MAURICEVILLE TALKIES
ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD. Robin Hood! How strange the fascination, how thrilling the sound of these two words—the legendary name of a hunted outlaw—beloved by thousands of Englishmen. Well may it thrill, for “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” a Warner Bros, film in Technicolour, starring Errol Flynn is coming to Mauriceville tomorrow, The picture contains no end of battling with bows and arrows, quarter staffs, pikes and broadswords and has a particularly thrilling. duel between Robin and Sir Guy. Immense scenic sets were built for “The Adventures of Robin Hood" described as the most elaborate film of the year. It is accompanied by a superb musical score, composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Errol Flynn, who starred in “Captain Blood” and “The Charge of the Light Brigade" heads a cast of hundreds. The lovely Maid Marian is portrayed by the beautiful Olivia de Havilland, Prince John is played by Claude Rains; Sir Guy of Gisbourne is brought to the screen by the sleek Basil Rathbone; King Richard the Lion Hearted is lan Hunter; Friar Tuck is the rotund Eugene Palletle; and the lovable Little John is sturdy Alan Hale.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1939, Page 7
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190MAURICEVILLE TALKIES Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1939, Page 7
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