Nottingham
The medieval town of Nottingham is beautifully reconstructed in Walt Disney’s Story of Robin Hood and the film also has one unique historical detail not included in other movies about the hero. The Sheriff has his own house in the town.
Michael Hordern
Michael Murrey Hordern is one of the many delightfully talented actors that appeared in Walt Disney’s Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men. He was born on 3rd October 1911 at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire in England, the son of Captain
A 'Different' Robin Hood Film
Having formed RKO-Walt Disney British Productions Ltd and succeeded in filming a most Walt Disney decided to continue making films in England, One is hard pressed to make comparisons between the Disney Robin Hood and earlier
A Hold-Up At Robin's Camp
(Walt Disney with Ken Annakin on the set of Robin Hood). After ten weeks of shooting The Story of Robin Hood, the film crew were sitting around, one day, waiting for the Special Effects men to fix four whistling arrows onto wires ( to
The Magic of Ellenshaw
Walt Disney with Peter Ellenshaw. Amongst the credits for Walt Disney’s ‘Story of Robin Hood’ is the name of Peter Ellenshaw, Matte Artist. So what is a Matte Artist? Born in Britain in 1913 Peter Ellenshaw’s artistic talents were
The Truest Rendering Of Merrie Old England
‘Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men,’ visiting Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, in Nottingham. In March 1952 Walt Disney spent three days with Ken Annakin, visiting Sherwood Forest and looking over a number of castles in the Midlands
Outlaws
In Disney’s ‘Story of Robin Hood’ , Robin’s father is shot in the back by Red Gill, one of the Sheriff’s foresters, who had been hiding up in the fork of a tree in the forest. After waiting in the bushes for a while, Robin soon
The Stocks
Although The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men is a Walt Disney film, synonymous with good wholesome family entertainment, the scenes in which Scathelok is struck across the face, whilst in the stocks and Will Stutely is hung up in
Peter Finch
In 1951 Finch took on the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham for Disney. This scene was used and appears in the early part of ‘Robin Hood’ when the Story’ in 1959 and back with Disney as Alan Breck Stewart in ‘Kidnapped’ in 1960.
Whistling Arrows?
The use of whistling arrows, by Robin and his band of outlaws in Disney’s Story of Robin Hood, is a unique addition to the legend by Lawrence Edward Watkin. But not as far fetched as some might think. In fact, although now hardly ever
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