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Big Red Riding Hood
Also known as Le grand chaperon rouge in France
(1925) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Leo McCarey

Cast: Charley Chase [Jimmy Jump], Helen Gilmore [a book customer; and Red Riding Hood in fantasy], Martha Sleeper [the maid; and the bookstore cherk], Richard Daniels [the maid’s father; and the bookstore dealer], Leo Willis [the policeman], Jack Ackroyd [a book scholar], Jack O’Brien (John B. O’Brien), Fighting Dick Gilbert (Dick Gilbert), Charlie Hall [the book thief]

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Hal Roach. / Released 26 April 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot [?] 16-27 May 1925?

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive, in the Library of Congress film archive, and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 17 July 2009.

References: Magliozzi-Treasures n. 8098 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.