Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts - Hardcover

Nollen, Scott Allen

9780786406432: Robin Hood: A Cinematic History of the English Outlaw and His Scottish Counterparts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786406437 ISBN 13: 9780786406432

Publisher: McFarland Publishing, 1999

From Errol Flynn to Kevin Costner to Daffy Duck, the bandit of Sherwood Forest has gone through a variety of incarnations on the way to becoming a cinematic staple. The historic Robin Hood-actually an amalgam of several outlaws of medieval England-was continually transformed by oral tradition to become the romantic and deadly archer-swordsman who "robbed from the rich to give to the poor." This image was reinforced by popular literature, song and, in the 20th century, cinema. This volume provides in-depth information on each film based on the immortal hero. In addition, other historical figures such as Scottish rebel-outlaws Rob Roy MacGregor and William Wallace are examined. Nollen also explores nontraditional representations of the legend, such as Frank Sinatra's Robin and the Seven Hoods and Westerns featuring the Robin Hood motif. A filmography is provided, including production information, and the text is highlighted by rare photographs, advertisements, and illustrations.

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About the Author:

Historian Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. Since 1986, he has written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music, including volumes on Boris Karloff (now finishing his third), Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Ford, John Wayne and Ward Bond, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Frank Sinatra, Jethro Tull, Takashi Shimura and (with his wife, Yuyun Yuningsih Nollen) Chester Morris.

Review:

"covers all of the performers"--The Intelligencer Record

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