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The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 film based on the Robin Hood legend. It stars Errol Flynn as the title character, Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian, Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy of Gisbourne and Claude Rains as Prince John. Many film critics and historians consider it the finest of Flynn's swashbuckler movies, and one of the all-time great adventure films.
Production
The film was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Seton I. Miller, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and scored by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. It was filmed in multiple California locations including Chico.
The Adventures of Robin Hood was produced at a cost of over $2 million, and was one of the few major motion pictures of the 1930s filmed in color. It was an unusually extravagant production for the Warner Bros. studio, which had made a name for itself in producing gritty, low-budget gangster films, but their adventure movies starring Flynn had generated hefty revenue and Robin Hood was created to capitalize on this. James Cagney was originally cast as Robin Hood but walked out on his contract, paving the way for Flynn.
Responses
The film was well-reviewed and became the 6th highest-grossing film of the year, with just over $4 million in revenues at a time when the average ticket price was less than 25 cents. Warner Bros. was so pleased with the results that they cast Flynn in two more color epics before the decade was over: Dodge City and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.
Legacy
Due to the movie's popularity, Errol Flynn's name and image became inextricably linked with that of Robin Hood in the public eye, even more so than Douglas Fairbanks, who had played the role previously in 1922.
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Scenes and costumes worn by the characters have been imitated and spoofed endlessly. For instance, in the Bugs Bunny animated short film, Rabbit Hood, Bugs finally meets Robin at the end of the film and is stunned to see find that it is Errol Flynn's character himself, in a spliced in clip from the feature film.
One unusual legacy of the film was launching the career of Trigger, the horse ridden by Olivia de Havilland in the film. Roy Rogers spotted the horse in the film and bought Trigger for his films. This film series made Trigger one of the most famous animals in show business.
Academy Awards
| Award | Person | |
| Best Editing | Ralph Dawson | |
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White | Carl Jules Weyl | |
| Best Score | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | |
| Nominated: | ||
| Best Picture | Hal B. Wallis Henry Blanke | |
External links
1938 films | Adventure films | Best Picture Academy Award nominees | United States National Film Registry | Films directed by Michael Curtiz | Robin Hood | Films shot in Technicolor
Robin Hood, König der Vagabunden | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Приключения Робина Гуда (фильм) | The Adventures of Robin Hood
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