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Blame It on the Samba

1948 segment from Disney's Melody Time directed by Clyde Geronimi
Movie animated_short_film Q2930295
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Summary

Blame It on the Samba is an animated short film[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: film[3]
  • Director: Clyde Geronimi[4]
  • Composer: Ernesto Nazareth[5]
  • Genre: live-action/animated film[6]
  • Cast member: Ethel Smith[7]
  • Performer: The Dinning Sisters[8]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[9]
  • Production company: Walt Disney Pictures[10]
  • Part of: Melody Time[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Color: color[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1948[15]
  • Characters: Donald Duck[16], José Carioca[17], Aracuan Bird[18]
  • Voice actor: Pinto Colvig[19]
  • Title: Blame It on the Samba[20]
  • Working title: Apanhei te Cavaquinho[21]
  • Duration: 6 minutes[22]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[23]
  • Production code: 2060[24]
  • Film crew member: Hugh Hennesy[25], Robert Cormack[26]
  • Storyboard artist: James Bodrero[27], Mary Blair[28]
  • Animator: John Lounsbery[29], Hal King[30], Les Clark[31], Harvey Toombs[32], Ward Kimball[33], Joshua Meador[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . afilmla.blogspot.de. Retrieved . afilmla.blogspot.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Walt Disney: a guide to references and resources (1979 G.K. Hall ed.). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The Disney Films. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . The Hidden Art of Disney's Mid-Century Era: The 1950s and 1960s (2018 Chronicle Books ed.). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . afilmla.blogspot.com. Retrieved . afilmla.blogspot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years: The 1940s - Part Two (2017 Chronicle Books ed.). wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years: The 1940s - Part Two (2017 Chronicle Books ed.). wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 50mostinfluentialdisneyanimators.wordpress.com. Retrieved . 50mostinfluentialdisneyanimators.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 181933
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  2. 20w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Museum of modern art work id → 163415
    Working title → Apanhei te Cavaquinho
    Fabrication method → traditional animation
    Freebase id → /m/011b_l1s
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