Dr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
First up we have “Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoë” AKA “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 (https://youtu.be/oWHtn6dr1JE?si=BeuU7T3WAtJeU-36) directed by and starring French wizard of early film Georges Méliès. It’s based on English writer Daniel Defoe's 1719 book of the same name, which can be read for free here (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011498676)
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
Prior to 2011 it was believed that “Robinson Crusoe” (1902)🇫🇷 was a mostly lost film as only a few scenes had ever been found intact. A copy of the entire film was then donated to The Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris where it was restored
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
And now our feature presentation: “Robin Hood” (1922) written, produced and starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr.and directed by Canadian-American Allan Dwan (https://youtu.be/x73nPX-06X8?si=8Y301UDchJcaqjhJ)
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Leading lady Enid Bennett was an Australian actress who began her career in an acting troupe led by American married collaborators Fred Niblo & Josephine Cohan that traveled to every major settlement in Australia. She would later marry Niblo after Cohan’s untimely death and by 1916, She would be living in NYC working both on Broadway and with Niblo on films that would establish him as one of the first major American film directors.
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
Bennett and her husband would both retire from films in the early 1930s but she’d continue taking sporadic roles until the early 1940 when after making just over 50 films she hung it up for good. Despite only making “Robin Hood’ (1922) together, she would remain close with co-star Douglas Fairbanks Sr. until his 1939 passing.
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
Our leading man, who’s also wrote and produced the film, is Douglas Fairbanks Sr.- famed actor, vaudevillian, screenwriter and co- founder of of United Artists as well as the Motion Picture Academy.
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
“Robin Hood” (1922) was the first ever film to receive what we now consider to be a standard huge Hollywood premiere night at Grauman’s Egyptian Theater w/ dozens of members of the press there, fans seeking autographs, a red carpet.. the works. The film would go on to make over $ 2.5mil in North America alone
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
A noted athlete and stuntman, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. insisted on doing all of his own stunts b/c he felt audiences would be able to tell if it wasn’t him. This led to the elaborate set to be constructed in a way that helped him achieve these feats
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
The massive castle set was designed by Lloyd Wright, son of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It featured a real concrete floor and a drawbridge constructed out of wood-covered steel. Due to the shear size and cost of the set, Fairbanks would later reuse portions of it in “The Thief of Bagdad” (1924)
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez4d ago
Fun Fact: Alan Hale Sr. is the only actor to appear in “Robin Hood” (1922), “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938) AND “The Rogues of Sherwood Forest” (1950) all in the same role as Little John.
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Enid Bennett and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in “Robin Hood” (1922)
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Show thread✶Rayotron✶1d ago

@analgesicsleep

I like learning about the lesser remembered actors like Enid Bennett. That info about Alan Hale Sr. was great. His son, of course, was The Skipper on Gilligan's Island. I can see the resemblance. There's a downloadable copy of Melies' Robinson Crusoe on the Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/robinson-crusoe-1902-directed-by-georges-melies
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Robinson Crusoe ( 1902) Directed By Georges Méliès : Georges Méliès : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Robinson Crusoe (1902)'Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé'Director: Georges MélièsRobinson Crusoe (French: Les aventures de Robinson Crusoë) is a 1902 French...

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