The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Note Générale:

8,1/10   

Réalisateurs:

Michael Curtiz
William Keighley

Scénaristes:

Norman Reilly Raine (original screenplay) and
Seton I. Miller (original screenplay)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

14 mai 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Romance

Accroche:

The Best Loved Bandit Of All Time!

Intrigue:

When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.

Plot Keywords:

Prince | Outlaw | Forest | Sherwood Forest | Usurper

Récompenses:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Errol Flynn VS Basil Rathbone, Round 2 I think

Ensemble

Errol Flynn	...	Robin Hood
Olivia de Havilland	...	Maid Marian
Basil Rathbone	...	Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Claude Rains	...	Prince John
Patric Knowles	...	Will Scarlett
Eugene Pallette	...	Friar Tuck
Alan Hale	...	Little John
Melville Cooper	...	High Sheriff of Nottingham
Ian Hunter	...	King Richard the Lion-Heart
Una O'Connor	...	Bess
Herbert Mundin	...	Much
Montagu Love	...	Bishop of the Black Canons
Leonard Willey	...	Sir Essex
Robert Noble	...	Sir Ralf
Kenneth Hunter	...	Sir Mortimer
Robert Warwick	...	Sir Geoffrey
Colin Kenny	...	Sir Baldwin
Lester Matthews	...	Sir Ivor
Harry Cording	...	Dickon Malbete
Howard Hill	...	Captain of Archers
Ivan F. Simpson	...	Proprietor of Kent Road Tavern (as Ivan Simpson)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Lowden Adams	...	Old Crusader (uncredited)
Frank Baker	...	Turnkey (uncredited)
James Baker	...	Philip of Arras (uncredited)
Sidney Baron	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Hal Baylor	...	Merry Man (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore	...	Humility Prim (uncredited)
Wilson Benge	...	Monk (uncredited)
Charles Bennett	...	Peddler at Tournament (uncredited)
Hal Brazeale	...	High Sheriff's Squire (uncredited)
George Bunny	...	Butcher (uncredited)
David Cavendish	...	Saxon Man (uncredited)
Phyllis Coghlan	...	Saxon Woman (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan	...	Villager (uncredited)
Jack Deery	...	Richard's Knight (uncredited)
Nick De Ruiz	...	Executioner (uncredited)
Eddie Dew	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle	...	Tailor (uncredited)
Herbert Evans	...	Seneschal (uncredited)
Austin Fairman	...	Sir Nigel (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	...	Man-at-arms (uncredited)
Alec Harford	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Ivo Henderson	...	Richard's Knight (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert	...	Archery Referee (uncredited)
Peter Hobbes	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson	...	Norman Officer (uncredited)
Harold Howard	...	Beggar (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Charles Irwin	...	Saxon Man (uncredited)
Crauford Kent	...	Sir Norbett (uncredited)
Marten Lamont	...	Sir Guy's Squire (uncredited)
Connie Leon	...	Saxon Woman (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton	...	Crippen (uncredited)
Thomas R. Mills	...	Priest with Blacksmith (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie	...	Town Crier (uncredited)
Joseph North	...	Friar (uncredited)
Antonia Oland	...	Child (uncredited)
Paul Power	...	Richard's Knight (uncredited)
Jack Richardson	...	Serf (uncredited)
Dick Rich	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Gerald Rogers	...	Saxon Man (uncredited)
Janet Shaw	...	Humility's Daughter (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield	...	Herald at Archery Tournament (uncredited)
Robert St. Angelo	...	Pierre de Caan (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Val Stanton	...	Outlaw (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson	...	Soldier (uncredited)
John Sutton	...	Richard's Knight (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton	...	Saxon Man (uncredited)
David Thursby	...	Archer at Tournament (uncredited)
Trigger	...	Lady Marian's Horse (uncredited)
Claude Wisberg	...	Blacksmith's Apprentice (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Michael Curtiz
William Keighley

Scénaristes
Norman Reilly Raine		(original screenplay) and
Seton I. Miller		(original screenplay)
Rowland Leigh		contributor to treatment (uncredited)

Produit par
Henry Blanke	....	associate producer (uncredited)
Hal B. Wallis	....	executive producer (uncredited)
Jack L. Warner	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Image
Tony Gaudio		(photography by)
Sol Polito		(photography by)

Montage
Ralph Dawson

Distribution des rôles
Rufus Le Maire		(uncredited)

Direction artistique
Carl Jules Weyl

Maquillage
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist
Ward Hamilton	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Irma Kusely	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Directeur de production
Al Alleborn	....	unit production manager (uncredited)

Assistant réalisateur
Lee Katz	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Sullivan	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Département Art
Gene Allen	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Pat Patterson	....	props (uncredited)

Technicien du son
C.A. Riggs	....	sound
Gerald W. Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Charles David Forrest	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Elmer Haglund	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Nathan Levinson	....	recording director (uncredited)

Cascadeur
Frank Baker	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Bruggeman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Albert Cavens	....	assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Albert Cavens	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Cavens	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Fred Cavens	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham	....	staircase fall stunt double: Basil Rathbone (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	....	stunts (uncredited)
Howard Hill	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bert LeBaron	....	stunts (uncredited)
Post Park	....	staircase fall stunt double: Errol Flynn (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ernie Stanton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chad Trower	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Buster Wiles	....	stunt double: Errol Flynn (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
W. Howard Greene	....	technicolor photography
Charles P. Boyle	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
A. Clark	....	second assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
William Classen	....	key grip (uncredited)
Wilfred M. Cline	....	camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
Allen M. Davey	....	associate director of photography: Technicolor (uncredited)
Frank Evans	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Elmer Fryer	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Al Green	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Carl E. Guthrie	....	first assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
Glen Harris	....	grip (uncredited)
Stuart Higgs	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Vic Johnson	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Mac Julian	....	still photographer: second unit (uncredited)
J. Henry Kruse	....	camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
Lloyd MacLean	....	assistant still photographer (uncredited)
William V. Skall	....	camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
Claude Swanner	....	best boy (uncredited)
Homer Van Pelt	....	still photographer: second unit (uncredited)

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Elmer Ellsworth	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Ida Greenfield	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Rydo Loshak	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)

Dpartement Editorial
Rudi Fair	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Département Musique
Leo F. Forbstein	....	musical director
Hugo Friedhofer	....	orchestral arranger
R.H. Bassett	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Milan Roder	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Divers
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor color director
Morgan Padelford	....	associate technicolor color director
Irving Rapper	....	dialogue director
Louis Van der Ecker	....	technical advisor (as Louis Van Den Ecker)
Fred Applegate	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Colin Campbell	....	dialogue director: second unit (uncredited)
Fred Cavens	....	fencing master (uncredited)
B. Reeves Eason	....	director: archery tournament scene (uncredited)
S. Charles Einfeld	....	press representative (uncredited)
Howard Hill	....	archery instructor (uncredited)
Rowland Leigh	....	screenplay construction contributor (uncredited)
Major	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Flora Pan	....	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)
Irva Mae Ross	....	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)
Sears	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Mary Elizabeth Tilson	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents) (A First National Picture)

Distributeurs

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1938) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF) (1940) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Dominant Pictures Corporation (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (b&w)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (198?) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• GP Museum Soft (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• First Trading (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• PSG (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (1988) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. Television (????) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Robin Hood (Australia) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for adventure violence.

Durée:

102 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:PG (DVD rating) | USA:Approved (original rating) (PCA #3790) | Portugal:M/6 | Canada:G (video rating) | West Germany:6 (nf) | Germany:6 (video rating) | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) (2003) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | New Zealand:G (single DVD) | New Zealand:PG (2 dvd set) | Sweden:Btl (uncut) (1969) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 (1938) | Ireland:G | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl (cut) (1938) | UK:U | USA:PG (re-rating) (2003)

Lieux de tournage:

Alhambra, California, USA

Société:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Anecdotes:

German audiences will wait in vain for the notorious lines "You speak treason!" - "Fluently." In the German version, it is dubbed as "Ihr sprecht unbedacht!" - "Weiß ich." ("You speak before you think!" - "I know.") Probably they chose this quip (clever in its own right, but in a different vein than the original) because a more faithful translation would have lost the play on words completely.

Goofs:

Continuité: After his capture, the distant shots show Robin two steps below Prince John and Sir Guy. But during their conversation, they are on the same level.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Town Crier announcing capture of Richard: News has come from Vienna: "Leopold of Austria has seized King Richard on his return from the Crusades. Our king is being held prisoner. Nothing further is known. His Highness Prince John will make further public pronouncement tomorrow."

Connexions:

Référencé sur Terror Night (1987)

Errol Flynn VS Basil Rathbone, Round 2 I think

The other early romanticism take on the Robin Hood legend, aside from the silent Douglas Fairbanks version. This one puts famed Hollywood hell raiser pirate Errol Flynn in the title role of Robin Hood. As would be expected of that scoundrel/scallywag Flynn's famous devil-may-care-heroics, the Flynn Robin Hood outrightly refuses to support Prince John when he commits what Robin views as treachery - trying to get himself made king and abusing the land and the people in what may or may not be the aftermath of his older brother King Ricahrd the Lion-Hearted's death while battling in the crusades. After nearly getting killed by John and Gisbourne's men, Robin goes on the run, with Will Scarlet and along the way acquiring Much, Little John, a cantankerous Friar Tuck, and a whole army of merry men in tights. From there, he becomes the great outlaw we all know and love, fighting Gisbourne, the bumbling Sheriff and Prince John anyway which way he can and sweeps that adorable sweetie pie Maid Marion off her feet.

Sure the costumes may look fake today and the film itself overly colorful, but it's still a fun time. Sure Errol Flynn doesn't have a well articulated British accent either, but at least he doesn't sound like he's from the heart land of America. Flynn is certainly a lot quicker on his feet than Kevin Costner was, which comes in handy when you're in a duel to the death. Basil Rathbone is a fairly menacing Gisbourne, smarter than the Robert Addie or Michael Wincott versions (he looks kind of like Christopher Lee), and Olivia de Havilland is a very pretty Marion without being overly sexual and slutty about it (as was the case with many leading ladies back then). Out of the versions I've seen this is probably the only one where the Sheriff is an idiot and Gisbourne is the real menace (Gisbourne died early in the Kevin Costner verison of Robin Hood, and on TV's "Robin of Sherwood" he was just this weird neurotic guy, and I'm afraid I don't remember the Patrick Bergin version of Robin Hood very well).

There are least five big action sequences here, namely Robin's two escapes from Nottingham, an ambush in Sherwood Forest and the climax between Robin's & King Richard's men at Nottingham castle. Naturally, there is a duel to the death that features shadows on the wall going at it while the actors are off screen. Good stuff, especially for the children.