Tale of a Wolf

Tale of a Wolf
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 3, 1960
Starring	Daws Butler Paul Frees Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Warren Foster
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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Tale of a Wolf is the third animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on March 3, 1960. It was written by Warren Foster and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Loopy attempts to stop a little wolf from stealing farm animals which are under the watch of a watchdog.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Loopy De Loop	Daws Butler
Old Lady	N/A
Baby Bird	N/A
Mother Bird	N/A
Watchdog	Paul Frees
Big Bad Wolf (picture)	N/A
Little Red Riding Hood (picture)	N/A
Three Little Pigs (picture)	N/A
Little Wolf	Don Messick
Chicken	N/A
Pig	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Farm

Objects

• Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf
• The Three Little Pigs

Vehicles

• Old Lady's car

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

• Story sketch: Alex Lovy
• Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
• Animation: Carlo Vinci
• Layout: Dick Bickenbach
• Backgrounds: Robert Gentle
• Titles: Lawrence Goble
• Film editor: Greg Watson
• Eastman color by: Pathé

Behind the scenes

• The Watchdog in this short bares a strong resemblance to Snuffles from The Quick Draw McGraw Show.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 9, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD.