SuperHeroBooks - Adventures of Robin Hood - Complete First Season
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Mill Creek Entertainment
Starring: Richard Greene, Donald Pleasence, Rufus Cruikshank, Alan Wheatley, Alexander Gauge
Directed By: Ralph Smart, Bernard Knowles, Terence Fisher
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DIGITAL1STOP
EAN: 0683904505798
Format: Box set
Label: Mill Creek Entertainment
Manufacturer: Mill Creek Entertainment
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Mill Creek Entertainment
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2008-03-18
Running Time: 975
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1955
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Summary: Enter Richard Greene as Robin Hood.
Comment: I know it's a kids show, but Richard Greene makes a very good Robin Hood.
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Summary: Good clean fun.
Comment: I purchased this DVD having never seen any of its episodes before. I didn't even know who Richard Greene was. Nevertheless, I am a Robin Hood fan and thought I would try it out, at a very affordable price. I am very pleased with these shows. They are quite enjoyable. They take me back to my youth when shows didn't have as much sex, nudity, foul language and graphic violence. I also find the stories to be enjoyable and have fun watching for actors in different episodes that play different characters. If you like good clean fun and don't mind the lack of a PG/R rating, I think you will enjoy The Adventures of Robin Hood with Richard Greene (Rated G imho).
P.S. I greatly appreciate the thorough reviews given by other customers, they are incredibly complete!
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Summary: Good Old-Fashioned Adventure
Comment: This series pre-dated my birth by a fair number of years, but I've found it to be quite a gem for those who enjoy adventures series that are not obviously altered to appeal to modern audiences. Each episode has a self-contained story which can range from light-hearted to somewhat dark. Of course, this is a television show and it's not true to the reality of the times, though it is probably closer in some ways than lavish movie productions from the same time period (or these days). The actors are all a bit theatrical, but very good in their roles.
One interesting point about this series is that you can see that it clearly influenced other entertainment about the same period of time. Black Adder II, for instance, is clearly modeled upon the basic structure of this show. Some of the stories from Black Adder seem to be parodies of stories from this show.
If you like old adventure movies and don't care about having perfect video quality (though this is eminently watchable), this is great value and a whole lot of fun for a weekend in front of the television.
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Summary: 1st time watcher
Comment: I found this first season in the $5 bin at Walmart and said "it's got to be at least worth $5". I had never heard of the show before, but being a purveyor of old TV shows I loved it. This is definitely well worth the price that is on Amazon. Anyone that grew up watching the Disney version of the Adventures of Robin Hood should like this more realistic version of the stories. I'm off to buy the second season from Amazon.
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Summary: Robin Hood - Medieval History and Richard Greene
Comment: I bought all the seasons and episodes of Robin Hood. Like many reviewers, I remember the series as a child (I was 4 when it started and 9 when the series closed). However, I have to say, I became more and more impressed with Richard Greene as an actor as I watched more into the series. As every Robin Hood fan knows, Robin Hood (Robyn Hoode) was a medieval legend. Since Medieval History is the period of my degree in History, I especially look at the series with a critical eye from historical standards as well as by the quality of the acting, which was a very high level. As everyone who knows anything about the 13th century will tell you, there is no way Bernadette O'Farrell (1st Maid Marian) or Patricia Driscoll (2nd Maid Marion- RADA graduate) would have short hair, be allowed to romp alone through the countryside without a male escort and wear dresses that were designed with the plunging neckline of 1950 in mind. The tight figure fitting garments, some with zippers and buttons (both of which were not created until several hundred years later) are really out of place. Usually the figure was given prominence with laces in the back and high necklines, especially in what were usually cold, damp castles and living quarters without central heat. However, the series is historically accurate when it comes to structures, houses and most of the peasant costumes.
As far as the acting goes, the scripts were very good and this allowed for above level acting that one does not see in present day movies (let alone television). Next to Errol Flynn, Richard Greene was probably the best Robin Hood. First of all, he could fence, and so could many of those who appeared with him (Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Notingham comes to mind). Greene was the fencing Captain in what was the English version of an exclusive high school. Richard Greene also had outstanding pedigree. These qualities, not the least of which was his outstanding good looks and carriage on the screen, make him not only very believable but also gives depth to his role. Archie Duncan, as Little John, and Alexander Gauge as Friar Tuck round out an outstanding cast.
Richard Greene stands out because he did have a Hollywood career that looked very promising until WWII, when he returned to England, and by the time he came back, basically his career, as well as his marriage, was over. As lack of money and timing would have it, when he was approached for this series, he gladly accepted. He never did too much after that since he made enough money from Robin Hood to basically retire to his country estate in Wexford, Ireland, raise horses, become a top breeder, and sail his yacht competitively. It is most unfortunate since I think he could have done so much more with his career. But, Robin Hood does provide a glimpse at his possiblities.
Another feature of the Robin Hood series is that many of the episodes were written by blacklisted writers that left the US because of the McCarthy era. There were several episodes written by women as well as those that were written about the "guilt by association" that prevailed during that time in the US. Maid Marian is a very strong woman and one has to think the character was given this strength because of the authors of the episodes, which were women who wrote under several names.
But the series is carried by the acting of Greene, and it does not disappoint. From the perspective of the historical Robin Hood, it does stick to some of the legends and throws in a few lessons of the McCarthy era to cross time. All in all, an excellent series with humor. Greene seemed not to take his characater too seriously, and as such, makes it more realistic.
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Studio: Digital1stop Release Date: 03/18/2008 Run time: 855 minutes Rating: Nr
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