The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)






After England's Richard I is taken prisoner and held for ransom in Austria, his brother Prince John usurps the throne and plots with the Sheriff of Nottingham and Sir Guy of Gisbourne to tax the people for the ransom, which they plan to keep for themselves. Opposing Prince John, Sir Guy and their soldiers is Robin of Locksley, leader of a band of forest outlaws. 2


Film programs

Illustrierte Film Bühne nr. 609

Books on The Adventures of Robin Hood

Ben Winters
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The adventures of Robin Hood, A film score guide
Lanham, Md., 2007

Books with substantial mentioning of The Adventures of Robin Hood

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Joel Finler
All-Time Box-Office Hits
New York City, 1985

Sidney Rosenzweig
Casablanca and Other Major Films of Michael Curtiz
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982

Stanley Hochman (editor)
From Quasimodo to Scarlett O'Hara, A National Board of Review Anthology 1920 - 1940
New York, 1982

Tony Thomas
The Great Adventure Films
Secaucus, NJ, 1980

James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Tony Thomas, Rudy Behlmer and Clifford McCarty
The Films of Errol Flynn
Secaucus, New Jersey, 1973

Books with an entry on The Adventures of Robin Hood

Kevin J. Harty
The reel Middle Ages, American, western and eastern European, Middle Eastern, and Asian films about medieval Europe
Jefferson, NC, 1999

Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross
The Motion Picture Guide, Volume I A-B 1927-1983
Chicago, 1985

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles with an entry on The Adventures of Robin Hood

John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49