Shouts of Caramba! were echoing in Holly wood after the "good-will" attempts of Don Ameche (el senor), Rita Hayworth (la senorita) and the brothers Ritz (los senores), until Mr. Disney stuck his diplomatic thumb into the Latin-American pic. What he pulled out was "Saludos Amigos," a light, colorful bit of entertainment for both sides of the equator. The film is not searching for any great light, but is merely the normal response of the Disney artists to what they saw and heard on their South American trip.

Combining actual color glimpses of South America with the cartoons, the picture is divided into four sequences. The first concerns tourist Donald Duck, camera in hand, clumsily cavorting around Peru. The second, Dumbo-like in organization, is the fable of a little mail-plane, Pedro, which has to fly over the Chilean Andes alone because his mother and father can't go. In the third, make-lead Goofy is whisked from his natural habitat on the American prairies down to the Argentine, where he dons a gancho costume and with his usual grace, assumes the role of the South American cowboy. The final and most sparkling sequence, the "Aquarela do Brasil" (watercolor of Brazil) is a beautiful spectacle of rhythmic color and samba music in which Donald Duck is introduced to Rio by Joe (Jose) Carioca, a personable young parrot of exuberant tastes.

"Saludos Amigos" will have a pleasant effect upon its South American audiences since there is nothing serious or heady about it. Disney, in his light-hearted manner, has achieved success where other promoters of Inter-American relations have failed. Clearly, the gentleman is a diplomat.