The Three Little Pigs cartoon short may have been a Silly Symphony, but its success was anything but silly. It earned an Academy Award® for Best Cartoon in 1933. Animator Fred Moore, who was responsible for animating the pigs, was proud that the film achieved fully developed character personalities. The Three Little Pigs wallowed in success which lead to three sequels, The Big Bad Wolf, Three Little Wolves, and The Practical Pig. It was from this film that Disney’s first popular song, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”, written by Frank Churchill, huffed and puffed its way into people’s hearts who took on their song as an anthem against the Depression.
