Robin Hood

1922

2h 50m

Adventure

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10 Reviews

72%

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500+ Ratings

The Earl of Huntingdon (Douglas Fairbanks) learns from his beloved Lady Marian Fitzwalter (Enid Bennett) that the throne of King Richard the Lion-Hearted (Wallace Beery) has been usurped by his treacherous brother, Prince John (Sam De Grasse) while the king was off fighting the Crusades. Huntingdon adopts the name Robin Hood and gathers a band of merry men led by the stalwart Little John (Alan Hale) to fight the prince and his henchman, the High Sheriff of Nottingham (William Lowery).

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

Fairbanks is the most exuberantly athletic of Robin Hoods, for sheer physicality perhaps outdoing even Errol Flynn's definitive performance. Fairbanks's third swashbuckler… in some ways the ideal Fairbanks vehicle.

Rated: A-

Oct 10, 2003

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Jules Caldeira

Film Inquiry

For film history buffs, silent film aficionados, or those who like a lavish period piece with equal parts drama and action, add this film to your watchlist.

Nov 2, 2022

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Robert E. Sherwood

New York Herald

Here is a motion picture which is so far ahead of any spectacle that has ever gone before that it is impossible to appraise it in the same terms that have been applied to previous efforts.

Dec 14, 2021

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

An epic silent version of the Robin Hood legend.

Rated: B

Sep 22, 2012

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

It's by far the best and most joyous Robin Hood movie ever made; beside Fairbanks, even Errol Flynn appears to be standing still.

May 14, 2010

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

The lavish sets show such Allan Dwan enthusiams as waterworks (the moat), secret passages, multi-story architecture (the castle), elevators (the curtain Fairbanks slides).

Jul 18, 2009

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Dustin D

Douglas Fairbank's Robin Hood, like many other (relatively) recent Robin Hood tales spends too much time on his back story as a Crusader (a relatively recent addition to Robin Hood's legend), and then rushes through his adventures in Sherwood Forest with his Merry Men. The Merry Men are hardly introduced--the names of characters we're expected to already know just appear on the screen. However, the movie does a great job with production design. The castles and castle towns look massive and sturdy, and Sherwood Forest looks like a real place. Despite my gripe about the first half of the movie being dedicated to a back-story, it was still fun stuff.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/05/23

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georgan g

Love this film from several perspectives. Smiling at what we now see as over acting. Frowning at how long the patriarchy has been embedded. Amazed at the physicality of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Always fun to see what my grandparents could have watched (I'm 74)!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The best thrilling and inspiring movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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kevin w

Douglas Fairbanks. Leaping. Running. Jumping. Swinging. Climbing. Fighting. If there's a more flamboyant way to do a thing then (count on it) that's the way he'll do it. Every entrance is big. Grand. Sweeping. Big. Bigger. Biggest. It's parody nowadays. And yet. The grandeur and heroism of this tale cannot be denied. That it set precedent for every action/adventure tale since ... ever, is a hard point to quibble, as well. Pretty darn good for a little guy from Denver, CO, eh?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Really enjoyable!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

The one all other versions try to imitate, and come up short against.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Allan Dwan

Director

Douglas Fairbanks

The Earl of Huntingdon

Wallace Beery

Richard the Lion-Hearted

Alan Hale

The Squire

Sam De Grasse

Prince John

Enid Bennett

Lady Marian Fitzwalter

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Synopsis

The Earl of Huntingdon (Douglas Fairbanks) learns from his beloved Lady Marian Fitzwalter (Enid Bennett) that the throne of King Richard the Lion-Hearted (Wallace Beery) has been usurped by his treacherous brother, Prince John (Sam De Grasse) while the king was off fighting the Crusades. Huntingdon adopts the name Robin Hood and gathers a band of merry men led by the stalwart Little John (Alan Hale) to fight the prince and his henchman, the High Sheriff of Nottingham (William Lowery).

Director: Allan Dwan
Production Co: Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2018
Runtime: 2h 50m

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