ChiaroScuro DVD-Collection
Alphabetically sorted by Director's last name
Total number of titles: 1397
Last updated: 09 Feb 2007
(Die Abenteuer des Robin Hood [de])
USA 1938
d: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Warner Home Video (Region 2 de)
USA 1938
d: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Warner Home Video (Region 2 de)
sc: Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller; Rowland Leigh (uncredited) (based on the novel "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott and the opera "Robin Hood" by De Koven-Smith)
c: Tony Gaudio, Sol Polito; W. Howard Greene (Technicolor)
e: Ralph Dawson
pd: Carl Jules Weyl
m: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
p: Hal B. Wallis (Warner Bros. / First National Pictures)
w: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Montagu Love, Leonard Willey, Robert Noble, Kenneth Hunter
pr: 25 Apr 1938
aw: Academy Awards 1939 Won Oscar Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Music Original Score National Film Preservation Board 1995 National Film Registry
c: Tony Gaudio, Sol Polito; W. Howard Greene (Technicolor)
e: Ralph Dawson
pd: Carl Jules Weyl
m: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
p: Hal B. Wallis (Warner Bros. / First National Pictures)
w: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Montagu Love, Leonard Willey, Robert Noble, Kenneth Hunter
pr: 25 Apr 1938
aw: Academy Awards 1939 Won Oscar Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Music Original Score National Film Preservation Board 1995 National Film Registry
rt: 97:42 min (+4%PAL= 102 min) min
dvd-rl: 20 Nov 2003
ar: 1.33:1 (4:3 Academy Ratio)
sd: English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono • Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono • German Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
st: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Czech, Polish, German (captions), English (captions)
supp: Special Edition 2-Disc-Set
DISC 1
• The Film
• Audio Commentary by film historian and author Rudy Behlmer
• "Warner Night At The Movies 1938": Introduction from Leonard Maltin (2:40 min)
• Trailer for "Angels With Dirty Faces" (3:21 min)
• Vintage newsreel (1:22 min)
• Freddie Rich and His Orchestra vintage musical short (11:06 min)
• Katnip Kollege vintage cartoon (7:25 min)
• Theatrical Trailer (3:58 min)
• 1948 re-issue trailer (1:50 min)
• Cast & Crew
• Awards
DISC 2
• Documentary "Glorious Technicolor" (60:07 min, narrated by Angela Lansbury)
• 65th anniversary documentary "Welcome To Sherwood: The Story Of The Adventures Of Robin Hood" (55:42 min)
• 2 Looney Tunes cartoons: "Robin Hood Daffy" (6:42 min); "Rabbit Hood" (7:57 min)
• 2 vintage short films: "Cavalcade Of Archery" (1945, 8:32 min); The Cruise Of The Zaca (1952, 18:06 min)
• Featurette "Robin Hood Through The Ages" (6:52 min)
• Featurette "A Journey To Sherwood Forest" (13:18 min)
• "From The Cutting Room": Outtakes (8:26 min)
• "Breakdowns of 1938" blooper reel (14:23 min)
• "Splitting The Arrow" galleries featuring: Historical Art; Costume design; Scene concept drawings; Cast and crew; Publicity & posters
dvd-rl: 20 Nov 2003
ar: 1.33:1 (4:3 Academy Ratio)
sd: English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono • Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono • German Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
st: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Czech, Polish, German (captions), English (captions)
supp: Special Edition 2-Disc-Set
DISC 1
• The Film
• Audio Commentary by film historian and author Rudy Behlmer
• "Warner Night At The Movies 1938": Introduction from Leonard Maltin (2:40 min)
• Trailer for "Angels With Dirty Faces" (3:21 min)
• Vintage newsreel (1:22 min)
• Freddie Rich and His Orchestra vintage musical short (11:06 min)
• Katnip Kollege vintage cartoon (7:25 min)
• Theatrical Trailer (3:58 min)
• 1948 re-issue trailer (1:50 min)
• Cast & Crew
• Awards
DISC 2
• Documentary "Glorious Technicolor" (60:07 min, narrated by Angela Lansbury)
• 65th anniversary documentary "Welcome To Sherwood: The Story Of The Adventures Of Robin Hood" (55:42 min)
• 2 Looney Tunes cartoons: "Robin Hood Daffy" (6:42 min); "Rabbit Hood" (7:57 min)
• 2 vintage short films: "Cavalcade Of Archery" (1945, 8:32 min); The Cruise Of The Zaca (1952, 18:06 min)
• Featurette "Robin Hood Through The Ages" (6:52 min)
• Featurette "A Journey To Sherwood Forest" (13:18 min)
• "From The Cutting Room": Outtakes (8:26 min)
• "Breakdowns of 1938" blooper reel (14:23 min)
• "Splitting The Arrow" galleries featuring: Historical Art; Costume design; Scene concept drawings; Cast and crew; Publicity & posters
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" is one of the screen's greatest adventure films and an excellent example of how the studio system's production-by-committee method could create synergistically what, in that era, likely could not have been created by any single force. The hero behind the camera is co-director Michael Curtiz, who was installed by the corporate chiefs at Warner Bros. midway through production. Curtiz had little to do, though, with the impeccably selected cast. Errol Flynn may not have been the studio's first choice, but he is the screen's greatest Robin Hood. Among the film's many pleasures, you can watch for the meticulous attention to detail that was a hallmark of Curtiz's work. Incidentally, if you're wondering how the special effects were done on the split arrow stunt, there were no special effects. The astonishing shot was performed by professional archer Howard Hill who needed only one take.
— Richard Gilliam
•••••
One of the few great adventure movies that you can pretend you are treating the kids to when you are really treating yourself: the kind of Hollywood film to which "Star Wars" pays tribute, and one of the best examples of what large studio resources could produce. Glorious colour, sumptuous sets, and a brilliantly choreographed climactic sword fight between Flynn and Rathbone; the stuff of which Saturday matinee dreams were made.
— SM, Time Out Film Guide
•••••
This is one of the truly great adventure films of all time, and features a terrific performance by the perfectly cast Flynn. Handsome, dashing, and athletic, Flynn is everything that Robin Hood should be, with a wicked sense of humor to boot. His adversaries are all memorable villains, particularly Basil Rathbone as the conniving Sir Guy of Gisbourne. Rathbone spent many hours with a fencing instructor to prepare for his climactic duel with Flynn, one of the most exciting battles ever put on film. Only a spirited and extravagant production could do justice to the Robin Hood legend; this film is more than equal to the task. Korngold's score won a well-deserved Oscar, as did the editing and art direction.
— TV MovieGuide
— Richard Gilliam
•••••
One of the few great adventure movies that you can pretend you are treating the kids to when you are really treating yourself: the kind of Hollywood film to which "Star Wars" pays tribute, and one of the best examples of what large studio resources could produce. Glorious colour, sumptuous sets, and a brilliantly choreographed climactic sword fight between Flynn and Rathbone; the stuff of which Saturday matinee dreams were made.
— SM, Time Out Film Guide
•••••
This is one of the truly great adventure films of all time, and features a terrific performance by the perfectly cast Flynn. Handsome, dashing, and athletic, Flynn is everything that Robin Hood should be, with a wicked sense of humor to boot. His adversaries are all memorable villains, particularly Basil Rathbone as the conniving Sir Guy of Gisbourne. Rathbone spent many hours with a fencing instructor to prepare for his climactic duel with Flynn, one of the most exciting battles ever put on film. Only a spirited and extravagant production could do justice to the Robin Hood legend; this film is more than equal to the task. Korngold's score won a well-deserved Oscar, as did the editing and art direction.
— TV MovieGuide
d = director; sc = screenplay; c = cinematographer; e = editor; pd = production design / art director;
m = music score ; p = producer; w = cast; pr = premiere; aw = awards;
rt = runtime; dvd-rl = dvd release; ar = aspect ratio; sd = soundtracks; st = subtitles; supp = supplements
m = music score ; p = producer; w = cast; pr = premiere; aw = awards;
rt = runtime; dvd-rl = dvd release; ar = aspect ratio; sd = soundtracks; st = subtitles; supp = supplements