Little Red Riding Hood is a 1922 silent animated film directed by Walt Disney. It is a rendition of the traditional story of Little Red Riding Hood.New York Times The film is part of the Laugh-O-Grams series and Disney's directorial debut, though it is preceded by a 1921 newsreel produced as the studio's first work.The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts +Disney Walt in wonderland: the silent films of Walt Disney by Russell Merritt, J. B. Kaufman, & Associazione Le Giornate del cinema muto, Giornate del Cinema Muto 1993, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler, Random House 2007, The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier, University of California Press 2008, +Disney Walt Disney Fairy Tale Treasury: Blue by Walt Disney Productions, Disney Studios, Penguin Group 1991, Rather than using animation cels, it was made mostly by photographing inked lines on paper. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney Significance 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". 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.
The film introduces the first appearance of Julius the Cat, who would become Disney's first named, recurring character.Dave Smith, Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia Julius would last appear in Alice the Beach Nut. A second American short film with the same title was also released in 1922 which starred Baby Peggy.
See also List of rediscovered films
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Fairy Tale Flappers: Animated Adaptations of Little Red and Cinderella (1922-1925)