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The Big Bad Wolf (1934 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Big Bad Wolf' is an animated short released on April 13, 1934, by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett as part of the 'Silly Symphony' series. Acting partly as a sequel to the wildly successful adaptation of 'The Three Little Pigs' of the previous year (maintaining the previous film's title characters as well as its villain), this film also acts as an adaptation of the fairy-tale 'Little Red Riding Hood', with the Big Bad Wolf from 1933's 'Three Little Pigs' acting as the adversary to Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.
Plot
Ignoring the advice of Practical Pig, Little Red Riding Hood, escorted by Fiddler and Fifer, takes the short cut through the woods to Grandma's house. They end up encountering Goldilocks the Fairy Queen, who is soon revealed, thanks to a branch breaking, to be the Big Bad Wolf in disguise. Realizing they'd been tricked, Fiddler and Fifer run home, whilst Little Red Riding Hood escapes from the Wolf. The Big Bad Wolf, however, isn't giving up on getting dinner, and goes to Grandma's house, where he chases Grandma into the closet and gets in bed disguised as her. Little Red Riding Hood arrives and after the expected "what big eyes/nose/mouth you've got" spiel is terrified to see the Big Bad Wolf is posing as her grandmother. Fiddler and Fifer manage to get Practical Pig, who manages to beat the Wolf by putting popcorn seeds and hot coals down his pants. With the wolf defeated once again, Little Red Riding Hood and the pigs sing and play "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf".
Voice cast
*Sara Berner as Little Red Riding Hood
*Ruth Clifford as Grandma
*Pinto Colvig as Practical Pig
*Billy Bletcher as Zeke Midas Wolf
*Mary Moder as Fiddler Pig
*Dorothy Compton as Fifer Pig
Reaction
Made as a somewhat reluctant response to the success of the earlier short, 'The Big Bad Wolf' did not quite achieve the levels of popularity of 'Three Little Pigs' (which was huge),Bob Thomas, "Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Hercules" (1997) p.50 though two more shorts predominantly featuring the Big Bad Wolf and the pigs came about ('The Three Little Wolves' and 'The Practical Pig'), in addition to countless appearances in a variety of shorts, comic strips, war-time propaganda pieces and TV series.
Home media
The short was released on December 4, 2001, on 'Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies - The Historic Musical Animated Classics'.
References
Category:1934 films
Category:1934 short films
Category:1930s Disney animated short films
Category:American sequel films
Category:Silly Symphonies
Category:1934 animated films
Category:Films directed by Burt Gillett
Category:Films produced by Walt Disney
Category:Animated films about animals
Category:Films based on Little Red Riding Hood
Category:Works based on The Three Little Pigs
Category:Films scored by Frank Churchill
Category:1930s American films
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