THE THREE CABALLEROS

Here are a few diverse pieces from THE THREE CABALLEROS.
First, a wonderful "global view" of Mexico:

A creative setup with a live action movie in a frame...

A floral dazzler with an unusual yellow/orange/red color palette (opening flower is a cel overlay):

And finally, two very simple but stunning B/Gs, over which the animation really pops. This is a great argument for understatement!

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Here's another look at Disney "south of the border."

Decades before JUNGLE BOOK, that vibe was appearing, as in this lavish B/G.

Also in the lush tropical style, here's a digitally re-created pan B/G...

Here's a rare vertical pan. (of course the bird is/was a cell overlay.)

And, continuing, a variety of THREE CABALLEROS B/G art...

Friday Night At The Movies

Here are four digitally reconstructed backgrounds from Disney's THREE CABALLEROS. Donald Duck was all over these... it took some doing, but I managed to get the job done!

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Here are two different treatments of the same street from THE THREE CABALLEROS. The first (like a pop-up book) is very cartoonish. The second is more like a chalk drawing.

Theoretically, they could have used one B/G and zoomed in for a close-up. instead, two B/Gs were painted and the textures are quite different.

This is intriguing to me. How about you?

Back to Baia!

Have you been to Baia?

Three different looks of one beautiful scene... a long shot, tighter shot, and a re-created pan close-up of this amazing background from the BAIA number in THREE CABALLEROS.

A few animated artifacts (dewdrops and sparkles) remain on the re-created pan. But the recreated pan reveals the scope of artistry by Disney even amidst the challenges of the 1940s.

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Here are several very different backgrounds digitally recreated from THE THREE CABALLEROS.

This background was unusual, with (to me) a slightly FANTASIA feel to it...

Spotlights were featured heavily in the musical numbers, as well as two-toned backgrounds.


There are several wonderful street scenes such as this:

One set (background) pops out of a book!

The artwork for THE THREE CABALLEROS showed a lot of creativity, from the very simple color wash B/Gs to the more traditional (elaborate) Disney artwork.

As always, each works beautifully as the backdrop for Disney animation!