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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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Blame It on the Samba

Summary

Blame It on the Samba is an animated short film[1].

Key Facts

  • Blame It on the Samba's instance of is recorded as animated short film[2].
  • Blame It on the Samba's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Blame It on the Samba was directed by Clyde Geronimi[4].
  • Blame It on the Samba's composer is recorded as Ernesto Nazareth[5].
  • Blame It on the Samba's genre is live-action/animated film[6].
  • A cast member of Blame It on the Samba was Ethel Smith[7].
  • Blame It on the Samba was performed by The Dinning Sisters[8].
  • Blame It on the Samba's collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[9].
  • Blame It on the Samba's production company is recorded as Walt Disney Pictures[10].
  • Blame It on the Samba is part of Melody Time[11].
  • The original language of Blame It on the Samba was English[12].
  • Blame It on the Samba's color is recorded as color[13].
  • Blame It on the Samba's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Blame It on the Samba was released on January 1, 1948[15].
  • Blame It on the Samba's characters is recorded as Donald Duck[16].
  • Blame It on the Samba's characters is recorded as José Carioca[17].
  • Blame It on the Samba's characters is recorded as Aracuan Bird[18].
  • Blame It on the Samba's voice actor is recorded as Pinto Colvig[19].
  • Blame It on the Samba's title is recorded as Blame It on the Samba[20].
  • Blame It on the Samba's working title is recorded as Apanhei te Cavaquinho[21].
  • Blame It on the Samba's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7727', 'amount': '+6'}[22].
  • Blame It on the Samba's fabrication method is recorded as traditional animation[23].
  • Blame It on the Samba's production code is recorded as 2060[24].
  • Blame It on the Samba's film crew member is recorded as Hugh Hennesy[25].
  • Blame It on the Samba's film crew member is recorded as Robert Cormack[26].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Blame It on the Samba was performed by The Dinning Sisters[8]. It was directed by Clyde Geronimi[4]. A cast member of it was Ethel Smith[7].

Publication

Blame It on the Samba was released on January 1, 1948[15]. The original language of it was English[12]. Its genre is live-action/animated film[6]. It is part of Melody Time[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d 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
    + 39 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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