigos (1942)
IMDb profile

The Three Caballeros is a 1944 animated feature film, produced by Walt Disney and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The seventh animated feature in the Disney animated features canon and a sequel to 1942's Saludos Amigos, the film is an adventure through parts of Latin America, combining live-action and animation.

Produced as part of the studio's goodwill message for South America, but less obviously propagandistic, the film again starred Donald Duck, who in the course of the film is joined by his old friend José Carioca, the cigar-smoking parrot from Saludos Amigos representing Brazil, and later makes a new friend in the persona of pistol-packing rooster Panchito Pistoles, representing Mexico.

Several Latin American stars of the period appear, including singers Aurora Miranda (sister of Carmen Miranda) and Dora Luz, as well as dancer Carmen Molina.

The film is plotted as a series of self-contained segments, strung together by the device of Donald Duck opening birthday gifts from his Latin American friends.

The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the USA on February 3, 1945.

Worldwide release dates

• Mexico: December 21, 1944 (Mexico City)
• Brazil: February 4, 1945
• Australia: December 7, 1945
• Spain: February 17, 1947
• Sweden: March 28, 1947
• France: April 21, 1948
• Hong Kong: March 17, 1949
• Italy: July 14, 1949
• Finland: May 18, 1951
• West Germany: December 14, 1954
• Austria: September 2, 1955
• Japan: March 10, 1959

Film segments

The film's segments include:

• The Cold-Blooded Penguin involved a penguin named Pablo, who is so fed up with the freezing conditions of the South Pole that he decides to leave for warmer climates.
• The Flying Gauchito involved the adventures of a little boy from Mendoza in Argentina and his winged donkey, Burrito.
• Baia involved a pop-up book trip through Salvador, the capital of the Brazilian state of Baía, as Donald Duck and José Carioca meet up with some of the locals who dance an interesting samba and Donald starts pining for one of the females in the group.
• Las Posadas was the story of a group of Mexican children who celebrated Christmas by re-enacting the journey of Mary and Joseph searching for room at the inn. "Posada" means "inn", and they are told "no posada" at each house until they come to one where they are offered shelter in a stable. This leads to festivities including the breaking of the piñata, which in turn leads to Donald Duck trying to break the piñata as well.

Influence and sequels

The song "You Belong To My Heart" was featured in a Disney short called Pluto's Blue Note (1947). It was later recorded by Bing Crosby. The songs "Baia" and the title song became popular hit tunes in the 1940s.

Some clips from this film were used in the "Welcome to Rio" portion of the Mickey Mouse Disco music video.

Don Rosa wrote two sequels in 2000 and 2006. Maybe as a result, as of September 2006, Panchito and José Carioca, have returned at Walt Disney World where they used to appear for meet and greets. They can only be found outside the Mexico pavilion in World Showcase at Epcot. Donald also appears with them.

In April 2007, the film became the basis for a ride at the Mexican pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot named Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros.^[1]

Cast

• Clarence Nash - Donald Duck (also dubbed the Spanish version)
• José Oliviera - José Carioca
• Joaquin Garay - Panchito Pistoles
• Aurora Miranda - Herself
• Carmen Molina - Herself
• Dora Luz - Herself
• Sterling Holloway - Narrator (The Cold-Blooded Penguin)
• Frank Graham - Narrator
• Fred Shields - Narrator
• Nestor Amarale - Himself
• Almirante
• Trío Calaveras
• Trío Ascencio del Río
• Pinto Colvig - Aracuan Bird

References

See also

• List of animated feature films

External links

• The Three Caballeros at the Big Cartoon DataBase

•  • [ e] Disney theatrical animated features
Official canon	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Saludos Amigos (1942) • The Three Caballeros (1944) • Make Mine Music (1946) • Fun and Fancy Free (1947) • Melody Time (1948) • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977) • The Fox and the Hound (1981) • The Black Cauldron (1985) • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) • Oliver & Company (1988) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Fantasia 2000 (1999) • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) •  (2001) • Lilo & Stitch (2002) • Treasure Planet (2002) • Brother Bear (2003) • Home on the Range (2004) • Chicken Little (2005) • Meet the Robinsons (2007) • Bolt (2008) • Rapunzel (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Live-action films with animation	The Reluctant Dragon (1941) • Victory Through Air Power (1943) • Song of the South (1946) • So Dear to My Heart (1949) • Mary Poppins (1964) • Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) • Pete's Dragon (1977) • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) • Enchanted (2007)
DisneyToon features	(1990) • A Goofy Movie (1995) • Doug's 1st Movie (1999) • The Tigger Movie (2000) •  (2001) • Return to Never Land (2002) • The Jungle Book 2 (2003) • Piglet's Big Movie (2003) • Teacher's Pet (2004) • Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
Other	The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) • James and the Giant Peach (1996) • Dinosaur (2000) • A Christmas Carol (2009)
See also	Pixar • Walt Disney Animation Studios

Preceded by Saludos Amigos	Walt Disney Pictures 1945	Succeeded by Make Mine Music