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Red Hot Riding Hood Collection

A lustful wolf chases after a curvy redhead in this series of Iconic animated shorts

6 movies 1943 – 1949 45m total
Directed by Tex Avery

Movies in this collection

Red Hot Riding Hood
Red Hot Riding Hood

Red Hot Riding Hood

1943 7m Dir. Tex Avery

Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays out in a more contemporary urban environment, with Little Red Riding Hood working as a pin-up girl in a night club.

The Shooting of Dan McGoo
The Shooting of Dan McGoo

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

1945 8m Dir. Tex Avery

This starts off as an adaptation of Robert Service's poem 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew', complete with a literal depiction of a man with one foot in the grave, but when Dan McGoo turns out to be Droopy, it turns into another Droopy-versus-the Wolf gagfest.

Swing Shift Cinderella
Swing Shift Cinderella

Swing Shift Cinderella

1945 8m Dir. Tex Avery

The big bad wolf starts out chasing Little Red Riding Hood but switches to Cinderella after seeing the film's title, and ends up being chased in turn by her fairy godmother.

Wild and Woolfy
Wild and Woolfy

Wild and Woolfy

1945 8m Dir. Tex Avery

Droopy chases the wolf, a dangerous outlaw, after he kidnaps Lou, a sexy female singer, from the saloon.

Uncle Tom's Cabaña
Uncle Tom's Cabaña

Uncle Tom's Cabaña

1947 8m Dir. Tex Avery

Uncle Tom tells the blood curdling story of how the evil Simon Legree tried to foreclose on Tom's simple log cabin. Uncle Tom's Cabaña is a 1947 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery.

Little Rural Riding Hood
Little Rural Riding Hood

Little Rural Riding Hood

1949 6m Dir. Tex Avery

The last of Tex Avery's variations on "Red Hot Riding Hood" (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilized behavior when watching girls in nightclubs - without, it has to be said, a great deal of success...