Les Trois Caballeros

Original title: The Three Caballeros

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6.3/10

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Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).

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Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 nominations total

Yaya
(as Aurora Miranda of Brazil)

Carmen Molina

Mexico Girl
(as Carmen Molina of Mexico)

Dora Luz

Mexico Girl
(as Dora Luz of Mexico)

Sterling Holloway

Prof. Holloway
(voice)

Clarence Nash

Donald Duck
(voice)

Joaquin Garay

Panchito
(voice)

José Oliveira

José Carioca
(voice)

Frank Graham

Narrator
(voice)

Fred Shields

Narrator (segment 'The Flying Gauchito')
(voice)

Nestor Amaral

Almirante

Trío Calaveras

Trío Ascensio del Rio

Themselves
(as Ascencio Del Rio Trio)

Padua Hills Players

Themselves

Robert Ashley

Dancer - Brazilian Sequence
(uncredited)

Wesley Carthew

Dancer - Brazilian Sequence
(uncredited)

Pinto Colvig

Aracuan Bird
(voice)
(uncredited)

Billy Daniel

Dancer - Brazilian Sequence
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This movie and Saludos Amigos (1942) were created by Disney in order to improve the United States of America's relations with South American countries during World War II.

Goofs
When visiting Chile, the map shows several misspellings: Valparaiso is "Valpraiso" and the Juan Fernandez Islands are "Juan Ferndez Islands". On the postcard it says Vina del Mar instead of "Viña del Mar"

Quotes
Donald Duck: [referring to a pinata] What's this?
Panchito: What's this?
[laughs]
Panchito: This is your gift from Mexico, Donald: a pinata!
Donald Duck: Oh, boy, oh, boy, a pinata!... What's a pinata?
Panchito: A pinata is full of surprises. Presents. It's the very spirit of Christmas.
Donald Duck: Christmas!
[singing]
Donald Duck: Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...
Panchito: [laughing] Oh, no, no, Donald! For goodness sake, not "Jingle Bells". In Mexico, they sing "Las Posadas".

Crazy credits
In the end of the movie, the fireworks exploding of the title "Fin", "Fim" and "The End".

Alternate versions
There was an airing of this film for American television in the early 1980s which was extended to help it fit into a two-hour time slot. This was done by editing in selected shorts on similar themes. Among them were Pluto et l'armadillo (1943), Le clown de la jungle (1947), and Morris, le petit élan (1950).

Connections
Edited from Glimpses of Mexico (1940)

Soundtracks
The Three Caballeros (Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes!)
Music by Manuel Esperón (as Manuel Esperon)
Spanish lyrics by Ernesto Cortázar (uncredited)
English lyrics by Ray Gilbert (1944) (uncredited)
Played and Sung during the opening credits

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Featured review

7/10

South America-mania!

Wildly colorful, almost hallucinogenic offering from Walt Disney plays like "Fantasia" on speed. Though not much more than a hodgepodge of story ideas, the film mixes live-action with animation in saluting Mexican and South American cultures. Donald Duck is the star this time, and his title musical number alongside Joe Carioca and Panchito is a head-swirling collage of colors. The Disney animators were obviously full of inspiration, but the entire movie plays like that drunken elephant sequence from "Dumbo": manic, fruity, sometimes quite fabulous. Entertaining to be sure, and better than its predecessor "Saludos Amigos", but certainly odd and never very popular from the 1940s through the 1960s since Disney rarely circulated it as a whole. *** from ****