Robin Hood (1922) Pickford-Fairbanks Studio

Robin Hood (1922 film)

Robin Hood, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, is 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, as shown in the illustration at right. It was one of the most expensive films of the 1920s, with a budget estimated at approximately one million dollars and generally received favorable reviews.

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• Page 53 - Bahn, P., 2014, The Archaeology of Hollywood: Traces of the Golden Age, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, 166p.