''Little Red Riding Hood'' is a

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

short cartoon, and is a rendition of the traditional story of

Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th century European folk tales. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Bro ...

. The film is part of the

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series that was released in 1922. This is one of the first ever Walt Disney cartoons, and considered 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

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'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 Walt Disney’s

Julius the Cat Julius the Cat is a cartoon animal character created in 1922 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. He first appeared in the very first animated series created by Walt Disney, the ''Alice Comedies'', making him the predecessor of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit ...

, who would become Disney's first named, recurring character.Dave Smith, ''Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia''

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would last appear in '' Alice the Beach Nut''. A second American short film with the same title was also released in 1922 which starred

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Fairy Tale Flappers: Animated Adaptations of Little Red and Cinderella (1922-1925)
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