Movies that were cutting edge big budget spectacles one minute became forgotten relics the next. Superhero movies, for instance, are currently all the rage and they tend to follow the same formula. There have been many screen versions of the Robin Hood legend on the silver screen over the years, from the rollicking derring-do of Errol Flynn's portrayal through to the touching romance of Sean Connery. The first thing that stands out to me is the amazingly real and enormous castle set.

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What we want to see is Robin and his merry band living it up in Nottingham forest, but instead, over an hour is wasted just getting Robin to that point. A must to see. It is not an original factory disc but is a DVD-R recording, and a very poor one at that. A must to see. That in itself should of course be expected for a movie from 1922. That in itself should of course be expected for a movie from 1922. Douglas Fairbanks and Enid Bennett shine in this tale of chivalry, daring-do and deception. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2015 This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. He was now the biggest action star in the world and this Robin Hood is an epic extravaganza. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. As a baseball fan, I was thrilled to discover that Fairbanks, also a baseball fan, hired the entire Los Angeles Angels baseball team to play Robin Hood's Merry Men. Film quality is pretty low--must be a bend or break in the reel every so often as the picture jumps at regular intervals. We knew it was a silent film and weren't expecting a modern picture, but this was a real disappointment.

By ROBIN HOOD, Fairbanks’s penchant for breathtaking leaps, dives, and climbs, for handsprings, rope tricks, and pole vaulting, for fencing and even occasional fisticuffs, had turned into a preoccupation for both the star and his audiences. The Earl of Huntingdon goes off to the Crusades with King Richard… Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

Douglas Fairbanks was born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman in Denver, Colorado, to Ella Adelaide (nee Marsh) and Hezekiah Charles Ullman, an attorney and native of Pennsylvania, who was a captain for the Union forces during the Civil War. I know some discs for old titles are only available as burn on demand and that is fine if it is disclosed before hand in the listing. It is not an original factory disc but is a DVD-R recording, and a very poor one at that. I agree completely with my brothers that the first hour of this film needed to be cut out almost entirely.

We really loved Douglas Fairbanks in the Zorro silent film, but again this was pretty disappointing. Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. Visit the IMDB page for this movie. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The final hour, however, is filled with brilliant nonstop action leading to a proper smashing ending. I agree with Patrick again that the final hour is easily the film's best.

Douglas Fairbanks is at the height of his career. Bigger is not always better.

Even the music didn't seem to actually go with what was happening on the screen and seemed more like someone's piano recital was going on while the film played in the background. The Reel Enterprises release represented by this listing is very poor quality: ALL of the other adaptations have been based in one way or the other on this unique masterpiece, with marvelous settings and costumes, carefully designed to deliver a REAL medieval atmosphere, with a great script that manages to leave us without even a minute of boredom throughout all the running-time of two hours - and of course, most of all with absolutely INIMITABLE performances by the actors!