Little Red Riding Hood(Movie, 1922)

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. The film is part of the Laugh-O-Grams series that was released in 1922. This is one of the first cartoons by Disney, and considered to be Disney's first attempt at animated storytelling. Rather than using animation cels, it was made mostly by photographing inked lines on paper. 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.: 302  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. ()