TWO SETS OF TREASURES

LONG JOHN SILVER and JIM HAWKINS

Film: Treasure Island (1950)
Actors: Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll
DVD: Available

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JOHN SILVER and JIM HAWKINS

Film: Treasure Planet (2002)
Voice Actors: Brian Murray and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
DVD: Available

Disney visited Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure yarn in these two adaptations (the former was the Studios’ first all-live action feature, the latter an animated science fiction version), immortalizing twice the father/son-like bond between the crotchety cook-turned-mutineer and the young hero with the prized treasure map.

THREE’S COMPANY …

Sometimes there’s enough friendship for three …

DONALD DUCK, JOSE CARIOCA and PANCHITO

Film: The Three Caballeros (1945)
Voice Actors: Clarence Nash, Jose Oliviera and Joaquin Garay
Song of Friendship: “The Three Caballeros�?
DVD: Available

This colorful, international trio of amigos (an American duck, a Brazilian parrot and a Mexican rooster - truly “birds of a feather�?) stick together through thick and thin … until, that is, that “Latin baby�? says “yes, no or maybe …�?

MAGGIE, GRACE and MRS. CALLOWAY

Film: Home on the Range (2004)
Voice Actors: Roseanne Barr, Jennifer Tilly and Judi Dench
Song of Friendship: “Anytime You Need a Friend�?
DVD: Available

The personalities of these three heroic cows couldn’t be more different (the good, the fat and the dingy?), yet they go together like milk and cookies. Against all odds, these bovine buddies save the day … and the farm.

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MICKEY MOUSE, DONALD DUCK and GOOFY

Films: Various shorts, beginning with Orphan’s Benefit (1934)
Original Voice Actors: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash and Pinto Colvig
DVD: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume 1 and others

From their many cartoon collaborations (Clock Cleaners, Lonesome Ghosts, Mickey’s Trailer) to Fun and Fancy Free up to last year’s The Three Musketeers, Disney’s three biggest stars prove that, as good as they are on their own, their even better together.