The Adventures of Robin Hood

Robin Hoodin seikkailut / Robin Hoods äventyr. US © 1938 Warner Bros. P: Hal B. Wallis. D: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley. SC: Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller – based on the English folk tales. DP (Technicolor): Sol Polito, Tony Gaudio. M: Erich Wolfgang Korngold. AD: Carl Jules Weyl. COST: Milo Anderson. ED: Ralph Dawson. N: Errol Flynn (Sir Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood), Olivia de Havilland (Maid Marian), Basil Rathbone (Sir Guy de Gisbourne), Claude Rains (Prince John), Patric Knowles (Will Scarlett), Eugene Pallette (Friar Tuck), Alan Hale (Little John), Melville Cooper (the sheriff of Nottingham), Ian Hunter (King Richard Lionheart), Una O’Connor (Bess). 103'. The Warner Bros. 65th Anniversary restored version (2003). Print check viewing at Orion, Helsinki, 15 Sep 2005. Although there have been several film adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, this is still the one, a top adventure film, in a high spirit from the beginning to the end. It's expensive but not heavy, and there is a great sense of humour all through the picture. A good sense of spectacle, action, and ensemble playing. - A wonderful, immaculate print, the colour definition both in intimate close-ups and in great scenes of spectacle in good taste. They say it's digitally restored; if that's true, for the first time, I could not tell the difference from a brilliant photochemical master.