"ROBIN HOOD."

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 25 May 1923, Page 2

"ROBIN HOOD."

This; evening will see the first screening at the Grand Opera House of Douglas FairbanksY- presentation of the world-famed old English story "Robin Hood," a film spectacle of classic quality. Such is the verdict of prominent English critics, and eulogistic reference is made by the reviewers to the immensity of the production, its historic fidelity, and the beauty of the photography. The joys and sorrows of the twelfth century are unfolded in. this sterling picture, the plot . of which is centred round a castle of the Norman period, surrounded by the inevitable deep moat, which, is screened as the result of the consummate skill of American engineers, architects, artists, and artisans, and is said to be a perfect replica of the centre of kingly activity of 800 years ago. Perhaps the most interesting single feature of this castle is the tremendous draw-bridge, which, when raised, makes the big structure inaccessible, thanks to the depth and width of the moat. The knights, or warriors, of those days, in storming a castle, did not like dying in the moats, but they considered it a very high honour if they could give up their lives beside their flagstaff or colour-standard. . The flagstaff used by Mr. Fairbanks was fashioned after one used by King Richard.