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Saludos Amigos (1942) Opens in US Theaters
- Saludos Amigos premiered in Rio de Janeiro on 24 August 1942 and was released in the United States on 19 February 1943, the date used here (The Numbers lists 6 February 1943, the Boston opening).[2][3][4]
- Set in Latin America, the featurette is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck stars in two of them and Goofy stars in one. It also features the first appearance of José Carioca, the malandro Brazilian parrot.[2]
- The film was a success, helping launch the international popularity of Donald Duck and leading Disney to produce The Three Caballeros (1944), another government-funded film aimed at Latin American goodwill.[2]
- Saludos Amigos was directed by supervising director Norman Ferguson and a team of segment directors, with music by Paul Smith and Edward H. Plumb, and runs 42 minutes. Wikipedia's infobox lists a gross of US$1 million (worldwide rentals).[2]
- In early 1941, before U.S. entry into World War II, the United States Department of State commissioned a Disney goodwill tour of South America, intended to lead to a movie to be shown in the US, Central, and South America as part of the Good Neighbor Policy. It was being done because several Latin American governments had close ties with Nazi Germany, and the US government wanted to counteract those ties.[2]
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- [1]90%imdb.com/title/tt0036326imdb.com· Posted Oct 5, 2026· Starts Feb 19, 1943 ✓· 20% of score
Wikipedia's[2][3] article for the film and its list of Walt Disney Animation Studios films give the US release as 19 February 1943. It premiered in Rio de Janeiro on 24 August 1942 and was released in the United States on 19 February 1943, the date used here (The Numbers[4] lists 6 February 1943, the Boston opening).
- [2]85%Saludos Amigos - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
English Wikipedia[3] article: release dates, credits, infobox figures and reception.
- [3]80%List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
Studio canon list with the release date of each film.[1]
- [4]80%Saludos Amigos (1942) - The Numbersthe-numbers.com· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
Domestic release dates by run (premiere/limited and wide) from The Numbers.
- [5]70%Saludos Amigos (1942) - TMDBthemoviedb.org· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
Film entry confirming title and year; source of the still images.[1]
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