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45-429: In 1994, Little Red Riding Rabbit was voted #39 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. Little Red Riding Hood is depicted as an exaggerated parody of a 1940s teenage girl, a " bobby soxer " with an extremely loud and grating voice (inspired by screen and radio comedian Cass Daley ) voiced by Bea Benaderet , bringing a rabbit to her grandmother in a basket. As she skips along singing

90-737: A cooling DVD market); further issues came when Harry Sloan was hired as MGM's chairman and split MGM from Sony Pictures control, instead championing MGM as a company independent of Sony. Further issues between the companies and inside both plagued the deal, and MGM dropped Sony as a home media distributor in May 2006, instead signing a new worldwide distribution deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment . In 2010, parent company MGM Holdings emerged from bankruptcy. As of 2011 until 2018, MGM no longer released or marketed their own movies. Instead, MGM shared distribution with other studios that handle all distribution and marketing for MGM's projects. Since then, only

135-535: A deal with Warner Home Video to have them distribute MGM/UA titles exclusively on home video worldwide. The Pathé merger also meant MGM acquired a majority of the Cannon Films library (certain rights for other media and select films during the Thorn EMI merger now lie with other entities with few exceptions), ironic considering MGM/UA had previously distributed Cannon output in the 1980s. MGM/UA also began distributing

180-399: A faux French accent before yelling at her to get out. When cornered by the wolf, Bugs irritates him by mimicking his speech and gestures, finally tricking him into singing " Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet " (prompting Bugs to hold up a sign saying "Silly, isn't he?"). After once again evading the wolf, Bugs sneaks up on him by hiding in his nightdress and scorches his backside with a hot coal. As

225-402: A group of rival wolves who are all waiting in the house dressed as Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother, the wolf dresses as her grandmother and climbs into bed, hoping to eat the girl when she arrives. When Little Red Riding Hood does arrive, she tells her “grandmother” that she brought a rabbit for dinner, prompting the wolf to turn his appetite toward Bugs instead. She then begins to remark on

270-606: A handful of MGM's most recent movies, such as Skyfall , Red Dawn , Carrie , RoboCop , If I Stay , Poltergeist (which Fox 2000 Pictures co-produced) and Spectre have been released on DVD and Blu-ray by its home video output via 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment . Others, such as The Hobbit trilogy , Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters , G.I. Joe: Retaliation , Hercules , Hot Tub Time Machine 2 , Tomb Raider , Creed I and II , 21 and 22 Jump Street , Ben-Hur , Sherlock Gnomes and The Magnificent Seven have been released by

315-834: A joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment , via a distribution deal formed by the two companies. In 1978, the company was established as MGM Home Video , releasing MGM films and television series. In 1980, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises , the home video division of the CBS television network, and established MGM/CBS Home Video . In October of that year, they released their first batch of Betamax and VHS tapes. The initial printings of all 24 films were packaged in brown leather clamshell cases with gold lettering; they were presented to CBS executives. Later printings of these films, as well as all printings of later releases by MGM/CBS, were packaged in oversized gray book-style boxes with either

360-542: A label under Amazon, but leaving the future of the physical home video releases of its titles other than its current distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services and several third-party boutique labels in question. The merger was finalized on March 17, 2022. Currently in the United States and Canada, MGM's catalog is distributed by Studio Distribution Services , a joint venture between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment that

405-487: A plot summary, production history, and a critical analysis that examines why they were selected. The book also features commentary from Leonard Maltin , John Canemaker , Joe Adamson , Steve Schneider, Charles Solomon , and Leslie Cabarga . It consists of articles about 50 highly regarded animated short films made in North America and other notable cartoons, which are ranked according to a poll of 1,000 people working in

450-624: A result of the deal, Warner Home Video took over home video rights to the MGM/UA films owned by Turner. Upon the expiration of the Warner Home Video deal, MGM signed a deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment to distribute its films on home video overseas. In 2001, MGM and Amazon.com launched the "MGM Movie Vault" to distribute VHS copies of selected films, either previously unreleased on video or long out-of-print, exclusively through Amazon. On March 3, 2003, MGM Home Entertainment launched

495-603: A year after MGM bought and merged with the near-bankrupt United Artists (UA) from Transamerica , CBS dropped out of the video partnership with MGM and moved to 20th Century Fox to create CBS/Fox Video (Samuel Goldwyn titles moved to CBS/Fox, as they were distributed via CBS). MGM's video division became known as MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group, Inc. , more commonly known as MGM/UA Home Video . MGM/UA continued to license pre-1981 UA and pre-1950 WB films (as well as some post-1981 titles) to CBS/Fox (due to an agreement UA had with Fox years earlier dating back to when CBS/Fox Video

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540-520: The Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 and Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 . This was not the only depiction of Little Red Riding Hood in an animated short. Others include Little Red Riding Hood (1922) and The Big Bad 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 . another Warner Brother cartoon,

585-520: The Bob Clampett -directed Book Revue (1946), would also feature Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf playing alongside Daffy Duck . Another Warner cartoon, The Windblown Hare (1949) is primarily about The Three Little Pigs but takes a brief segue into a Red Riding Hood parody, with the Wolf playing the antagonist in both stories. Friz Freleng had already directed four fairy-tale films: Beauty and

630-508: The Epic film library ) would be placed under Orion Pictures, so as to avoid its 1990 home video distribution agreement with Warner Home Video. In March 1999, MGM paid $ 225 million to end its distribution contract with Warner Home Video, effectively ending the distribution problem (the initial deal was to have expired in 2003, but as a result of the early termination, it instead ended in February 2000). As

675-528: The MGM Kids sub-label. On May 27, 2003, MGM reinstated full distribution rights to their products in regions like the United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany, although 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment continued to distribute for MGM in a majority of developing regions. In 2005, following MGM's acquisition by a Sony -led consortium (in part so Sony could ensure MGM's support of

720-683: The RKO Pictures library), was acquired by Ted Turner and his company Turner Entertainment Co. After the library was acquired, MGM/UA signed a deal with Turner to continue distributing the pre-May 1986 MGM and to begin distributing the pre-1950 Warner Bros. libraries for video release (the rest of the library went to Turner Home Entertainment ). Also that year, it signed an agreement with Roger Corman and his film studio Concorde Pictures that enabled MGM/UA worldwide access to motion pictures that were produced by Concorde. In October 1990, after Pathé Communications bought MGM, MGM/UA Home Video struck

765-583: The Warner Archive Collection . On April 14, 2011, Fox's deal distributing the MGM library was extended through 2016. On June 27, 2016, Fox's distribution deal with MGM was renewed until June 30, 2020. With the acquisition of Fox's parent company 21st Century Fox by Disney on March 20, 2019, MGM announced in their 2019 report that it would not renew its deal with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) after

810-399: The "animation cels whose colors practically leap off the page". She lauded "Ted Turner and his minions" for their appreciation and preservation of the films. In his autobiography Chuck Amuck , Jones singled out What's Opera, Doc? "for sheer production quality, magnificent music and wonderful animation, this is probably our (unit's) most elaborate and satisfying production." A mixture of

855-524: 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). The 50 Greatest Cartoons The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals is a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck , with a foreword written by Chuck Jones . The book features

900-622: The MGM Abstract Lion print logo or CBS Video print logo in the upper right hand corner of the packaging. MGM/CBS also issued some early tapes of Lorimar product; those releases would instead bear the Lorimar print logo where the MGM or CBS Video print logo would normally be. In 1981, MGM/CBS and Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment began to co-market certain Goldwyn titles, with CBS Video Enterprises handling distribution on Goldwyn's behalf. In 1982,

945-526: The Quackadero (1975; No. 46). The book's front and rear cover art shows a variety of famous cartoon stars seated in a nightclub. In the appendix, a list of other cartoons with substantial votes are featured. Maryanne Dell wrote in The Orange County Register that the book "is a breeze, a visual delight that brings back childhood afternoons in front of the tube." She also mentioned how

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990-544: The Sony-invented Blu-ray Disc format), MGM started releasing its newest content through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment under the standard MGM label, from that point onward, MGM releases began to be credited as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc, the MGM Home Entertainment moniker would be retired within the same year. However, Sony failed to meet projected sales of MGM content on DVD (in part because of

1035-480: The United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States and Canada; and internationally by their sub-division Buena Vista International ), Ben-Hur (also owned by Paramount Pictures ), and The Magnificent Seven (also owned by Sony Pictures through Columbia Pictures ). On May 26, 2021, it was officially announced that MGM would be acquired by Amazon for $ 8.45 billion, subject to regulatory approvals and other routine closing conditions; with MGM continuing to operate as

1080-479: The animation industry and film critics. Each cartoon is under 30 minutes long and cel animated (with the exception of Gertie the Dinosaur ). Seventeen of the selected films were produced for Warner Bros. 's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, ten of which were directed by Chuck Jones , including the #1 cartoon on the list, What's Opera, Doc? and the overall #2 pick Duck Amuck . Beck said Jones

1125-410: The book chronicled the "history of the genre with enough details about how these things work to satisfy anyone with a modicum of interest in the subject." Overall, she stated that the book is "worth the price of admission for the visuals, and a gem of a show." Sandra Crockett of The Baltimore Sun called the book an "animated feast". She was impressed with the illustrations in the book, complimenting

1170-603: The book's selections and its runner-ups were featured on Cartoon Network on March 14, 1998, as part of "The 50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time" marathon. The reason for this is because the network only aired cartoons owned by Warner Bros. , public domain cartoons like Gertie the Dinosaur , and those licensed to the network at the time (such as The Big Snit and Bambi Meets Godzilla ). The marathon also included interviews with animators such as Chuck Jones and Joe Barbera , as well as historian Leonard Maltin and voice actors Charlie Adler and June Foray . A similar marathon aired

1215-585: The current agreement expired on June 30, 2020, and would search for a new distributor afterwards. In the studio's 2020 financial report, MGM named Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as their new home media distributor. However, the transfer does not include co-production films outside Warner Bros such as Hensel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and Hercules (both owned by Paramount Pictures) as well as remake rights to Robocop (owned by Sony's Columbia Pictures and StudioCanal ), Poltergeist (owned by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through 20th Century Studios in

1260-575: The door to ask the wolf the appropriate questions of the standard storyline. The Wolf and eventually Bugs are sufficiently irritated to keep her suspended over burning hot coals. She is punished for her "crime" of being obnoxious and exasperating. Warner Brothers often parodied Disney cartoons. Billy Bletcher parodied his own Disney performance in this cartoon, voicing Big Bad Wolf, just as he did in Walt Disney 's Academy Award-winning classic, Three Little Pigs and its later spinoff, The Big Bad Wolf ,

1305-831: The fifty greatest cartoons of all time, selected by a group of 1000 cartoon historians, animation professionals and film critics. The votes were culled from ballots sent to members of the Society for Animation Studies , the International Animated Film Association , one hundred animation studios, and film critics from more than one hundred periodicals. The cartoons selected include work from Disney Cartoons , Warner Bros. Cartoons , Fleischer Studios , MGM Cartoons , United Productions of America , Walter Lantz , National Film Board of Canada , Winsor McCay , Otto Messmer , Sally Cruikshank , Marv Newland , Frederic Back and various independent animators . Each selection has

1350-457: The films MGM released on DVD were from the Turner catalog, which they were still allowed to keep after Turner merged into Time Warner Entertainment some time before because of their distribution deal. That same year, MGM acquired Orion Pictures . As a result, Orion Home Video (Orion's home video division) was absorbed by MGM/UA, and was retained as an in-name-only division until the acquisition deal

1395-403: The first verse of "Five O'Clock Whistle", the rabbit pops out of her basket, revealing himself to be Bugs Bunny . The "Big Bad Wolf" tricks Little Red Riding Hood into taking an unnecessarily long mountain path to her grandmother's house by switching a "Shortcut to Grandma's" sign, and sneaks into her grandmother's house while she is away "working the swing shift at Lockheed ". After kicking out

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1440-601: The following year. MGM Home Video MGM Home Entertainment LLC (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment , d/b/a MGM Home Entertainment and formerly known as MGM Home Video , MGM/CBS Home Video and MGM/UA Home Video ) is the home video distribution arm of the American media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It is owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon . Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services ,

1485-487: The home video output of the co-distributor—in these cases, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (which MGM's catalog is currently handled by), Paramount Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment respectively. In 2011, MGM launched the "MGM Limited Edition Collection", a manufactured-on-demand (MOD) DVD service that issues unreleased and out-of-print titles from the MGM-owned library. Its releases are sold through

1530-750: The latter left 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment – a prior distribution deal that began in 1999 – on June 30, 2020, and Universal distributed some of UAR's other releases beginning with Operation Finale on December 4, 2018, and will end with Bond 27. MGM also licenses out some of its film and television library to Kino Lorber , the Criterion Collection , Shout! Studios , Vinegar Syndrome , Visual Entertainment Inc. , Twilight Time , Arrow Films , Severin Films , Olive Films and Sandpiper Pictures in addition to handling home media releases of its Manufacture-on-demand titles through Allied Vaughn. Max handles

1575-496: The latter of which also incorporated the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Like other Bugs Bunny shorts released during World War II, this film features "a more violent rabbit with a more sadistic and mocking agenda". Cartoon Art Museum curator Andrew Farago writes, “What makes this cartoon stand head and shoulders above the 300-plus others Freleng directed is the music. Carl Stalling kicks things off with ‘ The Lady in Red ’ playing over

1620-425: The opening credits, which is fun and all, but when Red first appears onscreen, belting out her unforgettable rendition of ‘Five O'Clock Whistle’, you know you're in for something special. Bea Benaderet nails her performance, and within a few ear-splitting notes, you know everything you'll ever need to know about Red." This cartoon is found on the 1989 MGM Home Video release Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons ,

1665-411: The pile of heavy objects as he is on the verge of falling. Just before Bugs drops the piece of straw, however, Little Red Riding Hood once again loudly barges into the room. Finally sick of Little Red Riding Hood's interruptions, Bugs frees the wolf and puts her in his place. The short ends with Little Red Riding Hood desperately trying to hold her backside over the pile of hot coals while weighed down with

1710-504: The pile of heavy objects, while Bugs and the wolf share a carrot while watching in amusement. Little Red Riding Hood is depicted as a spindly-legged, obnoxious and loudmouthed teenage bobby soxer. Granny is working the swing shift at the factory, and the Wolf is more interested in eating Bugs rather than eating Red. The Wolf in fact kicks Red out of Grandma's house. He and Bugs are engaged in games of chasing and toying with each other. Their games are constantly interrupted by Red, who knocks on

1755-550: The rest of the UA library around this time after its contract with CBS/Fox ended. In 1994, MGM/UA Home Video launched the MGM/UA Family Entertainment label for family-friendly releases. In 1996, Warner made an exclusive deal with Image Entertainment to distribute MGM/UA titles on LaserDisc . In 1997, MGM/UA, along with the other studios that were distributed by Warner Home Video, began releasing its titles on DVD . Some of

1800-424: The wolf howls with pain and leaps into the air, Bugs dumps a shovelful of hot coals on the floor to burn him when he lands, but the wolf manages to avoid them by doing a split and bracing himself between a bench and a chair. Trying to weigh the wolf down and make him fall on the pile of coals, Bugs proceeds to dump various heavy objects into the wolf's arms, finally planning to drop a single piece of straw on top of

1845-418: The wolf's large eyes — only to be impatiently interrupted by the wolf, who quickly shuffles her out the door so that he can eat the rabbit. Bugs slips out of the basket and evades the wolf, but the wolf chases him through the house. The wolf, however, is constantly interrupted by Little Red Riding Hood, who continues trying to act out the original story, oblivious to the chase. The wolf begins to flirt with her in

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1890-540: Was called Magnetic Video ). In 1982, the company entered into an agreement with The Cannon Group to release titles from the mini-major film studio through 1985. In 1985, it entered into an agreement with Rene Malo Video to handle Canadian distribution of MGM/UA product. In 1986, MGM's pre-May 1986 library (also including the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library, Bugs Bunny: Superstar , the Fleischer Studios / Famous Studios Popeye cartoons, and most US rights to

1935-626: Was finalized in 1998. That year, the company was renamed MGM Home Entertainment. After the Orion acquisition, MGM kept Orion Pictures intact as a corporation, mostly to avoid its video distribution agreement with Warner Home Video, and thus, Orion Pictures films would be distributed under the Orion Home Video label. MGM acquired 2/3 of the pre-1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment library from Seagram in 1999 for $ 250 million, increasing their library holdings to 4,000. The PolyGram libraries (which included

1980-403: Was first announced on January 14, 2020, later revealing the name on April 23, 2021, and marketed by Warner, with Warner also handling distribution internationally. Warner already owns and distributes MGM's pre-May 1986 library through their ownership of Turner Entertainment Co. , but the former began a distribution deal with the latter for its remaining catalog titles and select UAR releases when

2025-594: Was one of "the most intellectual of the Warner crowd", and that he was one of the "first cartoon directors to experiment with stylized backgrounds and animation techniques, and his cartoons are noted for their highly artistic look and comic timing." Forty-five of the selected cartoons were created and released before 1960; the exceptions are The Big Snit (1985; No. 25), The Cat Came Back (1988; No. 32), Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969; No. 38), The Man Who Planted Trees (1987; No. 44) and Quasi at

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