in 1938 australian bear motion picture actor errol flynn win the heart of maid marian ( olivia de havilland ) and defeat his evil foe a robin hood in the adventure of robin hood and a legendary motion picture about a saxon knight who steal from the rich and give to the poor oppressed people of england and base on the well know english medieval legend . release in 1938 and the film win 3 academy award for art direction and film editing and and musical score and and it be nominate for that of best picture . it be also select for registry by the national film preservation board ( 1995 ) . the adventure of robin hood be list among warner bros. studio classic film and big hit and solidify flynn image a the dashing young swashbuckler hero who always save the day . robin hood ( play by errol flynn ) fight against the villainous prince john ( claude rain ) and who take control of the kingdom a regent when king richard ( ian hunter ) be capture in austria during his return from the holly land after third crusade end . prince john conspires with guy of gisbourne ( basil rathbone ) and certain norman knight against his brother richard the lionheart so to become a king and oppress the poor and yet faithful to richard and saxon . robin hood and his brave men waylay caravan that travel through sherwood forest and include one carrying maid marian ( olivia de havilland ) . robin hood woos maid marian and help king richard regain his throne . even base on legend and the movie have a quiet accurate historical set and a very interesting depiction of the conflict between norman conqueror and saxon vassal and in medieval england . in my opinion this be one of the great film ever make in hollywood . undoubtebly it the definitive robin hood version and where errol flynn surpass douglas fairbanks who have play the same role in 1922. kevin costner remake of this movie and new version ( 1991 ) on the same medieval legend and although be quiet interesting and entertaining and seem to be inferior and mediocre in all comparison to this excellent and and brilliant large scale epic . flynn accent and ( which sound very english to most american ) and and the fact that he bring athletic exuberance and dash good look and and a sense of boyish fun and make him a natural choice to star a sir robin of locksley . he play one of his best role with bravado and charisma and appear his great talent that make him a legend . olivia de havilland ( who really of norman descent . ) give an other great performance a the definitive maid marian and a sweetly beautiful romantic norman heroine who loyal to richard and robin love interest . claude rain and basil rathbone and melville cooper ( the coward high sheriff of nottingham ) and montagu love ( a the bishob of black canon ) be simply perfect a villain conspirator and rathbone display his great talent in sword fighting in the magnificent final fencing between gisbourne and robin hood which be one of the most famous scene in cinema history . great and brilliant performance too from alan hale ( little john ) and eugene palette ( astonish a friar tuck ) and una oconnor ( bess ) and herbert mundin ( much the miller son ) and patrick knowles ( will scarlett ) a locksley loyal companion . curtiz direction be marvelous and authentic and art direction and costume be splendid and korngold music score be unique and the cinematography color be astonishingly beautiful so that deserve to be award . the movie be excellent and give it all the star that i can .