Ward Kimball Jeff Lenburg, "The Three Caballeros" is considered to have a place among the finest work of Kimball's career. The film was reportedly successful in the American box office, earning about 3 to 4 million dollars. Kimball directed the character animation and sequences of the Pecos Bill segment in "Melody Time" (1948). He also worked as a senior animator for "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949). In "Cinderella" (1950), Kimball was responsible for the characters Jaq and Gus and Lucifer the Cat. In "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), Kimball was responsible for Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Walrus and the Carpenter,
Samaritan Snare was a reflection of modern society. With that in mind, portly actors were hired in order to give the impression of Tweedledum and Tweedledee from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass". Makeup supervisor Michael Westmore then created a prosthetic design for the actors, intending to make them look "whimsical". Appliances were created for their cheeks, foreheads and the tip of the actor's noses. A further addition was the eyebrows, as Westmore wanted them to look permanently sad. The final step in the makeup process was the creation of sets of false upper teeth, which while Westmore suggested was not immediately noticeable