“ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD"

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 June 1939, Page 6

“ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD"

j j HUGE TECHNICOLOUR FILM | I i J -The Adventures of Robin Hood,' [ I Warner Bros.’ technicolour melo- j [ | drama received some of the high- j | est praise ever accorded a motion | | picture when it had its Hollywood | | premiere. j I Starring Errol Flynn, the pro- = { duction was supervised by two of ! J the outstanding film directors of | 1 Hollywood, William Keighley and \ ! Michael Curtiz. | | Olivia de Havilland plays Maid = j Marian, Claude Rains is the vil- [ j lainous King John, Basil Rathbone j j plays Sir Guy of Gisbourne. lan j j Hunter is King Richard the Lion g | Hearted, and Patric Knowles, Her- J | bert Mundin, Montagu Love. Mel- ( ! ville Cooper. Alan Hale. Eugene j I Pallette and Una O'Connor have | | supporting roles. | Norman Reilly Raine. who re- I ? cently received the Academy | j Award for his writing job on "The g | Life of Emile Zola.” collaborated z | with Seton I. Miller on the screen J | story for "The Adventures of Rob- jj ! in Hood.” Adapting the best of the j { Robin Hood legends, and weaving g | them into a well-rounded story | j with many original touches, they j 1 | have surpassed all the previous j I stage and screen versions of the | | famous outlaw's life, j Although the story has the same | i ! principal characters, it is far dif- j : j ferent from the tale employed by g ( Douglas Fairbanks when he made S i a silent movie of "Robin Hood” I I some 16 years ago. Since it is a | I f matter of debate whether Robin | { Hood ever lived in actuality, or g j was merely a legendary figure, ! j there is much material, both myth- | I ical and hostorical. from which to | | tell the story of Robin Hood and | ; j his merry band.