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The Story
history & legends |
Robin Hood and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest may never have existed, but the legend that arose in the XIVth Century is a persistent one,
as is the concept of 'robbing from the rich and giving to the poor' {i.e. paying the taxes of the oppressed peasants}.
"Robin Hood represents natural justice, and his association with nature helps that." — Stephen T. Knight
"Rise and rise again until lambs become lions." ~~ Robin Hood
The Legend of Robin Hood
The basic story of Robin Hood has numerous variations, but the root is that Robert/Robyn/Robin is somehow wronged by the king's men and declared an outlaw. He finds refuge in Barnsdale Forest or Sherwood Forest and seeks revenge on the usurper Bad Prince John by robbing wealthy travelers or convoys of taxmen. Robin earns the enmity of the Sheriff of Nottingham for his lawlessness; he earns the admiration of the peasants because he gives away his spoils to pay the taxes of the oppressed poor. He woos Maid Marian, who acts as a spy within the aristocracy. The men who join his Merry Band include various yeomen and farmers, clerics (Friar Tuck), and the roving minstrel Alan-a-Dale. The basic story ends when King Richard returns from the Crusades and deposes his corrupt brother Prince John and then pardons Robin for defending the true king's interests.
The historic Richard Plantagenet was born in 1157 and succeeded his father as King of England in July 1189; Richard was captured in December 1192 during his return from the Third Crusade and ransomed and released in February 1194. During his ten-year reign, he spent only six months in England, and never learned the language. He was killed in France in March 1199 and succeeded by his brother John. The dissatisfied northern nobles forced King John to sign the Magna Carta in June 1215; John died of dysentery in October 1216.
The oldest-known mention of the outlaw Robin Hood is in the XVth-century ballad "A Gest of Robyn Hode" [Child Ballad 117; circa 1450]. The 'Gest' is source for many of the familiar features of the Robin Hood story, tho it has Robin living in Barnsdale Forest rather then Sherwood Forest. Many of the basic characters - Little John, Will Scarlet, Much the Miller’s Son - first appeared in the anonymous poem. The 'Gest' refers to ‘King Edward’, not Richard or John, and this puts Robin Hood later in English history, some time after 1272 when Edward I ascended the throne. • entry at Wikipedia
The idea of Robin being an outlawed nobleman, Robin of Locksley, derives from Sir Walter Scott’s celebrated medieval romance "Ivanhoe", published in 1820.
Howard Pyle [1853-1911] wrote & illustrated the classic "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood", published in 1883.
Paul Creswick [1866-1947] wrote "The Adventures of Robin Hood: An English Legend" [1917 novel] which was beautifully illustrated by N.C. Wyeth [1882-1945].
Since then, the Robin Hood legend has mostly been kept alive by motion pictures and television, as well as new romance novels and historical fiction.
The City of Nottingham and surrounding towns rely on the Robin Hood legend for tourism dollars.
'Robin Hood and The Merry Men of Sherwood Forest' entry at Wikipedia
'Robin Hood in popular culture' entry at Wikipedia
Selected Fiction Books
 | "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, of Great Renown In Nottinghamshire" [1883 classic] Written & illustrated by Howard Pyle [1853-1911] Young Robin of Locksley is attacked by one of Prince John's men and Robin kills him in self-defense, which makes him an outlaw; Robin is soon surrounded by other outcasts who make sport of the authorities from their hideout in Sherwood Forest. Kindle Edition from Northpointe Classics [2/2003] for 99¢ {sic} Kindle Edition from Jaico Publng House [4/2013] for $2.17 {sic} Book Jungle 9x7½ pb [7/2008] for $16.15 Sterling 8¼x6½ hardcover [10/2004] for $9.95 available as free online etexts at Project Gutenberg |
 | "The Adventures of Robin Hood: An English Legend" [1917] by Paul Creswick [1866-1947], Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth [1882-1945], Afterword by Sir James C. Holt [1922-2014] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2012] for FREE {sic} Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $27.16 Scribner Classics 9x7 hardcover [7/2015] for $17.48 Atheneum BFYR 11½x9¾ hardcover [10/2003] for $18.47 Reader's Digest Assn. 9x6 hardcover [1991] out of print/150+ used |
 | "Enid Blyton's Robin Hood Book" [1949] by Enid Blyton [1897-1968], Illustrated by Joyce Johnson or by Debbie Ryder Element Books, Ltd. 7¾x5½ pb [9/98] out of print/used Latimer House hardcover [1949] out of print/used The 13 chapter titles are: "How Robin Hood Became An Outlaw"; "How Robin Met Little John"; "How Robin Hood Turned Butcher"; "How Robin Hood Met Will Scarlet"; "The Wedding of Allen-a-Dale"; "Robin Hood and The Bishop"; "How The Bishop Hunted Robin Hood"; "Robin Hood and Maid Marian"; "The Golden Arrow"; "The Shooting-Match"; "Robin Hood and The Tinker of Banbury"; "How King Richard Came To The Greenwood"; and "The Death of Robin Hood" |
 | "Robin Hood: 5 Classic Novels" for Kindle [2015]
Kindle Edition from Titan Read, Denmark [7/2015] for 99¢ four complete novels and a book of Medieval ballads in Kindle format: "Ivanhoe" [1820] by Sir Walter Scott [1771-1832]; "Maid Marian" [1822] by Thomas Love Peacock [1785-1866]; "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" [1883] by Howard Pyle [1853-1911]; "Young Robin Hood" [1899] by George Manville Fenn [1839-1909]; and "Ballads of Robin Hood and Other Outlaws" [1912] by Frank Sidgwick [1879-1939] |
the bulk of the Robin Hood fiction books are on Spirit of America Bookstore's Robin Hood Page
Movies & Television
Prince John character credits at Internet Movie Database
{second} Prince John character credits at Internet Movie Database
King John character credits at Internet Movie Database
Robin Hood character credits at Internet Movie Database
'list of films & TV series featuring Robin Hood' at Wikipedia
search DVDs on keywords 'Robin Hood' {returns almost 700 items} at Amazon
silent films ★ sound - 1930 ★ 1950 ★ 1970 ★ 2000 ★ jump to recent movies, coming soon
 | "Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts" [1999] by Scott Allen Nollen McFarland & Co. 9¼x6 pb [4/2008] for $36.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ library hardcover [7/99] for $19.97 |
 | "A Knight At The Movies: Medieval History On Film" [2003] by John Aberth Routledge 8¾x6¼ pb [7/2003] for $26.95 Routledge 9½x5¾ hardcover [7/2003] for $110.00 |
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"Robin Hood and His Merry Men" [Clarendon/Gaumont U.K. July 1908, USA April 1909]
'the outlawed earl goes to Sherwood Forest with Maid Marian and gathers his band to fight injustice’ directed by Percy Stow [1876-1919] • bare credits at IMDb "Robin Hood" silent short [Solax/Eclair American/Universal Aug 1912] 30-minute silent film made at the Solax Studio in New Jersey; directed by Etienne Arnaud & Herbert Blache [1882-1953]; scenario by Eustace Hale Ball; starring Robert Frazer as Robin Hood, Barbara Tennant as Maid Marian, with Alec B. Francis, M.E. Hannefy • credits at IMDb "Robin Hood Outlawed" silent short [U.K. Sept 1912] one-reeler; an outlawed earl forms an outlaw band and saves a girl from a knight. • Directed by Charles Raymond; starring A. Brian Plant as Robin Hood, Ivy Martinek as Maid Marian • credits at IMDb "Robin Hood" silent short [Thanhouser/Mutual Sept 1913] Released as four 1-reeler shorts; co-written & directed by Theodore Marston; co-written by Lloyd Lonergan; starring William Russell, Gerda Holmes, John Webb Dillon, Walter Gibbs • credits at IMDb "In The Days of Robin Hood" silent short [Natural Colour Kinematograph Co. Oct 1913] 2-reeler filmed in and around Nottingham, and in an early color process; Robin disguises himself as a monk in order to enter the castle and rescue one of his men • Directed by F. Martin Thornton; starring Harry Agar Lyons as Robin Hood • credits at IMDb "Ivanhoe" silent short [I.M.P./Universal Sept 1913] Outlaw Robin Hood helps Ivanhoe rescue Rebecca of York from the clutches of Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert; a copy of this film survives at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Adapted & directed by and co-starring Herbert Brenon; based on the stageplay by Frederick & Walter Melville; starring King Baggot {as Ivanhoe}, Walter Thomas {as Robin Hood}, Leah Baird, Evelyn Hope, Walter Craven, Wallace Widdicombe, Wallace Bosco, Mrs. Herbert Brenon, Jack Bates, R. Hollies, George Courtenay • credits at IMDb |
"Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood"
silent feature [United Artists Oct 1922]
  | The first movie to have a gala premiere, conceived by Sid Grauman for the opening of his new Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. When England's King Richard leaves for a Crusade to the Holy Land, he appoints his brother Prince John as regent. But John is a tyrant, and when the Earl of Huntingdon learns from Maid Marian of England's peril, he returns to oppose John's schemes. Prince John outlaws Huntingdon and his followers, so they hide out in Sherwood Forest ...
Produced & written by & starring Douglas Fairbanks; directed by Allan Dwan; also starring Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey, William Lowery, Willard Louis, Alan Hale, Bud Geary & Lloyd Talman
Kino Video b&w DVD [2/2004] for $26.99 Kino Video b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Robin Hood, Jr." silent featurette [East Coast Prodns April 1923] 4-reel silent film directed by Clarence Bricker; intertitles written by Carroll Owen; starring Frankie Lee {as young Robin Hood}, Peggy Cartwright, S.J. Bingham, Edward Cooper, Harry Lamont, Phil Dunham • credits at IMDb |
 | "The Robin Hood Collection" [2009]
includes three feature films: "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest" [1946] starring Cornel Wilde; "Rogues of Sherwood Forest" [1950] starring John Derek; and "Sword of Sherwood Forest" [1960] starring Richard Greene Sony Pictures Home Ent. DVD [8/2009] 3 disks - import/used PAL format via Amazon USA Sony Pictures Home Ent. DVD [8/2009] 3 disks for £9.50 PAL format via Amazon UK |
"Young Blood" [Monogram Pictures Nov 1932] /tt0024795/
Directed by Phil Rosen; starring Bob Steele, Hank Bell, Earl Dwire; hero Nick the Kid is a prairie Robin Hood who robs the rich and gives the loot to those who need it the most.
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Blood-Hank-Bell/dp/B000AJJN2C/
"Robin Hood, Jr." animated short [M.G.M. Feb 1934]
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The notorious pint-sized fibber Willie Whopper claims to have been Robin Hood; the cartoon segues into an adventure in which Willie is the singing-dancing Robin of Sherwood Forest who disrupts Maid Marian's wedding and battles evil King John.
Produced & directed by Ub Iwerks; animated by Grim Natwick & Bernard Wolf full credits at IMDb • 'Willie Whopper' entry at Wikipedia available as part of the "Ub Iwerks' Willie Whopper Collection" [2015] with 13 more cartoons M.G.M. b&w/2-color DVD [10/2015] 2 disks - out of prodn/used |
"The Crusades" [1935] produced & directed by Cecil B. DeMille
starring Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon {as King Richard}, Ian Keith & Ramsay Hill {as Prince John}
"Robin Hood of El Dorado" [March 1936] /tt0028197/
Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, Margo, J. Carrol Naish, Soledad Jiménez, Carlos De Valdez, Eric Linden, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Trowbridge, Warner Baxter, dir. William A. Wellman
http://www.amazon.com/Soledad-Jim%C3%A9nez-Kennedy-Charles-Trowbridge/dp/B00X3DC87E/
"The Californian" aka "The Gentleman From California" [Fox July 1937] /tt0028678/
Described as the story of a native son who returns to California from school in Spain in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families,
so he becomes a sort of Robin Hood in order to fight them – but this is much more similar to El Zorro than Robin Hood; starring Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver
http://www.amazon.com/Gentleman-California-Ricardo-Cortez/dp/B0009OL8TY/
"The Adventures of Robin Hood"
[Warner Bros. May 1938]
 | Filmed in Technicolor; England's King Richard is away on a Crusade to the Holy Land, and when Richard is captured for ransom by Duke Leopold of Austria, Prince John seizes power, aided by Sir Guy and the High Sheriff. But loyal Saxon Robin Locksley gathers a band of resistance fighters, woos Lady Marian, and thwarts the bad guys by robbing from the rich to aid the overtaxed peasants. Co-produced by Hal B. Wallis & Jack L. Warner; directed by Michael Curtiz & William Keighley; starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter & Howard Hill; nominated for Best Picture Oscar, won Oscars for Best Art Direction, Best Editing & Best Original Score (Erich Wolfgang Korngold); listed on the National Film Registry (1995)
Warner Home Video color Blu-ray [8/2008] for $19.49 Warner Home Video Special Edition color DVD [9/2003] 2 disks for $21.99 M.G.M. color VHS [12/93] out of prodn/many, many used Oscar-winning soundtrack by Erich Korngold: Soundtrack Factory audio CD [5/2000] for $16.99 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Welcome To Sherwood! The Story of The Adventures of Robin Hood"
[Warner/T.C.M. video release 2003]
hour-long documentary co-produced, written & directed by Jeff Kurtti; available on DVD above;
full credits at IMDb
 | "The Adventures of Robin Hood" 1938 script [2012] written by Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller & Rowland Leigh Kindle Edition from Warner Bros. Digital Publng [10/2012] for $4.99 |
"The Man With 100 Faces" original title "Crackerjack" [G.F.D./Gaumont 1938] /tt0030021/
Glamorous and sophisticated Lilli Palmer stars with popular British character actor Tom Walls in this smart, sardonic story of a modern day Robin Hood named "Crackerjack" who is thrilling England with his shrewd exploits. When he unintentionally witnesses a robbery, he becomes aware that a dangerous gang of crooks is pulling heists and framing him as the culprit, and must use all his cunning to outwit the gang and prove his innocence. Director Albert de Courville
http://www.amazon.com/Crackerjack-Tom-Walls/dp/B0001I5538/
"Robin Hood Makes Good" [Warner Bros. Feb 1939]
 | Technicolor™ Merrie Melodies cartoon short; a fox captures a pair of squirrels playing a Robin Hood game; the third squirrel battles the fox to rescue his friends • Produced by Leon Schlesinger; directed by Chuck Jones; story by Dave Monahan; voices of Mel Blanc, Bernice Hansen & Margaret Hill-Talbot
full credits at IMDb • cartoon entry at Wikipedia • watch full cartoon [7:43] online at YouTube video contains two other cartoons: "Foney Fables" [1942] {IMDb} and "The Old Shell Game" [1948] {IMDb} • 24-minute U.A.V. Corp. color VHS [2/97] for $5.95 |
"Robin Hood of The Pecos" [Republic Pictures Jan 1941]
 | Filmed in Simi Valley and at Vasquez Rocks near Los Angeles, California; after the Civil War ends, the territorial governor declares martial law in West Texas; a Union Army officer declares amnesty and is then killed, with blame placed on Roy and Gabby and Belle Starr . . . • Directed by Joseph Kane; written by Olive Cooper & Hal Long; starring Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Marjorie Renyolds, Cy Kendall, Leigh Whipper, Sally Payne, Eddie Acuff, Spade Cooley, and Trigger the Horse
Republic Pictures b&w DVD [5/2003] for $5.58 Republic Pictures b&w DVD [6/2003] for $9.99 Synergy Ent. b&w DVD-R [7/2008] for $9.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Red River Robin Hood" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Nov 1942]
 | A swindler uses a corrupt judge and a fake Spanish land grant to take ownership of the Red River Valley and charge rent to the ranchers; Jim and Ike arrive to help their pal Chet and devise a plan to wear Zorro-like black costumes to rob the collectors and return the money to the ranchers. Directed by Lesley Selander; screen-play by Bennett Cohen; starring Tim Holt, Cliff 'Alibi Ike' Edwards, Barbara Moffett, Eddie Dew, Otto Hoffman, Russell Wade, Tom London, Earle Hodgins
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Robin Hood of The Range" [Columbia Pictures July 1943]
 | 54-minute b&w Western B-movie with music; an adult orphan assumes a masked disguise to help the homesteaders who are being deprived of their ranches by a railroad land grab, pitting him against the early-day railroad pioneer who raised him • Directed by William Berke; written by Betty Burbridge; starring Charles Starrett, Arthur 'Arkansas' Hunnicutt, Kay Harris, Kenneth MacDonald, Johnny Mitchell/Douglass Drake, Hal Price, Edward Peil Sr., Frank LaRue, Bud Osborne, Stanley Brown, and the Jimmy Wakely Trio
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
"The Bandit of Sherwood Forest"
[Columbia Pictures Feb 1946]
![Bandit of Sherwood Forest [1946] starring Cornel Wilde](covers2/pBanditofSherwoodForest1946.jpg "Bandit of Sherwood Forest [1946] starring Cornel Wilde") | The adventures of Robert of Nottingham, the son of Robin Hood. 86-minute Technicolor™ film; directed by George Sherman & Henry Levin; based on a novel by Paul A. Castleton; starring Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, and Edgar Buchanan Sony Pictures Home Ent. color DVD [5/2010] for $3.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Robin Hood of Texas" musical Western film [Republic Pictures July 1947]
 | Gene and the boys attract a crowd singing near a bank robbery; the cops suspect and arrest them, then turn them loose hoping that they will lead to the rest of the gang; the gang leader double crosses his men, then hides out at the very same dude ranch that is Gene's next gig. {Title is the only apparent connection to Robin Hood.} Directed by Lesley Selander; written by John K. Butler & Earle Snell; starring Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway, Adele Mara, James Cardwell, John Kellogg, Ray Walker, Archie Twitchell, Paul Bryar, James Flavin, Dorothy Vaughan, Stanley Andrews, Al Bridge, and The Cass County Boys band
Image Ent. 'fully-restored' b&w DVD [9/2003] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Robin Hood of Monterey" [Monogram Pictures Sept 1947]
 | The Cisco Kid rescues a wounded man who fled after he was accused of shooting his father; Cisco and Pancho learn that Don Carlos was shot with a small-bore pistol like the derringer carried by the widow . . . {Title is the only apparent connection to Robin Hood.} Directed by Christy Cabanne; screenplay by Bennett Cohen; starring Gilbert Roland, Chris-Pin Martin, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue, Pedro de Cordoba, Donna Martell, Travis Kent, Thornton Edwards, Nestor Paiva, Ernie Adams
V.C.I. Ent. b&w DVD [2/2007] 6 films on 2 disks for $15.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Prince of Thieves" [1948]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_of_Thieves_(1948_film)
"Robin Hood-Winked" cartoon short [Famous Studios/Paramount Nov 1948]
 | Released in Polacolor; Robin Hood {Popeye} and sidekick Little John stop for a pint or two of root beer at the local HubBub Pub, run by Olive Oyl. The tax collector {Bluto} comes to the pub to collect 100% taxes and falls for Olive . . .
Co-produced & directed by Seymour Kneitel; featuring voice actors Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck & Sid Raymond
full credits at IMDb • watch cartoon short [7:08] online at YouTube |
"Rabbit Hood" cartoon short [Warner Bros. Dec 1949]
 | Bugs Bunny attempts to steal a carrot from the king's garden in Sherwood Forest but is caught by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Directed by Chuck Jones; story by Michael Maltese; voices by Mel Blanc, with archive footage of Errol Flynn as Robin Hood •
full credits at IMDb
available as part of "Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection" [2006] Volume 4, Disk One Warner Home Video color DVD [11/2006] 28 cartoons on 2 disks for $11.00 available on "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" [2006] Volume 4, Disk One (with commentary) Warner Home Video color DVD [11/2006] 60 cartoons on 4 disks for $29.69 |
"Rogues of Sherwood Forest" [Columbia Pictures June 1950]
John Derek (Actor), Diana Lynn (Actor) aka "Viva Robin Hood!"
http://www.amazon.com/Rogues-Sherwood-Forest-John-Derek/dp/B0038N9X2M/
"Trail of Robin Hood" musical Western film [Republic Pictures Dec 1950]
 | Filmed in Trucolor™ at Big Bear Valley near Los Angeles, California; retired cowboy movie star Jack Holt raises Christmas trees for sale at prices that anybody can afford, so his competition tries to shut him down; appearances by many old-time cowboy actors. Directed by William Witney; written by Gerald Geraghty; starring Roy Rogers, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Emory Parnell, Clifton Young, James Magill, Carol Nugent, Ed Cassidy, The Riders of The Purple Sage band, Roy's dog Bullet, and Trigger the Horse, with Rex Allen, Allan 'Rocky' Lane, Monte Hale, William Farnum, Tom Tyler, Ray Corrigan, Kermit Maynard, Tom Keene, Jack Holt, George Chesebro & Foy Willing as themselves
Good Times Video color DVD [7/2004] out of prodn/used Lions Gate color VHS [5/95] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Tales of Robin Hood" [Lippert Pictures May 1951]
 | 60-minute b&w TV pilot that never made it to broadcast but was released as a B-movie Produced by Hal Roach, Jr.; directed by James Tinling [1889-1967]; starring Robert Clarke {as Robin Hood}, Mary Hatcher, Paul Cavanagh, Wade Crosby, Whit Bissell, Ben Welden, Robert Bice, Keith Richards, Bruce Lester, Tiny Stowe, Lester Matthews, John Vosper, John Doucette DVD/Blu-ray not available • Burbank Video b&w VHS [undated] for $7.00 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men"
live action feature film [Disney/R.K.O. June 1952]
 | Filmed in Technicolor; after an archery contest at the king's palace, young Robin's father is attacked and killed by henchmen of Prince John. Robin turns outlaw to avenge his father and to redress John's oppres- sion of the people of England. Directed by Ken Annakin; script by Lawrence Edward Watkin; starring Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter, James Robertson Justice, Martita Hunt, Hubert Gregg, Elton Hayes, Anthony Eustrel, Patrick Barr, Ewan Solon, Anthony Forwood, Michael Hordern & Hal Osmond
Walt Disney Video color DVD [4/2009] for $9.99 Walt Disney Video color VHS [4/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Miss Robin Hood" comedy film [Associated British-Pathé Nov 1952, USA June 1953]
 | A struggling cartoonist meets elderly Miss Honey, who encourages him to join her life of petty crime.
Directed by John Guillermin; starring Margaret Rutherford, Richard Hearne, Sidney James, Reg Varney, James Robertson Justice, Dora Bryan, Michael Medwin, Peter Jones, Eric Berry, Edward Lexy, Fanny/Frances Rowe, Eunice Gayson, Russell Waters, Susanne Gibbs Region 1 DVD not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Court Jester" musical feature film [1955]
http://www.amazon.com/Court-Jester-Danny-Kaye/dp/079215519X/
SK's movie fansite + http://www.thevesselwiththepestle.com/
"The Son of Robin Hood" [1958] /tt0053293/
DeLuxe color CinemaScope film directed by George Sherman, starring David Hedison & June Laverick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Son_of_Robin_Hood
http://www.amazon.com/Son-Robin-Hood-David-Hedison/dp/B00979KQ7C/
 | "Robin Hood Daffy" animated short [Warner Bros. March 1958] Friar Tuck (Porky Pig) doesn't believe that Daffy Duck is the real Robin Hood. Directed by Chuck Jones; story by Michael Maltese; voices by Mel Blanc full credits at IMDb • watch full cartoon (framed) [6:37] online at YouTube available on DVD as part of "Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 3" [2005] Warner Home Video color DVD set [10/2005] 4 disks for $29.94 |  |
"Robin Hoodwinked" animated short [M.G.M. June 1958]
 | Tom & Jerry color animated short in CinemaScope™; Jerry Mouse and sidekick Nibbles/Tuffy rescue Robin Hood from the Sheriff's dungeon by besting the guard, Tom the Cat. Co-produced & co-directed by Joseph Barbera & William Hanna full credits at IMDb • cartoon entry at Wikipedia available on DVD as part of the "Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection" - Volume 3 Disk 2 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [9/2007] 35 cartoons on 2 disks for $10.90 |
"Robin Hood and The Pirates" [Italy Dec 1960, USA 1964] /tt0054246/
Directed by Giorgio Simonelli; starring Lex Barker, Jocelyn Lane
http://www.amazon.com/Robin-Hood-Pirates-Lex-Barker/dp/B00OU5WVS0/
"Sword of Sherwood Forest"
[Hammer UK Dec 1960, Columbia USA Jan 1961]
  | The Sheriff of Nottingham plots to confiscate the estate of Lord Bortrey, who died on Crusade, but first he must eliminate the Archbishop of Canterbury. Robin Hood pretends to undertake the assassination for the plotters, then meets Maid Marian, who thinks Robin is leader of the gang of murderers, and leads him into a trap. Filmed in Ireland; co-produced by & starring Richard Greene; directed by Terence Fisher; script by Alan Hackney; also starring Sarah Branch, Peter Cushing, Nigel Green, Niall MacGinnis, Oliver Reed & Dennis Lotis
Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [11/2010] for $5.74 full credits at IMDb • Hammer official website |
"Robin and The 7 Hoods" [Warner Bros. June 1964] /tt0058529/ starring Frank Sinatra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_and_the_7_Hoods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlCcyfYMs9U [3.28]
"Adventures of Robin Hood and Bandits" [India 1965]
minor movie in Hindi language • bare credits at IMDb
"Robin Hoodwinked" animated short [Famous Studios/Paramount June 1967]
Technicolor™ cartoon short produced & directed by Shamus Culhane; story by Heywood Kling •
bare credits at IMDb
"A Challenge For Robin Hood" [Hammer/Fox Aug 1967]
 | A young Norman nobleman is falsely accused by his cousin of murdering another cousin; forced to flee into nearby Sherwood Forest, Robin gathers a band of rebels to fight against his scheming cousin and the evil sheriff. Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards; original screenplay by Peter Bryan; starring Barrie Ingham, Gay Hamilton, James Hayter, Leon Greene, Peter Blythe, John Arnatt, Eric Flynn, Douglas Mitchell
Region 1 DVD not available • Anchor Bay letterboxed color VHS [4/99] for $32.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 1/2013 official trailer [1:54] online at YouTube |
"The Erotic Adventures of Robin Hood" [E.V.I. Aug 1969]
 | aka "The Ribald Tales of Robin Hood"; plot details not found (use your imagination!) Co-produced by Erwin C. Dietrich; co-written & directed by Richard Kanter; co-written by Lawrence Morse; starring Ralph Jenkins {as Robin}, Dee Lockwood, Steve Vincent, Lynn Cartwright, Scott Sizemore, C.S. Poole, Frank Nathan, Wendell Swink, James Brand, Eddie Nova, Raymond Renard, Barbara Sanders, Bambi Allen, Al Cranston, Paul Smith, Heidi Frey not available on Region 1 DVD • full credits at IMDb |
"Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood" [Hammer Films 1969]
David Warbeck as Robin Hood, Ciaran Madden as Lady Marian, David Butler as Wil Scarlett, and Kathleen Byron as Katherine of Locksley.
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L i n k s
'Robin Hood in popular culture' entry at Wikipedia
The Robin Hood Project {bibliography} at University of Rochester in New York
Robin Hood entry at the Tardis Wikia ("Dr.Who" episode, "K9" episode, webblog)
AWW's 'Bold Outlaw' fansite
Robin Hood homepage on the Nottinghamshire Tourism website
World Wide Robin Hood Society's 'Many Faces of Robin Hood' website [est.1998]
RF's 'Robin Hood: Facts & Fiction' fansite
here on the Robin Hood Film Festival Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
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Gangster Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Hollywood Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern
Horse-Racing Movies Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Human Rights Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Kings & Queens Film Festival at Magic Lantern
'Knights of Yore' Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Labor Movement Film Festival at Spirit of America Bookstore
Movie Musicals Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern
Muscle-Head Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Native American Film Festival at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore
Oscar-Winning Western Movies Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore
Philosophy Film Festival at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Pirate Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Political Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern
Railroad Film Festival Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
'Rat Race' Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Road Movies Film Festival at Magic Lantern
Spirit of America Bookstore's Robin Hood Film Festival «« you are here
Rock Music Film Festival at Spirit of America Bookstore
Samurai Films at Magic Lantern
'Shakespeare On Film' Festival Pages at Magic Lantern
Sherlock Holmes Film Festival Pages at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Sports Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern
War [& Anti-War] Film Festival Pages at Magic Lantern
Western Movies Film Festival Pages at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore
... and others on the Online Film Festivals Index Page
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