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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329033125
Format: Black & White, DVD, Silent, NTSC
Label: Kino Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Kino Video
MPN: KICD03312D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 03, 2004
Running Time: 127 minutes
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 18, 1922
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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 Dwan
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Robin 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
Average Rating: 
Rating: -
$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 ... Read More
Rating: -
We are watching a 1.4 million dollar early production of "Robin Hood" (1922).
The sets were the most expensive at the time.
King Richard the Lion-Hearted (Wallace Beery) oversees a tournament just before the great crusades. The winner of course is a night The Earl of Huntingdon (Douglas Fairbanks.) What does he win? The right to be Richards's right hand man in the Crusades. Richard knowing that the Earl is woman shy forces the winner to be surrounded by every female available. ... Read More
Rating:  -
1922 (silent-version) The first version of Robin Hood, with Douglas Fairbanks is a great movie. My favorite scene is the jousting tournament at the beginning of the movie. The movie cost $1 million in 1922, a huge sum for a new art form at the time.
The movie is unintentionally funny at times, because the actor playing Richard the Lionhearted is Wallace Beery, who I know better as the gravelly voiced character actor from so many old westerns.
This story of Robin Hood, focuses ... Read More
Rating: -
Though perhaps not as consistently action-filled and developed plotwise as other of Fairbanks's films, I really enjoyed this one. I was prepared for it to be a typical silent costume drama as it began, but though it does have a number of the same potential drawbacks (particularly for someone new to the silent cinema), such as an awful lot of intertitles, a plot that could use more definition and shape, a lot of different characters to keep track of, and a longer running time than most silents, it's a lot ... Read More
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There have been several Robin Hood Movies but this one is the best. The entire cast entertains you. Errol Flynn is the consummate Robin. He plays the role with ease and grace. If you haven't seen it, rent it, buy it and enjoy a great film.
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