RED HOT RIDING HOOD
SWING SHIFT CINDERELLA
LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD
Three cartoon films directed by Tex Avery from Perrault's tales.
Identification sheet:
RED HOT RIDING HOOD
Released on May 1943
Direction: Tex Avery
Photography: Technicolor
Sound Track: Scott Bradley
Production : Fred Quimby
SWING SHIFT CINDERELLA
Released on August 1945
Direction: Tex Avery
Photography : Technicolor
Sound Track: Scott Bradley
Production : Fred Quimby
LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD
Released on Spetember 1949
Direction: Tex Avery
Photography: Technicolor
Production : Fred Quimby
An accurate adaptation?:
These three short films were shot during Tex Avery's most prolific and successful period, between 1942 and 1955, in which he produced 65 cartoon films for MGM.
The Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood and her grand-mother are the main characters in Red Hot Riding Hood, set in Sunset Strip nin Los Angleles. The wolf, in love with a Little Red girl who sings "Daddy" while walking to her grand-mother's house, follows her and once at home, her grand-mothers jumps to passionately kiss the animal. "Shortened by censorship, the film was celebrated by G.Is, to Whom MGM had sent an unabridged copy. Originally, the wolf was forced to marry the grand-mother" Patrick Brion, Tex Avery, 1984.
Swing Shift Cinderella begins with the wolf chasing Little Red Riding Hood. But the girl shows him this new title of the cartooon film and he leaves her alone. Then the film focuses on Cinderellas' alluring sex-appeal on the wolf, experiencing wonderful enthusiastic scenes.
Little Rural Riding Hood also confuses two famous stories. Rivality between two cousins, one from the countriside and the other from the city (read Lafontaine's Fables), becomes on top of Little Red Riding Hood plot.
A part from Tex Avery's fantasy to version Perrault's tales, notice how Avery recaptures the erotism and violence (the wolf commits suicide) ommited in the 17th century versions of classic tales.