Contents: Introduction chapter. 1 The Ballads Hero Robin Hood

1.2. Robin Hood`s adventures
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette and Alan Hale Sr. The film is particularly noted for its Academy Award-winning score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
The film was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Seton I. Miller. The storyline depicts the legendary Saxon knight Robin Hood who, in King Richard the Lionheart's absence in the Holy Land during the Crusades, fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla band against Prince John and the Norman lords oppressing the Saxon commoners.
The Adventures of Robin Hood has been acclaimed by critics since its release. In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.
Alan Hale Sr., who plays Little John, had played the same character in Douglas Fairbanks's 1922 version of the film and went on to play him again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest, released by Columbia in 1950, a 28-year span.
Richard, the Norman King of England, is taken captive in 1191 by Duke Leopold while returning from the Third Crusade. Richard's treacherous brother Prince John, aided by fellow Norman Sir Guy of Gisbourne, takes the opportunity to name himself regent of England, and increases the taxes and regulations on the Saxons under the pretense of gathering ransom for Richard.³
The Normans exploit and oppress the Saxons. Sir Robin of Locksley, a Saxon noble, opposes the brutality and rescues Much the Miller's Son from being executed for poaching, earning Gisbourne's ire. Robin confronts Prince John at Nottingham Castle during a banquet, telling the guests that he regards John's declaring himself regent in Richard's absence as treason. John orders Robin's execution, but he escapes and flees with Much and Will Scarlet into Sherwood Forest. In response, John seizes Robin's lands and names him an outlaw.
Much is sent to recruit men to join their band. Robin and Will meet up with John the Little on a log bridge, and after a quarterstaff contest, welcome him into their ranks. Dozens more men join Robin's band by swearing an oath to harm the rich only to aid the poor, to fight injustice, and to show courtesy to all oppressed. They start a guerrilla war against Gisbourne and John, sniping those who abuse their power.
Robin's band encounters the rotund Friar Tuck, a renowned swordsman. Tuck joins the band and assists in capturing a company of Normans bringing a shipment of food and taxes. In the company are Gisbourne, the cowardly Sheriff of Nottingham, and King Richard's ward Lady Marian; the men are humiliated at the subsequent woodland banquet, while Marian is given a seat of honor by Robin. Initially scornful, she comes to share his views when he shows her the aftermath of the Norman brutality against the Saxons. Robin sends the convoy back to Nottingham Castle, telling them that they have Marian's presence to thank for their lives being spared.
Having noted Robin's fixation on Marian during the woodland banquet, the Sheriff suggests hosting an archery tournament with the Lady Marian giving out the golden arrow prize in order to entrap Robin. Robin enters the tournament, is recognized by his unsurpassed archery skill, and is sentenced to death. Marian aids the Merry Men in a scheme to save Robin. After his escape, he scales the palace walls to thank Marian, and the two pledge their love for one another. Marian declines Robin's offer of marriage, electing to stay and be a Saxon spy in the castle.
King Richard returns with some of his knights. The Bishop of the Black Canons sees through Richard's disguise at a roadside inn, and alerts John. John sends disgraced former knight Dickon Malbete to kill Richard, promising Dickon Robin's title and lands. Marian overhears and writes to Robin, but is found out by Gisbourne and sentenced to death. Her nursemaid, Bess, tells Much everything. Much intercepts Dickon and kills him in combat.
Richard and his men disguise themselves as Norman monks, travel through Sherwood and (as planned) are stopped by Robin. Assuring Robin they are on the King's business, Richard accepts Robin's offer of hospitality and his condemnation of the Crusades, but does not reveal his identity.
Much relays Bess' news. Robin orders his men to find and protect Richard; now sure of Robin's loyalty, Richard reveals himself. He and Robin coerce the Bishop of the Black Canons to allow them to join his monks in disguise so they can enter the castle. Once inside, Richard announces his presence, and a huge melee erupts. Robin duels Gisbourne and kills him, freeing Marian and prompting the rest of John's men to surrender.⁴
Back on the throne, King Richard banishes John and restores Robin's rank, promoting him to Baron of Locksley, and Earl of Sherwood and Nottingham. The King also pardons the Merry Men, and commands Robin to take Lady Marian as his wife. Robin exits the castle with Marian.
The Adventures of Robin Hood was produced at an estimated cost of $2 million, the most expensive film Warner Bros. had made up to that time. It was also the studio's first film utilizing the three-strip Technicolor process. The film was in fact planned to be shot in black and white for most of its development; the switch to Technicolor happened just three months before production started. It was an unusually extravagant production for the Warner Bros. studio, which had made a name for itself in producing socially-conscious, low-budget gangster films.
Producer Hal B. Wallis is generally seen as the film's creative helmsman. The first draft of the script was written by Rowland Lee, but Wallis objected to its heavily archaic and fanciful dialogue (one line he cited was "Oh my lord, tarry not too long, for I fear that in her remorse she may fling herself from the window. Some harm may befall her, I know."). At Wallis's insistence, the script was heavily rewritten to modernize the dialogue, and it is unclear whether any of Lee's work survives in the completed film.
The scene in which Robin Hood first meets Prince John, Guy of Gisbourne, and Maid Marian went through several iterations. Initially the scene was to be at a jousting tournament with Robin tilting against Guy of Gisbourne, mimicking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks production of Robin Hood, but screenwriter Norman Reilly Raine pointed out that a banquet scene would be much less expensive to produce and, so long as Technicolor was employed, would look just as lavish to the average moviegoer. In another draft, instead of a deer, it was a slain villager who Robin Hood brought in and dumped on Prince John's table. Wallis felt the use of a dead villager expended all the tension of the scene in "a momentary kick", and preferred the use of a deer from an earlier draft, which allowed the tension to simmer with the threat of an explosion at any moment.
James Cagney was originally cast as Robin Hood, but walked out on his Warner Bros. contract, paving the way for the role to go to Errol Flynn. The filming was postponed three years as a result. Though Olivia de Havilland was an early frontrunner for the role of Maid Marian, for a time the studio vacillated between her and Anita Louise for the part. De Havilland was ultimately chosen because the success of Captain Blood established the pairing of Flynn and de Havilland as a safe bet to help ensure box office success.
It will be recalled that Hugh Capet , the first king of France in the third and final race , took the surname under similar conditions. Needless to say , Hood is a common surname these days , a place formerly known as Hode in Yorkshire ; and in the tenth year of his reign, Edward III , Thomas, son of Robert de Hode of Hoveden, after all, confirmed some of the straits, and so on. Vasto de Inclesmorda. “ He’s often in style. The Count of Huntingdon, at least in the last part of his life, held the title. In Grafton's "old and ancient pamphlet," the author adds, as noted above, that "this man has renounced a noble birth ," or, to be more precise, to a low birth rate and lineage. belongs to him, for his masculinity and nobility have diminished. Earl to the noble title . '
MSda. the note (Bib. Har. 1233) is the following passage: "It is said that he was of noble blood, not inferior to the graph." Warner calls it "county" in his book Albion England. The titles of Mundy's two plays are "The Ear" and "The ­Death of Robert Earl Huntington." He is also portrayed in this character in the Metropolis Coronata by the same author below. In his epitaph we find him called "Robert, Count of Huntingtan."
Published in 1600, our protagonist is introduced and plays the lead role in a lovely brand called “Look at You”. He is presented as a young count of Huntington ­and is under the guardianship of Prince Richard, although his brother, the young King Henry, complains of "ill-treatment of his upbringing." It is described as follows
"Brave young man, real gentleman." and is sometimes referred to as the "beautiful count" and the "little joker." One of the protagonists addresses him as follows: "But welcome, welcome, and young ­Huntington, dear Robin Hood, the best-selling honorary flower."and calls him "a noble young, virtuous and humble, the ­legitimate heir of Huntington." It is also said that "His father Gilbert was the smoothest master of truth."⁵
It was not yet a weapon in England or Frauns. In one of the scenes, "Enter Richard and Robert with a tiara." “ Boy. 
Richard, Prince of England, his chamber, His Majesty Robert Good, Count of ­Huntington, Your Excellency. Dr. Percy's objection, that is, in the oldest poems this district is not mentioned, but he is only called yeoman, is considered elsewhere. How he justified his claims to the title is evident from his genealogy. Here. None of the royal heroes of England has a more enviable reputation than the brave offenders of Barnsdale and Sherwood. His chances of immortality are at least as good as a strong Lion, a wild Prince Hall, or a cheerful Charles.
His fame began exactly five hundred years ago with the Yemenis, has been steadily increasing for two or three centuries, has spread to all strata of society, and is as great as ever with changes in appearance. The bishops, sheriffs, and players, his only enemies, have renounced their old grievances, and the British are reluctant to give up his courage, as they are part of national glory. Her free life in the woods, her undoubted eyes and strong hand, her open hand and love of honest play, her unforgettable kindness, her respect for women and her devotion to Mary create a very useful and pleasant picture. imagination. and recommend it to the sincere blessing of all bright minds.
But because Robin Hood is revered by all, his historical position is unclear, and his true existence has caused suspicion and controversy. “The Tale of Robin Hood” is an old proverb for the most ridiculous stories, but all the material we have to comment on these issues belongs to this description. They are, so to speak, composed of unknown ballads of antiquity. These or similar ballads are undoubtedly the authority on which the claims of previous chroniclers who drew attention to Robin Hood are based. They also seem to be the original source of many and widespread traditions about him; If the opposite is not proven, after we have observed in similar cases, it should be considered, as is popular belief, that they are inspired by irrefutable affirmative myths.
Various periods, from the time of Richard I to the end of the reign of Edward II, have been chosen by various authors as the age of Robin Hood; but (except for the oldest ballads, which can always be placed in this frame) nothing is said.
Barnsley is located just east of Leeds and Sheffield; Barnsdale itself is located to the east and north of Barnsley, where the high mountains of the Pennin Islands descend into the plains around the Humber River. The Northern Road between Doncaster and Pontefract crosses a small, dull river in Ventbridge, which can be called the northern boundary of Barnsdale. This part of the Northern Road was considered dangerous to travelers as early as the reign of Edward I, which is why a party that traveled from Scotland to Winchester and guarded most of the road by dozens of archers considered it appropriate to increase the road for travelers. indicates Between Pontefrakt and Tickhill, their number of guards is up to twenty, the latter on the border of Yorkshire and Nottingham, south of Doncaster.
The authenticity of this epitaph is questionable. In the first edition of Monuments of Ancient English Poetry (1765), Dr. Percy states: “Admittedly, this epitaph is dubious, as Robin Hood's oldest poems do not mention this imaginary district. But the reason for this is not clear at all, for the oldest poem that has come down to us does not claim the antiquity mentioned in the epitaph; in the press these words have been dropped, and the knowledgeable critic only notes that the epitaph seemed suspicious to him. Admittedly, the suspicions of this brilliant writer, whose knowledge and reflections on ancient poetry are so clear and well-developed, must have been substantial. As for the current editor, although he does not claim that this epitaph was written in the time of Henry III, he has no idea where to take it, even to determine to what century it belongs. declare it a lie, i.e. it was never inscribed on Robin Hood’s tombstone. It is clear from his own words that there was indeed some inscription in Torbi's time, though it was almost invisible at the time; And it should also be remembered that the last century was not a century of coercion, for Dr. Gale was at one time a very good and learned man, and was capable of it himself, or was subject to it by others.
This industrious chronologist and topographer, as well as the esteemed painter and citizen, the York master Thomas Gent, says in his "List of Religious Houses" that he was told in 1730 that this famous city had been added to the "Ancient and Modern State." a tombstone with his portrait on it was commissioned many years ago by a knight to be the main stone in his great hall. When he was put to bed at night, the next morning he was removed "surprisingly" [on one side or the other]; So he was taken hostage three times and the same man was returned. The knight thought he had made a mistake in bringing him here, and ordered him to be brought back; It was done by a pair of oxen and four horses, although it could have done twice as much. But this, - adds the clever writer, - is just a story, the reader judges at will. Note - this is the second case of a miracle created in favor of our hero!
Gough’s tombstones include “The image of a stone on the tomb of Robin Hood [in Kirklis Park, a simple stone with a cross-shaped ring], now broken and badly worn, the inscription is unreadable. It was published in Thorsby, Dukat. Leod. From Dr. Gale's documents, he never was. ⁶