The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains
Synopsis:
Robin of Loxley turns outlaw, the better to protect the interests of the oppressed Saxon peasantry against the villainous Prince John and Sir Guy of Gisborne.
Review:
Classic version of the familiar tale, already a supremely good silent film with Douglas Fairbanks. Classic in the sense that it includes all the bits you would expect - facing down Little John, gathering the merry band, meeting Maid Marian, venturing in disguise into Nottingham Castle - and as well done as anyone could wish for. The casting is perfect (if you don't mind the oafish Melville Cooper as the Sheriff) and it's all in superb Technicolor with a score by Korngold: the climactic duel positively leaps off the screen.
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains
Synopsis:
Robin of Loxley turns outlaw, the better to protect the interests of the oppressed Saxon peasantry against the villainous Prince John and Sir Guy of Gisborne.
Review:
Classic version of the familiar tale, already a supremely good silent film with Douglas Fairbanks. Classic in the sense that it includes all the bits you would expect - facing down Little John, gathering the merry band, meeting Maid Marian, venturing in disguise into Nottingham Castle - and as well done as anyone could wish for. The casting is perfect (if you don't mind the oafish Melville Cooper as the Sheriff) and it's all in superb Technicolor with a score by Korngold: the climactic duel positively leaps off the screen.
Country: US
Technical: col 102m
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains
Synopsis:
Robin of Loxley turns outlaw, the better to protect the interests of the oppressed Saxon peasantry against the villainous Prince John and Sir Guy of Gisborne.
Review:
Classic version of the familiar tale, already a supremely good silent film with Douglas Fairbanks. Classic in the sense that it includes all the bits you would expect - facing down Little John, gathering the merry band, meeting Maid Marian, venturing in disguise into Nottingham Castle - and as well done as anyone could wish for. The casting is perfect (if you don't mind the oafish Melville Cooper as the Sheriff) and it's all in superb Technicolor with a score by Korngold: the climactic duel positively leaps off the screen.