Little Red Riding Hood (II) (1922)

Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother... See full summary »

Director:

Walt Disney

Writers:

Charles Perrault (story), Walt Pfeiffer

Storyline

Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake.

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Plot Keywords:

pilot | nine lives | fairy tale | laugh o gram | attempted rape | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Animation | Family | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

29 July 1922 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grandma Steps Out

Company Credits

Production Co:

Laugh-O-Gram Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

6 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

No longer lost according to a story in the L.A. Times of 17 July 1998.

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Connections

Version of Red Riding Hood (2011)

User Reviews

Not much in the way of story, it is very important historically.

According to IMDb, this is the first cartoon made by Walt Disney. Also, until recently, it was thought to be lost.

Although the title says "Little Red Riding Hood", the story seems to have very little to do with the classic Perrault fairy tale. Aside from mentioning a few things from the original story, it's mostly a lot of silly nonsense and some bits are WAY overlong (such as the doughnut bit). Now compared to other cartoons of the day, it's about average, but just a short time later, Disney's cartoons improved dramatically--such as "Cinderella" which came out just after "Little Red Riding Hood". And, if you do see one, you should also see the other so you can see the many similarities--such as the characters and style. Overall, a cartoon that hasn't aged tremendously well but it's worth a look for Disneyphiles.