Robin Hood
by Allan Dwan
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Actor: Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey, Sam De Grasse, Wallace Beery, William LoweryDirector: Allan Dwan
Cinematographer: Arthur Edeson
Writer: Allan Dwan
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks
Writer: Douglas Fairbanks
Writer: Edward Knoblock
Writer: Kenneth Davenport
Writer: Lotta Woods
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: DVD-Video, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video
Movie Reviews of Robin Hood
Movie Review: The Life and Times of Robin Hood
Summary: 4 Stars
$1.4 million (adjusted to todays USD, $18 million) in production costs set this movie apart at the time. It was a masterful epic of the silent era. It still holds up ok, though maybe not as well as Flynn's. The movie is packed with amazing sets, funny inter-titles, and tinting that sets mood. The liner notes say that some of the sets were 90 feet high!
The movie, which was the most popular movie of 1922 according to PhotoPlay Magazine, seems to drag a little, occasionally, but tells the rarely told story of Robin Hood's life prior to King Richard's departure on the crusades. The action helps keep the movie going through a lot of it -- but be prepared for a silent-era epic. The film, overall, was enjoyable.
The Kino DVD is great. The picture is generally very clear -- with some scratches. The tinting was superb. My only complaint is the score -- it does seem annoying at first but after a while I adjusted to it and was no longer bothered by it.
Summary of Robin Hood
Amid big budget medieval pageantry king richard goes on the crusades leaving his brother prince john as regent who promptly emerges as a cruel grasping treacherous tyrant. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 02/03/2004 Starring: Douglas Fairbanks Enid Bennett Run time: 133 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Allan DwanRobin Hood was a dream project for dashing Douglas Fairbanks and he brought the full resources of his studio to the film, building the largest standing set ever for Prince John's magnificent castle and filling open plains with thousands of extras. The sense of scale still awes audiences, yet none of it detracts from the vigorous presence of Fairbanks, a hearty hero with grace, gymnastic prowess, and a sense of humor as big as Sherwood Forest. It takes some time for this first incarnation of the great bandit hero to get started--the first hour is a little slow as it establishes the conflict between Prince John and the Earl of Huntington (Fairbanks) in moody scenes inside the dark, torch-lit castle. But when the disenfranchised Earl transforms into forest warrior Robin Hood with a gazelle-like entrance, the film becomes a sweeping adventure classic full of swordfights, jousts, larger-than-life stunts, and Fairbanks's brand of jaunty heroism. Allan Dwan balances the enormous sense of scale with scenes of intimacy and quiet, all realized in a rich black-and-white palette of contrasts both bold and delicate. Wallace Beery costars as Richard the Lionhearted with Fairbanks favorite Sam De?Grasse as the villainous Prince John and Alan Hale as Robin's faithful squire turned comrade in arms Little John, a role he also played in the famous Errol Flynn remake of 1938. Fairbanks fans each have their favorites, but all agree than none is as magnificent as Robin Hood. --Sean Axmaker
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