Bananas? Si, Señor!

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1956

Creator: John Sutherland Productions

Complete Record:

BANANAS? SI, SEÑOR! (1956, sound, 14min, color, 35mm) Sponsor: united Fruit Co. production Co.: John Sutherland productions. Music: Les Baxter. resources: Copyright not registered; “Film Gives Solution to red Menace,” Wash Post, May 17, 1956, 37; “united Fruit on the Screen,” Bus Scrn 17, no. 3 (1957): 35. Holdings: not reported. Introduction to the banana industry that blends live action and animation. The short promotes United Fruit’s “industrial integration” and contribution to the Central American economy. note: Bananas? Si, Señor! is reported to have been seen by more than 14 million people in eight months. Produced in Eastmancolor. Companion to The Living Circle (entry 231). For more about the sponsor’s campaign, see Edmund S. Whitman, “Fruit Company Staff Keeps Public Informed of Firm’s Doings,” CSM, Aug. 9, 1958, 12.


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