After making a series of westerns and comedies, Dwan directed fellow Canadian Mary Pickford in several very successful movies as well as her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, notably in the acclaimed 1922 Robin Hood.

* Robin Hood ( 1922 )

Including an account of the most famous archers of ancient and modern times ; with some curious particulars in the life of Robert Fitz-Ooth Earl of Huntington, vulgarly called Robin Hood .... York: printed for E. Hargrove, bookseller, Knaresbro ' ( later editions: York, 1845 and facsimile reprint, London: Tabard Press, 1970 )

He made donations to various charitable endeavors using the money he made from his activities, and was viewed by many to be a " modern-day Robin Hood ".

Themes concerning rural laborers and their sexuality are common, and there are many ballads based on the Robin Hood legend.

We know from a reference in William Langland's Piers Plowman, that ballads about Robin Hood were being sung from at least the late 14th century and the oldest detailed material we have is Wynkyn de Worde's collection of Robin Hood ballads printed about 1495.

Protagonists in cyberpunk writing usually include computer hackers, who are often patterned on the idea of the lone hero fighting injustice, such as Robin Hood.

In 1993, he starred as Robin Hood in Mel Brooks's comedy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

* Robin Hood Makes Good ( 1939 )

* Robin Hood Daffy ( 1958 )

Searchers canvassed all of West Memphis, but focused primarily on Robin Hood Hills, where the boys were reported last seen.

Despite a human chain making a shoulder-to-shoulder search of Robin Hood Hills, searchers found no sign of the missing boys.

Around 1: 45 p. m., juvenile Parole Officer Steve Jones spotted a boy's black shoe floating in a muddy creek that led to a major drainage canal in Robin Hood Hills.

According to local West Memphis police officers, on the evening of May 5, 1993, at 8: 42 p. m., workers in the Bojangles ' restaurant about a mile from the crime scene in Robin Hood Hills reported seeing a black male who seemed " mentally disoriented " inside the ladies ' room of the restaurant.

According to HBO's documentaries Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills ( 1996 ) and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations ( 2000 ), no blood was found at the crime scene, indicating that the location where the bodies were found was not necessarily the location in which the murders actually happened.

The narratives of traditional songs often also remember folk heroes such as John Henry to Robin Hood.

British influence can also be seen with the ' English Cycle ' of Disney animated films, which include Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Rescuers and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

The legendary Robin Hood, initially under the name of Locksley, is also a character in the story, as are his " merry men.

" The character that Scott gave to Robin Hood in Ivanhoe helped shape the modern notion of this figure as a cheery noble outlaw.

Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien ( 1979 ), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner ( 1982 ), Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator ( 2000 ), Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ), Matchstick Men ( 2003 ), Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ), American Gangster ( 2007 ), Robin Hood ( 2010 ), and Prometheus ( 2012 ).

* Consistency in his choice of composers, using Jerry Goldsmith ( Alien and Legend ), Vangelis ( Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise ), Hans Zimmer ( Black Rain, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down and Matchstick Men ) or Marc Streitenfeld ( A Good Year, American Gangster, Body of Lies, Robin Hood and Prometheus ).

Even when Robin is defeated, he usually tricks his foe into letting him sound his horn, summoning the Merry Men to his aid.

Since the 1980s, it has become commonplace to include a Saracen among the Merry Men, a trend which began with the character Nasir in the Robin of Sherwood television series.

During an interior refurbishment, wallpaper was removed to reveal a wall mural depicting Robin Hood and his Merry Men in the small snug of the pub.

In 1989 he created the children's comedy TV series Maid Marian and her Merry Men, a loose retelling of the legend of Robin Hood in which he appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Other parodies were Daffy Duck and Porky Pig in Robin Hood Daffy and Goofy and Black Pete in Goof Troop's Goofin ' Hood & His Melancholy Men.

If Blake and his crew represent Robin Hood and his Merry Men, then the Federation forces, personified in the obsessive, psychopathic Space Commander Travis and his superior, the beautiful but ruthless Supreme Commander Servalan, represent Guy of Gisbourne and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

He appeared in three movies for the Disney Corporation, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men ( 1952 ), The Sword and the Rose ( 1953 ) and Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue ( 1953 ).

* The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men ( 1952 ) as Robin Hood

Lewis has also achieved moderate success in films, appearing as Prince John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, as a frontier doctor in Wagons East !, as an unemployed actor in Once Upon A Crime and as himself in the film The Wrong Guys.

* Robin Hood: Men in Tights ( 1993 )

He is freed from the spell when the Baron is killed by Robin and, having found respect for Robin during a crucial sword fight, decides to join the Merry Men.

After Owen is killed, he sets out to avenge him on Robin and the Merry Men.

* Roger de Carnac ( Matt Frewer ) On King John's orders, he and his men impersonate the second Robin and the Merry Men in a plan to discredit them with the people.

One of their early targets is Friar Tuck ( Michael McShane ), who subsequently joins these Merry Men, and Marian also begins to sympathize with the band and renders Robin any aid she can muster.

* Robin Hood: Men in Tights

While many legends and folk-customs are thought to be ancient, for instance the tales featuring Offa of Angeln and Weyland Smith, others date from after the Norman invasion ; Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood and their battles with the Sheriff of Nottingham being, perhaps, the best known.

This popular gesture can also be found in the 1993 Mel Brooks ' comedy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

After the final fade to black a sequence featuring an actor playing the Minstrel would be shown as he sung these lyrics to the tune of " Early One Morning ": " We'll have the merry time again with Robin and his Merry Men and the folk who'll bring him to you then now beg a word with you.

" Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show, has also remarked upon this interpretation in his autobiography Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights ; he writes that the relationship could be interpreted as a sexual one, with the show's double entendres and lavish camp also possibly offering ambiguous interpretation.

Other notable film and TV Little Johns include Archie Duncan in the 1950s TV series, Nicol Williamson in Robin and Marian, Clive Mantle in the 1980s TV series Robin of Sherwood, Phil Harris as the voice of Little John the Bear in the 1973 Disney animated film Robin Hood, David Morrissey in Robin Hood and Nick Brimble in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves-both in 1991, and Eric Allan Kramer in 1993's Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Chappelle began his film career in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights in 1993 and continued to star in minor roles in the films The Nutty Professor, Con Air, and Blue Streak.

At the age of 19, Chappelle made his film debut as " Ahchoo " in Mel Brooks ' Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

The line was used by Brooks thrice more: in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, when King Richard kisses Maid Marian ; in Spaceballs when President Skroob is in bed with the twins ( modified to " It's good to be the president "); and in the stage musical The Producers, as a lyric in the song " The King of Broadway ".

Dennis recorded a track that appeared on the soundtrack for Robin Hood: Men in Tights, singing " Marian ", in a duet version ( credited to Cathy Dennis and Lance Ellington ).

This was also a location for Robin Hood: Men in Tights where the Goat Buttes are seen in the background of the final wedding scene.

He appeared in The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Silent Movie, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

* Robin Hood: Men in Tights ( 1993 )-Don Giovanni

Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a 1993 English-American musical adventure comedy film and a parody of the Robin Hood story.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights was not one of Brooks's best grossing films.

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