One of several wartime package features produced under the Good Neighbor Policy, blending animation with live action in a tour of Latin America. Bill Peet contributed story work during this period when Disney pivoted away from single-narrative features due to wartime economics.
The Three Caballeros was among the package films that occupied Disney's story department during World War II. Bill contributed story work alongside other Disney artists as the studio adjusted its output to shorter, anthology-format productions before returning to full-length animated features in the late 1940s.
His contribution
Bill worked in the story department on The Three Caballeros as part of his ongoing role at Disney following Dumbo. The wartime package features gave story artists less opportunity for the expansive character-driven narrative that Bill excelled at, and he later channeled that energy into the postwar features (Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan), where his contributions were far more substantial.
- BILL'S ROLE
- Story
- RUNTIME
- 71 min