El Terrible Toreador
About El Terrible Toreador
A barmaid, a Mexican officer, and a clumsy toreador form a triangle. They dance, kiss, punch, and slap to Bizet's Carmen. At the bullfight she cheers her lover and the officer jeers. The toreador and the bull clown, then the fight turns ugly.
Cast & crew
More about El Terrible Toreador
Walt Disney directed, wrote, and produced the second Silly Symphony. Carl W. Stalling arranged the music from Carmen. Columbia distributed it. Wikidata times it at 6 minutes. The copyright was renewed in 1957, so the short entered the U.S. public domain on 1 January 2025. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Music
Carl W. Stalling set the action to Bizet's Carmen.
Preservation
U.S. public domain from 1 January 2025. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- It is the second Silly Symphony, not the first.
- No Academy Award is attached to it in the English Wikipedia.
- The Commons file uses the Spanish title.
Scenes
- The bar fight is danced to Carmen, then the same tune carries the bullring.
Influenced by
- Georges Bizet's Carmen
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (El Terrible Toreador)
