Robin Hood [DVD]

Starring: Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, et al.

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• Format: DVD
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Image Entertainment
• Director: Allan Dwan
• Starring: Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey, William Lowery, Roy Coulson, Billie Bennett, Merrill McCormick, Wilson Benge, Willard Louis
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: NTSC; DVD; Silent; Black & White
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.

Customer Reviews

“D-a-m-n their black hides! I’ll lash them till they bleat!” Robin Hood.

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 knight, the Earl of Huntingdon (Douglas Fairbanks). What does he win? The right to be Richard’s right-hand man in the Crusades. Richard knew that the Earl, who is woman-shy, forces the winner to be surrounded by every female available. While the king is away on the Crusades, his brother has a plan in process to usurp the throne and practice his evil ways on the people of England. Can no one save them? Is there no leader to champion their cause against oppression? This review is of the KINO international film. We are all familiar with the most popular version of Robin Hood, and this film pretty much follows form. However (it just may be from watching it nearly a century later) Lady Marian Fitzwalter (Enid Bennett) looks like a sixty’s hippy. Whoever picked the music? The film is almost better off without it; this is some sort of electronic concoction. Of course, after the fact, better versions of the story were filmed. However, that cannot distract from the fact that this one was important in its day; the premiere was held at Grauman's brand-new Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. To get a better background on the story, I suggest you read about the cinematic history of Robin. Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts by Scott Allen Nollen (May 1999). Look for the book “Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts.