Little Red Riding Hood
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Otis B. Thayer
Mary Burton
Naomi Beckperl
Margaret Johnson
Pauline Kelley
Lucille Fisher
Film Details
Synopsis
A little girl gives a Christmas party for her friends, and among the many gifts she receives is a bright red cape. The cape delights her so much that she adopts the name of Little Red Riding Hood. After the party, she and her friend, who is spending the night, scramble into bed, where they encounter the "dream angel" sitting on the hook of the moon. Red Riding Hood dreams that she is riding a trained pony at the circus and then, that she has become the Little Red Riding Hood of the folk tale. As in the story, she visits her grandmother with a basket of presents, but when she meets the evil wolf who plans to eat her, she awakens to seek the protection of her mother's arms.
Director
Otis B. Thayer
Cast
Mary Burton
Naomi Beckperl
Margaret Johnson
Pauline Kelley
Lucille Fisher
Beatrice Stibgen
Walker Wynekoop
Anna Spahn
Crew
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All of the members of the 350 member cast, except Pauline Kelley and Margaret Johnson, were children. Among the many films inspired by the fairy tale are: the 1923 Disney cartoon Little Red Riding Hood; the 1929 French film Le petit chaperon rouge, starring Catherine Hessling and Jean Renoir and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and Renoir; and the 1984 British production The Company of Wolves, starring Angela Lansbury and directed by Neil Jordan.
