Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century by several European folk tales, including one from Italy called "The False Grandmother" (), later written among others by Italo Calvino in the "Italian Folktales" collection; the best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The story has been changed considerably in various retellings and subjected to numerous modern adaptations and readings. Other names for the story are: ""Little Red Ridinghood"", ""Little Red Cap""
Little Red Riding Rabbit Wolf" (1934) by Walt Disney, and "Little Red Walking Hood" (1937), "Red Hot Riding Hood" (1943), and "Little Rural Riding Hood" (1949) by Tex Avery. Friz Freleng had already directed four fairy-tale films: "Beauty and the Beast" (1934), "The Miller's Daughter" (1934), "The Trial of Mister Wolf" (1941), and "Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk" (1943). He would go on to direct "Red Riding Hoodwinked" (1955). Little Red Riding Rabbit Little Red Riding Rabbit is a 1944 Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, and starring Bugs Bunny. It is a sendup of the Little Red Riding Hood story, and