Robin Hood

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I’m taping an old Errol Flynn version of the movie above (gets 4 stars from the cable reviewer).

One of the things I heard or read about this film is the sounds of the arrows is unlike any other film. Turns out a special effects guy mad special arrows for the movie.

Gonna check it out, and I invite you to do so, too.

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I assume that you mean The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1938 and also starring Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone. It’s a classic film. I’m just surprised that it’s new to you. I’ve seen it on television multiple times since I was a child.

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[QUOTE=Dewey Finn]
I assume that you mean The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1938 and also starring Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone. It’s a classic film. I’m just surprised that it’s new to you. I’ve seen it on television multiple times since I was a child.
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Oh. Well, I’m only 11, and we just got our first TV yesterday. It’s Black and White but really nice - a Philco.

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[QUOTE=BarnOwl]
Oh. Well, I’m only 11, and we just got our first TV yesterday. It’s Black and White but really nice - a Philco.
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:smiley:

Great response.

Enjoy the movie, it is still, by far, the greatest Robin Hood movie of them all!

I have probably seen it a dozen times or maybe more.

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Robin Hood, for my generation, will forever be Kevin Costner.
And I weep because of that.

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I know nothing of arrow sounds, but Mythbusters did a segment on the, er, segmenting of the arrow in the 1938 film. Turns out that the shafts were made of that favourite medieval English wood - bamboo.

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Love the Errol Flynn version. Kevin Costner version suxxx. (yes, I used the stupid spelling intentionally)

We watch it often but I can’t say I ever noticed anything about the sound effects. It’s just solid filmmaking in the late '30’s. And who wouldn’t love a swashbuckling cad like Errol Flynn and the beautiful Olivia de Havilland. <swoon>

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[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin]
I know nothing of arrow sounds, but Mythbusters did a segment on the, er, segmenting of the arrow in the 1938 film. Turns out that the shafts were made of that favourite medieval English wood - bamboo.
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Are you talking about the arrow Robin split with one of his own? If yes, why say as much so sarcastically?

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The single greatest swashbuckler of all time. One of the top maybe three soundtrack scores of all time. One of the greatest Technicolor films of all time.

When I took it out of “Classics” and put it in the store’s “Recommended” section, suddenly we can’t keep it in the store. Had to buy an extra copy.

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[QUOTE=Captain_C]
Robin Hood, for my generation, will forever be Kevin Costner.
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For me, Robin Hood is Cary Elwes. Unlike other Robin Hoods, he speaks with an English accent.

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The Adventures of Robin Hood was directed by Michael Curtiz, who later directed Casablanca. In the same year as Robin Hood (1938), he also directed Angels with Dirty Faces, starring James Cagney and Pat O’Brien. Those are three truly great films.

Michael Curtiz was the complete opposite of a Woody Allen or a Martin Scorsese. He was not an auteur, but rather the compleat studio man. He would be given assignments about what films to direct, then do a bang-up job.

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
The Adventures of Robin Hood was directed by Michael Curtiz, who later directed Casablanca. In the same year as Robin Hood (1938), he also directed Angels with Dirty Faces, starring James Cagney and Pat O’Brien. Those are three truly great films.

Michael Curtiz was the complete opposite of a Woody Allen or a Martin Scorsese. He was not an auteur, but rather the compleat studio man. He would be given assignments about what films to direct, then do a bang-up job.
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Yes. He did some great Doris Day musicals, and a movie I hate but most people love: Yankee Doodle Dandy.

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[QUOTE=lissener]
Yes. [Michael Curtiz] did some great Doris Day musicals, and a movie I hate but most people love: Yankee Doodle Dandy.
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Speaking of Yankee Doodle Dandy…

I liked him as an actor, but Cagney’s dancing in that film always embarrassed me a little. To me it was weird and ugly. Who was the choreographer?

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For me, Robin Hood will always be the Disney version, accompanied by his foxy Maid Marian.

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[QUOTE=BarnOwl]
I’m taping an old Errol Flynn version of the movie above (gets 4 stars from the cable reviewer).

One of the things I heard or read about this film is the sounds of the arrows is unlike any other film. Turns out a special effects guy mad special arrows for the movie.
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Here’s multiple Oscar-winner sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars) on the topic:

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I’ve read that Cagney was the first choice for Robin Hood as well. I love James Cagney and think he was a great actor, but Robin Hood? That I don’t see.

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]
I’ve read that Cagney was the first choice for Robin Hood as well. I love James Cagney and think he was a great actor, but Robin Hood? That I don’t see.
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Well, after his god-awful dancing In Yanke D D, maybe appearing in tights might have been suitable. :smiley:

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[QUOTE=BarnOwl]
Well, after his god-awful dancing In Yanke D D, maybe appearing in tights might have been suitable. :smiley:
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(1) YDD was 4 years after AoRH.

(2) Cagney was a terrific dancer (though distinctively non-traditional).

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[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]
Here’s multiple Oscar-winner sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars) on the topic:
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Thank you for the info. I knew I heard the arrows in TAORH were unique.

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Did you see the part where Bugs Bunny meets the Sherrif? That part always kills me!!

What??