"A Laugh-o-Gram Short"
Release Date July 29, 1922
Running Time 6:12
Synopsis
- The traditional story of the little girl bringing treats to her grandma (in this case donuts with
shotgun-created holes) with the "wolf" as a dapper gentleman in a flivver and her rescuer a passing
aviator.
Credits
- Director : Walt Disney
- Animation : Rudolph Ising
Sources
- Based on the story "Little Red Riding Hood."
DVD
- The Legendary Laugh-O-Gram Fairy Tales (Non-Disney : Inkwell Images)
- Disney's Laugh-O-Grams (Non-Disney : Tom's Vintage Film)
Technical Specifications
- Color Type : Black and White
- Animation type : Standard
- Sound mix : Silent
- Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1
- Negative format : 35mm
- Print format : 35mm
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Cinematographic process : Spherical
- Original language : English
Released by The Laugh-o-Gram Company
Distributed by Leslie B. Mace
Gallery
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Comments
- From Matt : They showed this short to us conventionears at The Official
Disneyana Convention (I have it on tape now). It was very funny and well animated for a 21 year old in 1921.
- From J. D. Weil : This was Disney's first Laugh-o-Gram short and
reportedly Walt Disney animated this cartoon single-handedly.
- From Jeremy Fassler : This short was drawn single handedly by Walt
himself, yes, J.D. is correct. The opening is quite stupid, as it is the same thing over and over, a
woman shooting doughnuts to make holes. Then a cat eats the doughnut and dies (HA HA!) The wolf in turn,
rapes (gasp!) Red Riding Hood instead of trying to eat her. Then some dude comes with a plane, hooks
the wolfs car to a hook, and dunks him in the river (this was done in the 007 film "You Only Live Twice.")
It's interesting to see this film, but it's not "The Skeleton
Dance" or "The Three Little Pigs."
- From Jerry Edwards : I enjoyed the scene of Little Red Riding Hood's car
being pushed by her dog with some sausages on a stick to inspire him. I enjoyed the scene of Little Red
Riding Hood blowing up one of the doughnuts to replace a flat tire. The "wolf" in this cartoon is a human
- not a real wolf. I liked the scene of the man reducing the car to pocket size and putting it in his
pocket. My copy does not show any "rape" scene - just the house with "help, help" - which I imagined to
just be the "wolf" chasing her. I enjoyed the scene of the dog racing off to find help and joining the
pilot who returns to rescue her. I enjoyed the scene of the dog hiding his eyes as Little Red Riding Hood
and her rescuer kissed at the end.
I prefer to rate this short based on its time in Disney history. No, it's not
"The Skeleton Dance" or "The
Three Little Pigs" but those shorts were later after several animation advances. I feel this short is
a quality short for its time.
- From Rich Drezen : I was intrigued to finally see this picture and I must say it's quite primitive but effectively entertaining. The animation is crude and repetitive although the gag with the cat dropping dead and his 9 lives exiting from him really made me laugh. It's interesting to see how Walt went on to build an empire after producing this as well as several other Laugh-O-Grams, and luckily he was able to hire such incredibly talented animators such as Woolie Reitherman, Ward Kimball, Les Clark, Ollie Johnston, Ub Iwerks, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas, Ward Kimball, Freddie Moore, etc. If only Walt's animation could be compared to their's! But you've gotta do what you gotta do to get by for a while.
- From Christian : The animation may have been extremely crude for this cartoon, and it also may have been hard to follow along with, but overall, it's still a great start for the Disney shorts that this site is devoted to. It's a shame, though, that these cartoons are hard to find.
