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RED HOT RIDING HOOD
Released on May 1943
Running Time: 7:04 minutes.
Direction: Tex Avery
Photography: Technicolor
Sound Track: Scott Bradley
Production
: Fred Quimby
TechniColor
USA
We here at albionchronicles believe that it is a given that this particular animated short could never be made in these
days, and you know why, it's completely and delightfully politically incorrect, to put it succinctly, this is a masterpiece.
The gagas, the timing, everything, is perfect, and it's been imitated a thousand times, most notable in the Jim Carrey starring,
live film The Mask (1994),but there's only one original and here it is.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The story begins with the very familiar, standard version of Red Riding Hood until the characters suddenly rebel at this cliched staging and demand a fresh approach.
The annoyed narrator cedes to their demands and starts the story again in a dramatically different arrangement. Now, the
story is set in a contemporary urban setting where Red is a sexy adult nightclub entertainer, the Wolf is a debonair, horny
skirt chaser and Grandma is an oversexed man chaser.
The most famous element is the musical scene where Red performs and the Wolf reacts in highly lustful wild takes. Those
reactions were considered so energetic that the censors demanded cuts in this scene and others. The film's original conclusion,
deleted for reasons of implied beastiality, had Grandma marrying the wolf at a shotgun wedding, and having the unhappy couple
and their half-human half-wolf children attend Red's show. However, a military officer arranged for an uncut version for military
audiences overseas
there were several sequels to this masterpiece, they included Swing Shift Cinderella (1945), The Shooting of
Dan McGrew and Wild & Wolfy (both 1945 and both featuring Droopy), Uncle Tom's Cabana (1947), and Little Rural Riding Hood (1949).
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and, yup Red's right there on
these lists, from various sources.
an article by Gary Morris
and an incredible one at that
these are the sources for
Red Hot Riding Hood
Swing Shift Cinderella and
Little Rural Riding Hood....
don't say you haven't been warned...
Red Hot Riding Hood can
be found on the video collection
Tex Avery's Screwball Classics, Vol. 2
downloadable full length
Tex Avery animated shorts
including his classic
Red Hot Riding Hood
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