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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...
...escaped them. . . . The money which I gave the mother seemed to daze her still more. When they made her understand that the money was actually hers and all that she was expected to do was to sign a receipt, she simply became wide-eyed. Her signature consisted of a thumb print! I am told the Arabs would not have considered it proper to receive money in that way without a receipt of that sort. The light in the room was so dim that I could hardly see to prepare the receipt. It was almost miraculous how quickly and how silently...
...Imagine Tojo's discomfort if he knew that his warriors were calling each other Hachi Maru, which is Japanese for 8-ball. . . . Nor would Tojo appreciate the sentiments displayed by another prisoner when someone mentioned Germany in his presence. With thumb and forefinger of his left hand he gripped his nose firmly, while the right hand shot forward in a Hitlerian salute...
...probed high in the sky. A few A.A. guns chattered. But the Fortress was clean away. Climbing to 5,000, she dropped her last bombs on a seaplane tender in the harbor's heart and streaked for home, while her crew made to one another the circle with thumb and third finger which means: "It's good...