"Robin Hood" ,1922, a great swashbuckling adventure silent film, starring Douglas Fairbanks, was based on the legendary tale of the Medieval hero, Robin Hood, and was the first production to present many of the elements of the legend that became familiar to movie audiences in later versions, although an earlier treatment had been filmed a decade before in Fort Lee, New Jersey. "Robin Hood", starring also Wallace Beery, is the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie's full title, under which it was copyrighted, is "Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood". It was one of the most expensive films of the 1920s, with a budget estimated at approximately one million dollars and generally received favorable reviews. Wallace Beery played King Richard the Lion-Hearted again the following year in a sequel called Richard the Lion-Hearted. Alan Hale, Sr. made such an impression as Little John in this film that he reprised the role sixteen years later in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) opposite Errol Flynn, then played the character again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950, 28 years after his initial performance in the original Fairbanks film, which is notable for probably being the longest period for any actor to appear in the same major role in film history. A huge castle set and an entire 12th century village of Nottingham were constructed at the Pickford-Fairbanks Studio in Hollywood. Some sets were designed by architect Lloyd Wright. Director Allan Dwan later recalled that Fairbanks was so overwhelmed by the scale of the sets that he considered canceling production at one point. The story was adapted for the screen by Fairbanks (as "Elton Thomas"), Kenneth Davenport, Edward Knoblock, Allan Dwan and Lotta Woods, and was produced by Fairbanks for his own production company, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation, and distributed by United Artists, a company owned by Fairbanks, his wife Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin and D. W. Griffith. This swashbuckling adventure was based on the legendary tale of the Medieval hero, Robin Hood, and was the first production to present many of the elements of the legend that became familiar to movie audiences in later versions, although an earlier treatment had been filmed a decade before in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Directed by Allan Dwan Produced by Douglas Fairbanks Written by Douglas Fairbanks Music by Victor Schertzinger Cinematography Arthur Edeson & Charles Richardson Editing by William Nolan Distributed by United Artists Release date(s) October 18, 1922 Running time 127 minutes Country United States Douglas Fairbanks as Earl of Huntingdon/Robin Hood Wallace Beery as King Richard the Lion-Hearted Enid Bennett as Lady Marian Fitzwalter Sam De Grasse as Prince John Paul Dickey as Sir Guy of Gisbourne William Lowery as The High Sheriff of Nottingham Willard Louis as Friar Tuck Alan Hale as The Squire/Little John Bud Geary as Will Scarlet Lloyd Talman as Alan-a-Dale Billie Bennett as Servant to Lady Marian For more information about art cinema : http://blog.ecla.de/tag/cinema-history/ Resources: wikipedia.org, archive.org New soundtrack and dubbing: Cinemateca Music: Kevin Mac Leod (incompetch.com) licensed under Creative Commons licence: Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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