Robin Hood (1913)
Adventure | October 1913
Director:
Theodore MarstonWriters:
Lloyd F. Lonergan, Theodore MarstonProduction Company:
Thanhouser Film Corp.According to an item in the 3 Jan 1914 Reel Life, outdoor scenes were filmed in Fort Schuyler and Bronx Park in Bronx, NY.
Modern sources credit Theodore Marston as the director and scenarist, and include James Cruze, William Garwood, and Alphonse Ethier in the cast. The film is based on the old English legend of Robin Hood.
Thanhouser’s Robin Hood arrived just after American Kinemacolor’s In the Days of Robin Hood, which was filmed in England. The “Robin Hood” character had also appeared in the Sep 1913 release, Ivanhoe, from Imp Film Co. (see entry).
Beginning in 1908 with a short film by Kalem Co., there have been many versions of Robin Hood, including the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film, directed by Allan Dwan; the 1938 Warner Bros. picture, The Adventures of Robin Hood, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn; and Sword of Sherwood Forest, a 1961 British production directed by Terence Fisher, starring Richard Greene (see entries). Greene also starred in a popular television series about Robin Hood made in England during the 1950s. ...
According to an item in the 3 Jan 1914 Reel Life, outdoor scenes were filmed in Fort Schuyler and Bronx Park in Bronx, NY.
Modern sources credit Theodore Marston as the director and scenarist, and include James Cruze, William Garwood, and Alphonse Ethier in the cast. The film is based on the old English legend of Robin Hood.
Thanhouser’s Robin Hood arrived just after American Kinemacolor’s In the Days of Robin Hood, which was filmed in England. The “Robin Hood” character had also appeared in the Sep 1913 release, Ivanhoe, from Imp Film Co. (see entry).
Beginning in 1908 with a short film by Kalem Co., there have been many versions of Robin Hood, including the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film, directed by Allan Dwan; the 1938 Warner Bros. picture, The Adventures of Robin Hood, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn; and Sword of Sherwood Forest, a 1961 British production directed by Terence Fisher, starring Richard Greene (see entries). Greene also starred in a popular television series about Robin Hood made in England during the 1950s.
“The story opens with Robin Hood, bow in hand, searching for Marian, whom he finally meets, and together they see a notice on a tree, which reads that no Saxon shall slay a deer in Sherwood Forest. And this sign soon plays an important part in their lives, for Robin ignores it, shoots a deer, and the next picture shows his table, spread for a feast, and surrounded by guests. They know that the penalty for disobeying the law was to cut off the ears of the offender, so great consternation seizes them when the sheriff and his men come to arrest Robin, and not being admitted, they fire their arrows into the court, one of which strikes Marian’s father dead. The sheriff and his men retreat, only to return reinforced by more soldiers, and a bitter hand-to-hand struggle takes place on the drawbridge, the women having reached the forest by a secret underground passage. They are later joined by Robin and his men, who, after Robin and Marian have been married by Friar Tuck, pronounce them king and queen. They take an oath to punish the rich and cruel, but aid the poor and oppressed. Alan-a-Dale appears on the scene, and is made a captive, but after he tells his story, they agree to help him. He seeks the hand of a young lady whose miserly father wants her to marry a decrepit old nobleman, who promises her parent money if she will marry him. Marian disguises herself as a gypsy and visits the girl to assure her that Robin and his men will aid her at the critical moment. They are ready, and when the Saxon maiden ...
“The story opens with Robin Hood, bow in hand, searching for Marian, whom he finally meets, and together they see a notice on a tree, which reads that no Saxon shall slay a deer in Sherwood Forest. And this sign soon plays an important part in their lives, for Robin ignores it, shoots a deer, and the next picture shows his table, spread for a feast, and surrounded by guests. They know that the penalty for disobeying the law was to cut off the ears of the offender, so great consternation seizes them when the sheriff and his men come to arrest Robin, and not being admitted, they fire their arrows into the court, one of which strikes Marian’s father dead. The sheriff and his men retreat, only to return reinforced by more soldiers, and a bitter hand-to-hand struggle takes place on the drawbridge, the women having reached the forest by a secret underground passage. They are later joined by Robin and his men, who, after Robin and Marian have been married by Friar Tuck, pronounce them king and queen. They take an oath to punish the rich and cruel, but aid the poor and oppressed. Alan-a-Dale appears on the scene, and is made a captive, but after he tells his story, they agree to help him. He seeks the hand of a young lady whose miserly father wants her to marry a decrepit old nobleman, who promises her parent money if she will marry him. Marian disguises herself as a gypsy and visits the girl to assure her that Robin and his men will aid her at the critical moment. They are ready, and when the Saxon maiden is standing before the bishop, who is about to pronounce her the wife of the nobleman, Robin Hood and his men pour in through windows and doors, and Friar Tuck places her hand in Alan-a-Dale’s and pronounces them man and wife, whereupon they all return to the forest, where they are free from molestation. On one occasion, the sheriff arranges for an archery contest, open to all comers. Robin appears in disguise and wins the prize. The King, disguised as a mendicant, is shown such consideration by Robin and his men, that he returns to the palace and pardons them for all past offenses.”—29 Nov 1913 Moving Picture World
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