Which film was released first, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men or Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.?
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men is a 1952 live action Disney version of the Robin Hood legend made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England. It was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin and directed by Ken Annakin. This is the second of Disney's complete live-action films, after "Treasure Island" (1950), and the first of four films Annakin directed for Disney.
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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Lt. Robin Crusoe USN is a 1966 comedy film released and scripted by Walt Disney, and starring Dick Van Dyke as a U.S. Navy pilot who becomes a castaway on a tropical island. Some filming took place in San Diego, while a majority of the film was shot on Kauai, Hawaii.
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The Bold Caballero The Bold Caballero is a 1936 adventure film written and directed by Wells Root. It is based on the character Zorro, created by Johnston McCulley. The characters Don Alejandro Vega (Don Diego's father) and Bernardo are notably absent. Native American stars include Chief Thundercloud as Don Diego Vega/Zorro's aide and Charles Stevens as Captain Vargas. John Merton appears uncredited in this film as a First Sergeant. Merton also appears in "Zorro's Fighting Legion" as Manuel and "Zorro's Black Whip" as Harris. The film is notable for being the first "talking Zorro movie", as the first two Zorro movies were silent films, and the first in color (Magnacolor). It was shot in Chatsworth, Los Angeles. The film was released on December 1, 1936, by Republic Pictures.
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Soldiers of the Sea Soldiers of the Sea is a 1939 RKO-Pathe News two-reeler short subject narrative featuring the U.S. Marine Corps.
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The Prince of Thieves The Prince of Thieves is a 1948 film nominally inspired by Alexandre Dumas' 1872 novel "Le Prince des voleurs". Produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures and starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood with stuntwork by Jock Mahoney, the film was shot in the Cinecolor process that features an inability to reproduce the colour green. Sequences were shot reusing several of the sets of Columbia's "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest" and at Corriganville. Patricia Morison and Adele Jergens co-star.
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Si Ronda Si Ronda is a 1930 silent film from the Dutch East Indies which was directed by Lie Tek Swie and starred Bachtiar Effendi. Based on contemporary Betawi oral tradition, it follows the exploits of a bandit, skilled in "silat" (traditional Malay martial arts), known as Si Ronda. In the "lenong" stories from which the film was derived, Ronda was often depicted as a Robin Hood type of figure. The production, now thought lost, was one of a series of martial arts films released between 1929 and 1931. "Si Ronda" received little coverage in the media upon its release. A second adaptation of the tale, "Si Ronda Macan Betawi", was made in 1978.
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Mask-A-Raid Mask-A-Raid is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Betty Boop. It is the first Betty Boop cartoon to show Betty as a human, which the character is best known being shown as.
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Ace of Aces (1933 film) Ace of Aces, also known as Bird of Prey, is a 1933 American pre-Code war film based on the story "The Bird of Prey" by World War I pilot John Monk Saunders that explores how war can turn a man's moral compass from pacifism to warmonger. Starring Richard Dix, it was similar to many of the period films that appeared to glorify the "knights of the air", but was more complex, examining the motivations of those who choose to go to war.
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Captain Salvation (film) Captain Salvation is a 1927 drama directed by John S. Robertson and released by MGM. It stars Lars Hanson, Pauline Starke and Marceline Day. On January 18, 2010 the film had its first home video release on the Warner Archives series.
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The General (1926 film) The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the memoir "The Great Locomotive Chase" by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton who co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman.
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Hoodoo Ann Hoodoo Ann is a 1916 American comedy-drama silent film, written by D.W. Griffith, directed by Lloyd Ingraham and released by Triangle Film Corporation.
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Mickey's Polo Team Mickey's Polo Team is a 1936 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon features of game of polo played between four Disney characters, led by Mickey Mouse, and four cartoon versions of real-life movie stars. It was directed by David Hand and was first released on January 4, 1936. The film was inspired by Walt Disney's personal love of polo.
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Mystery Submarine (1950 film) Mystery Submarine is a 1950 American war film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Macdonald Carey, Märta Torén and Robert Douglas.
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His Mouse Friday His Mouse Friday is a 1951 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 59th "Tom and Jerry" cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby for Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge and released in theatres on July 7, 1951 and July 25, 1958 for reissue. The title is a pun combining references to the film "His Girl Friday" and the character of Friday from the novel "Robinson Crusoe".
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Miss Robin Crusoe Miss Robin Crusoe is a 1954 Eastmancolor adventure film directed by Eugene Frenke, starring Amanda Blake, George Nader and Rosalind Hayes. One of many film variations of "Robinson Crusoe", it features a female castaway. The film was shot on location in Palos Verdes, California.
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The Ace of Hearts (1921 film) The Ace of Hearts is a 1921 American crime drama film produced and directed by Wallace Worsley. The screenplay by Ruth Wightman is based on the pulp novel "The Purple Mask" by Gouverneur Morris. The film stars Leatrice Joy, John Bowers, and Lon Chaney.
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L'Homme du large L' Homme du large (English: "Man of the Sea" or "Man of the Open Seas") is a 1920 French silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and based on a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It was filmed on the rugged southern coast of Brittany creating atmosphere in a film about the forces of good and evil that motivate human behaviour.
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Alan-a-Dale Alan-a-Dale (first recorded as Allen a Dale; variously spelled "Allen-a-Dale", "Allan-a-Dale", "Allin-a-Dale", "Allan A'Dayle" etc.) is a figure in the Robin Hood legend. According to the stories, he was a wandering minstrel who became a member of Robin's band of outlaws, the "Merry Men."
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The Merry Men (short story) "The Merry Men" is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1882 in "Cornhill Magazine" 45-6 (June–July 1882). The story was later published in Stevenson's collection "The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables" (1887). It is set on the fictional island Eilean Aros, based on the Isle of Erraid. The title derives from the local name given to a group of waves in the story, not from the Merry Men of Robin Hood tales.
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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (serial) The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a 1922 American adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. It is now considered to be a lost film.
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Sea Raiders Sea Raiders is a 1941 Universal film serial starring the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys. This was the teen stars' second of three serials, between "Junior G-Men" (1940) and "Junior G-Men of the Air" (1942). "Sea Raiders" was the 52nd serial to be released by Universal (or the 120th if silent serials are counted). The plot concerns the heroes foiling Nazi attacks on American shipping.
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Blackwell's Island (film) Blackwell's Island is a 1939 crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields and Morgan Conway. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 25, 1939.