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Biographic - Sunday November 18, 2018 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

Biographic - Sunday November 18, 2018 Comic Strip
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First recounted in the ballads of medieval England, the legend of Robin Hood has been a staple of the screen since the earliest days of movie-making. The tale was told in a number of silent films, most notably the 1922 classic, which starred Douglas Fairbanks. The swashbuckling Errol Flynn made the role his own in the definitive 1938 version, and over the next few years, a number of films featured the outlaw offspring. A late '50s tv series starred Richard Greene spawned a 1960 movie version. 143 episodes of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" were made during the show's 5-year run. In the 1980s the legend returned to British television with a series that gained a cult following in North America and earned actor Michael Praed, who played Robin of Loxley on the show's first two seasons, a starring role on "Dynasty." Some unlikely figures have portrayed Robin over the years, from John Cleese, in 1981's "Time Bandits" to Daffy Duck. The legend was parodied by Mel Brooks in 1993's "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" and animated by Disney in 1973. The 1964 movie "Robin Hood and The Seven Hoods" traded Sherwood forest and the middle ages for prohibition era Chicago. Patrick Bergin starred in the 1991 movie "Robin Hood" the same year that Kevin Costner played the lead in the blockbuster "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" the movie also featured a cameo by Sean Connery as King Richard. Connery had starred in 1976's "Robin and Marian" playing a middle-aged Hood returning from the crusades. There is another link, Connery's son Jason, starred in the third season of the 1980s British TV series. Keira Knightley played Robin's daughter in a 2001 tv movie. Later that decade, Jonas Armstrong starred as Robin in a series from the BBC. In 2010, Russell Crowe was reunited with "Gladiator" director Ridley Scott to revisit the legend. This month, Taron Egerton, star of the "Kingsman" movies, teams up with Jamie Foxx as Little John in the new movie "Robin Hood"