"A Silly Symphony"

Release Date April 14, 1934

Running Time 9:19

Synopsis

The bad guy from "Three Little Pigs" does double duty here; he's back for revenge on his old adversaries from the first film, but also stands in for his famous cousin out of "Little Red Riding Hood."

Characters

Three Little Pigs

Big Bad Wolf

Little Red Riding Hood

Grandma

Credits

Director : Bert Gillett

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : First Series: Volume 12 : Disney's Tall Tales

Favorite Stories : Three Little Pigs

Germany

Donald and Company

Die Drei Kleinen Schweinchen und der Böse Wolf

Italy

Paperino e Soci a Caccia di Guai

France

Donald et Compagnie

Laserdiscs

United States

Paul Bunyan / The Three Little Pigs

Japan

Donald and Company

Disney Cartoon Festival 4

DVD

Disney Treasures : Silly Symphonies

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #19 : The Big Bad Wolves

The Ink and Paint Club : #49 : More Storybook Silly Symphonies

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by United Artists Pictures

Comments

A Silly Symphony.

A sequel to 1933's "The Three Little Pigs."

From Jerry Edwards : The Three Little Pigs team up with Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother in defeating the Big Bad Wolf. In spite of the Practical Pig's warning about the wolf, Fiddler Pig and Fifer Pig convince Red Riding Hood to take the shortcut to Grandma's house. They barely escape the Big Bad Wolf. The wolf runs ahed to Grandma's house, but is unable to capture Grandma, who hides in a wardrobe closet. The Practical Pig is able to defeat the wolf by shoving coals and popcorn down the wolf's pants. Although it doesn't have the appeal or success of the original Three Little Pigs cartoon, I liked including the pigs in the Red Riding Hood story. I noticed a couple of interesting animation goofs. Fiddler and Fifer Pig and Red Riding Hood disappear while they are skipping down the shortcut path. Also the appearance of the wardrobe closet door changes from not having a latch to later having a latch.

From Atsuko : I find this to be the weakest of the Three Little Pigs cartoons. The Red Riding Hood story is alright, but it's been done. Practical's method of dispatching with the wolf (putting hot coals and popcorn in his pants) is worth a few laughs but I don't think it has the imagination of the Wolf Pacifier in the next cartoon, Three Little Wolves.

From Sarah : One of the best Disney shorts. Although I wasn't born then, but I have Disney treasures, and it's really neat. It is a great way, to put the classic tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf, into a funny, Disney short.

The pigs make me laugh, and the wolf is so sneaky, he is just waiting to get hit by them apples!

One of the Disney classics, which no body, should miss out on. I'm saying!

From Ryan : This is the second cartoon in the series of "Three Little Pigs" shorts. It's a fairy tale crossover, inserting Little Red Riding Hood into the story. While not one of my favorite cartoons, I do enjoy the animation and the background art.

From Gijs Grob : Disney's first sequel. Undoubtly made to satisfy the masses who, after the huge succes of 'Three Little Pigs', demanded for 'more pigs'. As one can expect It's not as great as 'Three Little Pigs', but it's fun to watch. The title card shows the main characters as if they were playing their parts. The cartoon, however, is named after the wolf, and deservedly so, because he's clearly the greatest actor. He not only impersonates grandma, but also "Goldilocks the fairyqueen" in a ridiculous and aimless costume, and even Jimmy Durante! Furthermore, he alone shows to be aware of the audience: he often looks into the camera, and even addresses the audience with a "how am I doing?".

"The Big Bad Wolf" might be the first "fairy -tales mixed up" cartoon. It may very well have inspired Tex Avery to make similar, yet more hilarious cartoons like 'The Bear's Tale' (1940) and 'Swing Shift Cinderella' (1945), both starring Little Red Riding Hood.

From Ajisai : It's easy to see why they named this short after the Wolf- he totally steals the show! We also get him cross-dressing, which is hilarious and somewhat disturbing when you consider that he does it a lot in later cartoons. Good short all around.

From Baruch Weiss : This is a great cartoon, the music was superb and I enjoyed the scene where the wolf immatates Jimmy Durante. I Wonder who did the voices for Red and her Grandma? I also noticed that one of the pigs was was dressed like Donald Duck and the other was dressed like a sailor!

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