Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The 1955 RKO reissue titles to Blame It on the Samba (originally part of Melody Time) are already – in various forms – available on YouTube, of course. This scan comes from a 16mm Fuji print dated 1977, and it’s likely not an official Disney release, as the splices you see near the end (when the Aracuan moves around the frame) are actually in the print, likely carried over from the 35mm source. Anyway, there are several interesting things to note about this version: It’s actually not labelled as a Donald Duck short like Lake Titicaca and Aquarela do Brasil, it has unique art on both the opening and the closing titles – and the end is different from Melody Time, where the Aracuan pops his head back out from the iris out.
The 1955 RKO reissue titles to Blame It on the Samba (originally part of Melody Time) are already – in various forms – available on YouTube, of course. This scan comes from a 16mm Fuji print dated 1977, and it’s likely not an official Disney release, as the splices you see near the end (when the Aracuan moves around the frame) are actually in the print, likely carried over from the 35mm source. Anyway, there are several interesting things to note about this version: It’s actually not labelled as a Donald Duck short like Lake Titicaca and Aquarela do Brasil, it has unique art on both the opening and the closing titles – and the end is different from Melody Time, where the Aracuan pops his head back out from the iris out.
