accord to the new two disc dvd of this movie and it wasn not until the 1950s that olivia de havilland realize how fantastic a movie she have be involve in . that be when she saw the adventure of robin hood for the first time in many year in a packed theater in paris and catch the buzz of the people see it around her . it sort of make sense . the adventure of robin hood be make a popular entertainment and design to amuse and thrill rather than make audience think . it be probably a drag to make and especially with bad weather and clumsy new technicolor technology to accommodate and and the harsh director michael curtiz order everyone around like colonel klink . de havilland be in go with the wind and she win oscar play much more serious role than maid marian . the word of sir guy might have rung in her ear and a they have be echo over time by certain less kind judge of this film represent very charming and but not exactly clever . but a olivia discover in that french theater and so many of u have be discover ever since and robin hood be audaciously clever and a perpetual motion motion picture machine when it come to deliver the good . begin with the performance and and carry forward with the script and the set design and the technicolor camera work and and especially the fantastic erich wolfgang korngold score and robin hood be one of those old film actually gain stature over time and a it become clear how much of a miracle it really be . take element of the robin hood saga and both from longtime legend and screen treatment like an early douglas fairbanks sr. silent film and the scenarist manage to create an upbeat story of wit and pace fully in tune with the merry cast and score . a play by errol flynn and this robin doesn not die in bed an old man and and his banditry be underplay in favor of a historically incongruous but richly satisfying freedom fighter figure try to save his fellow saxon from the predation of their norman overlord . he meet marian and a proud norman maiden and and and while show her how the people suffer under the yoke of her fellow and they fall in love . make robin a little less radical and and more palatable to mainstream audience and be the fact he be actually loyal to england real king and the usurped richard . this could have be mawkish but set up a terrific reveal later that jump start the last act of the film . there be two director on robin hood . my guess be that both bring something important to the table and and together create a film neither would have be able to on their own . william keighley set the gorgeous template and a nod in the direction of n. c. wyeth storybook illustration a raul dasilva of new haven have already note and and a an actor director and give useful pointer to the cast and especially the bad guy and who uniformly give subtle and off center performance . then and a keighley wrestle with his bete noir and action and he be replace by the great curtiz and who take keighley sturdy framework and crack the whip to liven thing up . people wouldn not celebrate robin hood a much without the rescue from the gallows sequence and or the final duel between robin and sir guy and both of which showcase curtiz at his best . but you wouldn not have so much invest in the principal without keighley help in give the actor the proper space and depth to connect with viewer . you can run out of room rapidly sing the praise of a film like this and a classic adventure that work a a love story and make one laugh and so effortlessly and all at once . flynn be never well a a robin that sacrifice grittiness for humanity and crack one liner . and de havilland be quite possibly the most gorgeous woman ever film and at the very least up there with the like of maureen ohara in the quiet man and cameron diaz in something about mary for the way she glow on screen and her gorgeous brown gaze up at robin in a way that inspire a sad sort of rapture and at least for me . there have never be a film since that do the thing robin hood do and but i find that less remarkable than the fact a film this good be ever make at all .