The story of Robin Hood has had many versions over the years, but the definitive motion picture on this topic is the 1938 release of “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Errol Flynn personifies the Saxon knight rebelling against Prince John, helped out by Maid Marion, played by Olivia de Havilland. Director Michael Curtiz (“Captain Blood” 1935) employed the highest of production values throughout the project, including a marvelous screenplay by Norman Reilly Raine and Seton I. Miller and Rowland Leigh.
Luminous co-stars include Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy, Claude Rains as Prince John, Patrick Knowles as Will Scarlett, Eugene Pallette as Friar Tuck, Alan Hale as Little John, Melville Cooper as the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Ian Hunter as King Richard the Lion-Heart. Also in the cast are Una O’Connor, Herbert Mundin, Montagu Love, Robert Warwick, and Carol Landis in an uncredited role as guest at the banquet. Roy Rogers’ horse Trigger played the part of Maid Marion’s horse, quite authentically, I might add.
“The Adventures of Robin Hood” was very popular at the box office, the eighth highest-grossing film of 1938, for producer Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. Pictures. It was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, losing to Frank Capra’s ” You Can’t Take it With You.” “The Adventures of Robin Hood” did win three: Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score. It was only the second Warner Bros. movie to be filmed in Technicolor.
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland appeared in eight movies together: “Captain Blood” (1935), “The Charge of the Light Brigade” (1936), “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938), “Four’s a Crowd” (1938), “Dodge City” (1939), “The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” (1938), “Santa Fe Trail” (1940), and “They Died with Their Boots On” (1940).
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
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The story of Robin Hood has had many versions over the years, but the definitive motion picture on this topic is the 1938 release of “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Errol Flynn personifies the Saxon knight rebelling against Prince John, helped out by Maid Marion, played by Olivia de Havilland. Director Michael Curtiz (“Captain Blood” 1935) employed the highest of production values throughout the project, including a marvelous screenplay by Norman Reilly Raine and Seton I. Miller and Rowland Leigh.
Luminous co-stars include Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy, Claude Rains as Prince John, Patrick Knowles as Will Scarlett, Eugene Pallette as Friar Tuck, Alan Hale as Little John, Melville Cooper as the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Ian Hunter as King Richard the Lion-Heart. Also in the cast are Una O’Connor, Herbert Mundin, Montagu Love, Robert Warwick, and Carol Landis in an uncredited role as guest at the banquet. Roy Rogers’ horse Trigger played the part of Maid Marion’s horse, quite authentically, I might add.
“The Adventures of Robin Hood” was very popular at the box office, the eighth highest-grossing film of 1938, for producer Hal B. Wallis and Warner Bros. Pictures. It was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, losing to Frank Capra’s ” You Can’t Take it With You.” “The Adventures of Robin Hood” did win three: Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score. It was only the second Warner Bros. movie to be filmed in Technicolor.
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland appeared in eight movies together: “Captain Blood” (1935), “The Charge of the Light Brigade” (1936), “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938), “Four’s a Crowd” (1938), “Dodge City” (1939), “The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex” (1938), “Santa Fe Trail” (1940), and “They Died with Their Boots On” (1940).