| Little Rural Riding Hood | |
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| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Story by | Rich Hogan Jack Cosgriff |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby |
| Starring | Colleen Collins Pinto Colvig Imogene Lynn Daws Butler (all uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by | Grant Simmons Walter Clinton Bob Cannon Michael Lah Preston Blair (reused animation, uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | John Didrik Johnsen |
| Color process | Technicolor Perspecta (reissue) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 6:00 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Little Rural Riding Hood is a 1949 MGM animated cartoon short subject directed by Tex Avery, conceived as a follow-up to his 1943 cartoon Red Hot Riding Hood.[1]
In 1994, the cartoon was ranked in 23rd place of The 50 Greatest Cartoons.[2] It is essentially a retelling of the Aesop fable, "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse".
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Beck, Jerry (1994). The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. Turner Publishing. ISBN 978-1878685490.