Little Red Riding Hood (1922 film)

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]

Little Red Riding Hood
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Walt Disney
Based on	Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault and Brothers Grimm
Produced by	Walt Disney
Cinematography	Red Lyon
Animation by	Rudolf Ising Carman Maxwell Ub Iwerks Hugh Harman Otto Walliman Lorey Tague
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Laugh-O-Gram Studio
Release date	July 29, 1922 (1922-07-29)
Running time	6:12
Country	United States

The film introduces the first appearance of Julius the Cat, who would become Disney's first named, recurring character.^[10]: 302 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.

See also

• List of rediscovered films