Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood

Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byDouglas Fairbanks
Produced byDouglas Fairbanks
StarringDouglas Fairbanks
Wallace Beery
Sam De Grasse
Enid Bennett
Alan Hale
CinematographyArthur Edeson & Charles Richardson
Edited byWilliam Nolan
Music byVictor Schertzinger
Production
company
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 18, 1922 (1922-10-18)
Running time
127 minutes
11 reels (10,680 feet (3,260 m))
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget$930,000[1]
Box office$2,500,000 (US/Canada)[2]

Robin Hood is a 1922 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery. It was the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie's full title, under which it was copyrighted, is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood. It was one of the most expensive films of the 1920s, with a budget estimated at one million dollars (equivalent to $18.2 million in 2023).[3] The film was a smash hit and generally received favorable reviews.

  1. ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3.p39
  2. ^ Variety list of box office champions for 1922
  3. ^ "Robin Hood (1922)". IMDb.