| Little Red Riding Hood | |
| Director: | Walt Disney |
| Producer: | Walt Disney |
| Animator: | Rudolf Ising Carman Maxwell Ub Iwerks Hugh Harman Otto Walliman Lorey Tague |
| Cinematography: | Red Lyon |
| Studio: | Laugh-O-Gram Studio |
| Color Process: | Black and white |
| Runtime: | 6:12 |
| Country: | United States |
Little Red Riding Hood is a short animated film by Walt Disney that is a rendition of the traditional story of Little Red Riding Hood.[1] The film is part of the Laugh-O-Grams series that was released in 1922.[2] This is one of the first cartoons by Disney,[3] [4] [5] [6] and considered to be Disney's first attempt at animated storytelling.[7] Rather than using animation cels, it was made mostly by photographing inked lines on paper.[8] The film was considered to be lost for many years and it was listed in 1980 on the American Film Institute's "10 Most Wanted Films for Archival Preservation".[9] A print of the film was discovered by British collector David Wyatt in a London film library in 1998 and was restored the same year.[7] [9]
The film introduces the first appearance of Julius the Cat, who would become Disney's first named, recurring character.[10] Julius would last appear in Alice the Beach Nut.[11] A second American short film with the same title was also released in 1922 which starred Baby Peggy.