Filmografia su Robin Hood

Won Medal of Honor, Photoplay Awards:  Douglas Fairbanks

ROBIN HOOD

1922, regia di Allan Dwan

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Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, United Artists - Distribuzione: United Artists - Soggetto e sceneggiatura:  Douglas Fairbanks (come Elton Thomas), Kenneth Davenport, Edward Knoblock - Fotografia:  Arthur Edeson, Charles Richardson - Montaggio: William Nolan - Scenografia: Edward M. Langley, Irvin J. Martin - Costumi:  Mitchell Leisen - Formato: B.N., muto (musiche esterne: Victor Schertzinger) - Durata: 127'.

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Paul Dickey, William Lowery, Roy Coulson, Billie Bennett, Merrill McCormick, Wilson Benge, Willard Louis, Alan Hale, Bud Geary, Lloyd Talman.

Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - film.spettacolo.alice.it - mymovies.it - cinekolossal.com: «Avvertito da Lady Marian che Giovanni, fratello del re Riccardo, vuole impadronirsi del trono, Robin Hood lascia il proprio sovrano, impegnato nella Crociata in Terra Santa e torna rapidamente in Inghilterra; arma i ribelli e dalla foresta scatena la rivolta contro l'usurpatore. Il pił famoso e colossale film muto sul celebre paladino di Sherwood. Avventura, amore e duelli in gloria e onore a Douglas Faibanks - il titolo completo recitava Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood - qui negli anni del suo maggior fulgore. Ironico e scanzonato, diede il via a un numero incredibile di rifacimenti e adattamenti, comprese versioni animate e peplum nostrani; ma prima di questo, era gią stato filmato 5 volte negli anni '10. Realizzato senza badare a spese, con un impressionante numero di comparse e ricostruzioni scenografiche immense. Spiccano il gigantesco salone del trono (poi adottato alle stesse dimensioni nel pił celebre film a colori La leggenda di Robin Hood del 1938 di Michael Curtiz con Errol Flynn) e il castello medievale progettato dal supervisore all'art director Wilfred Buckland su misure fino allora impensabili (150 metri di lunghezza per 30 di altezza); la pił grande struttura per un set cinematografico mai realizzata e che detenne questo record per ben 76 anni, fin quando James Cameron con il Titanic la surclassņ con i 294 metri del transatlantico».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - rottentomatoes.com - silentsaregolden.com - en.wikipedia.org - greencine.com - lartdesmets.e-monsite.com - silentera.com - movies.yahoo.com - allmovie.com: «Robin Hood, Douglas Fairbanks' biggest (though not necessarily best) production of the silent era, represents the first time that many familiar of the elements of the Robin Hood legend were presented on screen. To bring the project to full fruition, Fairbanks and his wife Mary Pickford purchased the old Jesse Hampton studio in Santa Monica, and on that site constructed a near-lifesized replica of 12th century Nottingham. The humongous castle set was so awesome that Fairbanks became worried that his own performance might be dwarfed. It wasn't: take our word for it. When first we meet Robin Hood, he is still the Earl of Huntington, preparing to joust with his bitter enemy Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Paul Dickey). Despite Sir Guy's propensity for cheating, the Earl is victorious. Shortly thereafter, Huntington rides off to the crusades with Richard the Lionhearted (Wallace Beery). Upon learning that Prince John (Sam De Grasse), goaded on by Sir Guy, has usurped his brother Richard's throne, Huntington returns to Nottingham in a new guise: dashing righter-of-wrongs Robin Hood. While robbing from the rich, giving to the poor, and bedevilling the villains, Robin romances the fetching Maid Marian (Enid Bennett). The film's singular highlight is Fairbanks' slide down a two-story tapestry, a bit of bravado accomplished by hiding a playground slide behind the huge cloth. As in all of Fairbanks' films, Charlie Stevens, a grandson of Geronimo and Doug's "mascot", appears in several minor roles. Also appearing is Alan Hale Sr. as Little John, a role he'd repeat in the 1938 Errol Flynn Robin Hood, not to mention the 1950 swashbuckler Rogues of Sherwood Forest. Long thought lost, Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (as the film was so copyrighted) was rediscovered in the early 1960s. Most current prints fail to do justice to Arthur Edeson's glistening photography; also, some versions are stretch-framed to slow down the action to "normal" speed, a process that retards the marvelously fast pace instilled by star Fairbanks and director Allan Dwan. We recommend that you seek out a good-quality, tinted print of Robin Hood, processed at the slightly faster-than-life speed at which it was originally filmed» (Hal Erickson).

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