Robin Hood
1922, NR, 124 min.
Directed by Alan Dwan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey, William Lowery, Roy Coulson, Billie Bennett, Willard Louis, Alan Hale, Maine Geary, Lloyd Talman.

This fabulous silent spectacle provides the perfect backdrop for the gracefully athletic physical stunts of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Robin Hood may be the best surviving example of his marvelous prowess, and the storyline about robbing from the rich in order to give to the poor possesses a timeless quality. In what has become something of an Austin tradition, the Paramount hosts Gillian Anderson conducting a live orchestra as the musical accompaniment. For more info see related feature in this issue’s Arts Section.

This article appears in 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.