ROBIN HOOD (1922)
Special Features: 100th Anniversary. Live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton
Allan Dwan directs Douglas Fairbanks in one of the best of his swashbuckling epics. Filmed on a massive recreation of 12th-century Nottingham (formerly the Jesse Hampton studio in Santa Monica), this version notably begins with Fairbanks as a landed aristocrat, the Earl of Huntington, who only takes up his outlaw persona "Robin Hood" after returning from the Crusades to find King Richard's throne usurped by Prince John and the populace subjected to cruelty and deprivations. Hearty Alan Hale plays Little John, a role he would reprise in Warner Bros.' celebrated 1938 version starring Errol Flynn. DIR Allan Dwan; SCR/PROD Douglas Fairbanks. U.S., 1922, b&w, 133 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 133 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022
Genre: Silent adventure
