Film, Video Web Page The adventures of Robin Hood

Title

• The adventures of Robin Hood

Summary

• The tale of Sir Robin of Locksley who seeks revenge against Prince John as he plots to seize the throne of King Richard the Lionhearted. King Richard is a prisoner of the Austrians who demand a ransom for his return which Prince John refuses to pay and instead decides to declare himself king. John, aided by Sir Guy of Gisbourne and the Sheriff of Nottingham have begun a campaign of oppression against the common folk. Robin, aided by his band of merry men, including Little John, Will Scarlet, and the comical Friar Tuck, harass the Prince and his lackeys.

Names

• Curtiz, Michael, 1888-1962, direction.
• Keighley, William, 1889-1984, direction.
• Raine, Norman Reilly, 1895-1971, writing.
• Miller, Seton I., writing.
• Flynn, Errol, 1909-1959, cast.
• De Havilland, Olivia, cast.
• Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967, cast.
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Video.

Created / Published

• United States : Warner Bros. Pictures, 1938 ; United States : Twentieth Century-Fox Video, 1982.

Headings

• -  Robin Hood--(Legendary character)--Drama
• -  Outlaws--England--Drama
• -  Maid Marian (Legendary character)--Drama
• -  Great Britain--History--Richard I, 1189-1199--Drama
• -  John,--King of England,--1167-1216--Drama
• -  Sheriff of Nottingham (Legendary character)--Drama

Genre

• Swashbuckler films
• Romance films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Videodiscs

Notes

• -  Based upon ancient Robin Hood legends.
• -  Errol Flynn, Olivia deHavilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter, Una O'Connor.
• -  Photography, Tony Gaudio, Sol Polito ; film editor, Ralph Dawson ; music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
• -  A First National picture.
• -  Videodisc distribution date from copyright notice on disc label and jacket.
• -  Summary taken from videodisc jacket.
• -  On videodisc jacket: LV 8935.
• -  LC also holds two Criterion Collection videodisc viewing copies in the the LC Purchase Collection, a CED videodisc viewing copy in the LC Purchase Collection, and a 16 mm. b&w viewing print in the United Artists Collection.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Not viewed.
• -  Source used: videodisc label and jacket.

Medium

• viewing copy 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col., ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DAA 1376 (viewing copy)

Source Collection

• LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 96506237

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/96506237

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• Dublin Core Record