This satirical version of Red Riding Hood was especially the ending very topical when released in 1941 as the US had instituted a draft lottery long before Pearl Harbor December 71941 The wolf convinces Red he is a police dog and he hastily beats a path to Grandmas house with intentions of making a meal of her But Grandmas boyfriend shows up and takes her dancing He then plans on eating Red but the postman arrives with his draft induction notice