Simon Mattacks
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2,981 appearances
17 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 13 Sep
Simon Mattacks’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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which had a big Hollywood opening and was one of the most expensive films of the 1920s.
The Fairbanks movie stuck to the 19th century ideals of Robin Hood and included the entire cast of characters, from Little John to Maid Marian and Friar Tuck.
In 1938, Errol Flynn became the second megastar to take on the role.
His movie, The Adventures of Robin Hood, was filmed in color and won three Academy Awards.
This iteration of the legend also lent plenty of weight to the supporting characters.
Marion was played by Olivia de Havilland,
Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains, also big stars, portrayed Sir Guy of Gisborne and Prince John.
It was a box office smash and became a defining role for its leading man.
Ivanhoe got the silver screen treatment in 1952.
complete with a star-studded cast that included such luminaries as Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and Robert Taylor.
In keeping with the Ivanhoe book, Robin Hood was just a supporting character.
He was played by actor and TV personality Harold Warrender.
In 1973, Disney gave the Robin Hood story its own colorful animated version.
The studio made it a truly lighthearted and comedic affair by drawing all the characters as animals and giving the story a comical tone.
It received mixed reviews from critics, but the kids must have loved it because it was a box office success.
Soon after, a promotional poster for the 1976 movie, Robin and Marion, proclaimed, love is the greatest adventure of all.
With Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn playing the two leads, it reached new heights of romance in the canon of Robin Hood stories.
This film retold the ancient story from The Little Guest of Robin Hood, but cast Maid Marian in a prominent role.
This is notable because, of course, she hadn't been in the original story at all.
Maid Marian was definitely here to stay.
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