LYRIC PICTURES
DONGLAS FAIRBANKS IN "ROBIN HOOD." ! TO : NIGrHT AND TO-MORROW. The Oast. King Richard 1 Wallace Beery | Prince John Ntiam de Cirasse Lady Marian i'itzwalter. .Bind Buiiuwtt Sir Guy of (Jisbourne Baul Dickey The Sheriff of Nottingham William Bowery John AJlan Hajle Briar Tuck Willard Bouis Alan-a-Dalc Dick Eosson The King 's Jester Roy Coulson The Earl of Huntiugdom Robin Hood Douglas Fairbanks , The joys and sorrows of the jtirlang Twelfth Century in Bngland have been lived all over again in this modern day before the camera and the portray- _ al is deemed absolutely accurate, this whole production being based on every fact available in all the records extant. The castle of the Norman period, surrounded by the inevitable deep . moat, comes to the screen as the result of the consummate sluJl of American engineers, architects, artists and artisans and ii is unquestionably a . perfect replica of the centre of kingly activity of eight hundred years ago. •Perhaps 'feature of this castle is the tremendous drawbridge, which, when ryiscd, makes the big structure inaccessible, thanks to the depth and width of the moat. ■ This drawbridge is raised and lowered with precision when needed and it. '_ serves to support many mounted and unmounted soldiers and knights in numerous dashing charges in and out of the building. j Realism abounds everywhere inside and outside this castle, for instance, the moat is filled with beautiful water lilies and lire bullfrogs. Among the interior is a. banquet hall covering more space than the concourse in the Pennsylvania Railway Terminal in New York City. The floor in this banquet hall is composed of large concrete, vari-colourcd blocks said to be exact duplicates of the material and style in vogue those eight hundred years ago. All the goldware used for banquets in "Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood" picture was patterned faithfully after the specimens now in various museums. The box plan is at Dowry's and patrons arc advised to book their seats to
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Otaki Mail, 6 August 1923, Page 3
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