tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85535438729204319552024-03-13T12:42:47.754-07:00Walt Disney's Story Of Robin HoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger888125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-45108788256479815992024-03-08T08:38:00.000-08:002024-03-08T08:38:32.032-08:00Our Maid Marian<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1pAKs_KjZTiTewU7dKJv3Il0OCrw0uOJecx-TjuFo1bS4Oi0wBpQ3OfRVZ191bPD4M6K6YgISxDX3btCkHekG_5JGRsy5VjjclgQynjYfdPRKQWDaSVq8aJgV9du9dD-9oz8PMkkWGiC3oQPQ2RsBJyzDAshIqLXhBhSNOHplbjMjPxjsWmbxs8f-t0/s1654/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2014.44.04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="1348" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1pAKs_KjZTiTewU7dKJv3Il0OCrw0uOJecx-TjuFo1bS4Oi0wBpQ3OfRVZ191bPD4M6K6YgISxDX3btCkHekG_5JGRsy5VjjclgQynjYfdPRKQWDaSVq8aJgV9du9dD-9oz8PMkkWGiC3oQPQ2RsBJyzDAshIqLXhBhSNOHplbjMjPxjsWmbxs8f-t0/w326-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2014.44.04.png" width="326" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color color: #050505;-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">On this International Women's Day, I would like to remember Joan Rice (1930-1997). She will skip forever along those sunlit glades of Sherwood Forest as Maid Marian...</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-6054775836280324912024-02-25T03:52:00.000-08:002024-02-25T04:16:26.979-08:00Marian in Disguise <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5lp-0EGLlMugDtCqzit78gUuy03CVytkvfgNUh8YMN6mrAZ9cpptinnT8Fdjtb7H7cAlzRtYGktL-6xj_c8QYlFMlMxez8MCWXlPIX97lSx4qZk5Elz9XT1dA-NkKi6kYOH0mqGaTBEC7WcDHb3FEnttCZ_qAxq4_eflAKWSXIiihDP4AE_OVbTIjjU/s3065/CASTLE%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3065" data-original-width="3065" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5lp-0EGLlMugDtCqzit78gUuy03CVytkvfgNUh8YMN6mrAZ9cpptinnT8Fdjtb7H7cAlzRtYGktL-6xj_c8QYlFMlMxez8MCWXlPIX97lSx4qZk5Elz9XT1dA-NkKi6kYOH0mqGaTBEC7WcDHb3FEnttCZ_qAxq4_eflAKWSXIiihDP4AE_OVbTIjjU/w400-h400/CASTLE%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> Walt Disney’s <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men</i> has many scenes that still leave me in awe. One that I haven’t mentioned before is when Maid Marian (Joan Rice) decides to escape from Nottingham Castle disguised as a pageboy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMNPO2ZZ4qUdLmkoH0D9SpMx0xlxi_tv6xjX9khgGBfxijiYFXSUIL2b_FvTjX3Ni0lDXtr7bPxa3zfmDXFVhUFGduvWMKjNFTgICjBd_3EtbAcoJjUDmWBJqARyjqYokaQDGVJhuSWoUywIp-YAxpXNopoGV-W3Bvb0L8S_4Wg3c5CnL4SeoUC51NJc/s3029/CASTLE%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2488" data-original-width="3029" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMNPO2ZZ4qUdLmkoH0D9SpMx0xlxi_tv6xjX9khgGBfxijiYFXSUIL2b_FvTjX3Ni0lDXtr7bPxa3zfmDXFVhUFGduvWMKjNFTgICjBd_3EtbAcoJjUDmWBJqARyjqYokaQDGVJhuSWoUywIp-YAxpXNopoGV-W3Bvb0L8S_4Wg3c5CnL4SeoUC51NJc/w400-h329/CASTLE%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Giles the pageboy, is walking down the castle steps when he notices Marian looking gloomily out from an upper corridor window. He asks why she is looking so glum? She explains that the Queen has forbidden her to leave the castle. Giles wishes that Prince John would forbid him as he feels he has had to walk as far as Jerusalem and back making trips to Nottingham. He sighs and says he is on their way now to fetch the Sheriff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9oLRsJOcOW2wBHwY-cIr7s7pYXe7OLe1ps1fVoalBFxEE9LQmv7Gyi7m6BxxgpuI47rDorK4vSw6W8wksieUbpEkIor23ijK6Xnlf5kR6T_LL35Hc53YuADfksxGV1lCjGqneAhv_T3Ar92Xsxd7Vjrjwyc4aswR9oRvVW0jvP_gARHPfKTAbFajUD4/s3023/CASTLE%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2605" data-original-width="3023" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9oLRsJOcOW2wBHwY-cIr7s7pYXe7OLe1ps1fVoalBFxEE9LQmv7Gyi7m6BxxgpuI47rDorK4vSw6W8wksieUbpEkIor23ijK6Xnlf5kR6T_LL35Hc53YuADfksxGV1lCjGqneAhv_T3Ar92Xsxd7Vjrjwyc4aswR9oRvVW0jvP_gARHPfKTAbFajUD4/w400-h345/CASTLE%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This gives Marian the idea to borrow Giles's cloak and escape from the castle to find Robin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The images above demonstrate how art director Carmen Dillon (1908-2000) and matte artist Peter Ellenshaw (1913-2007) managed to create a sense of isolation and imprisonment amidst the castle's towering stone walls and pillars. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnUSr2pjNoZW3r9_BY8xPpkT5Tt152W5l2yJ0seTY3PmF8Yq__HrK486veLULbHnUQmnKkhBY2e8-5hDH-w145j5F-O5fmfZqJyfrIzbxJYbR48py6HsgtFRqAPIF2Dwtu7kgiEGfluEJvcMeCpECmEhx8-BgvJj-k3Kghyphenhyphenqt816GiMCudtRtULzPLK0/s3030/CASTLE%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="3030" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnUSr2pjNoZW3r9_BY8xPpkT5Tt152W5l2yJ0seTY3PmF8Yq__HrK486veLULbHnUQmnKkhBY2e8-5hDH-w145j5F-O5fmfZqJyfrIzbxJYbR48py6HsgtFRqAPIF2Dwtu7kgiEGfluEJvcMeCpECmEhx8-BgvJj-k3Kghyphenhyphenqt816GiMCudtRtULzPLK0/w400-h363/CASTLE%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The secret of Carmen Dillon's Oscar-winning success was her meticulous pre-planning and prefabrication. The grey ‘stone’ walls of Nottingham Castle were really plaster, cast in giant moulds and rigged onto movable steel scaffolding, while the forbidding curtain walls and towers, which looked as if they would defy an army, were in fact perspective cutouts. This was just one of twenty-five interior sets designed by her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The four images in this article also demonstrate the visual beauty of this film. A lot of credit must go to legendary matte artist Peter Ellenshaw- another Disney legend, working many decades before the invention of computer-generated imagery. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ellenshaw's artistic skill, together with Carmen Dillon's art department created that storybook quality to the film. It is not surprising it was voted one of the best Technicolor movies ever made in Britain. Disney Magic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-68900751852432107882024-01-30T04:21:00.000-08:002024-01-30T04:56:58.259-08:00Friar Tuck & Mr Kipling<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XEV5SObDApmyMj5IoLtWzyGMx9PHZQd3DVZlLDWg7BQQqo1YT8EEsIm6r4blJI5VUgF4xnYD2oTd1kaRlLsUUVQwBkDVVRnJM5cljs3JZDZUkyv04nxNBSmEJDSVgl3EDa9bp0cmEA9ylvfXTpdWc3FJBDRDcgODvBBLR0jM0jmLZH2I8-elD83rWy8/s1222/FRIAR%20TUCK.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1214" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XEV5SObDApmyMj5IoLtWzyGMx9PHZQd3DVZlLDWg7BQQqo1YT8EEsIm6r4blJI5VUgF4xnYD2oTd1kaRlLsUUVQwBkDVVRnJM5cljs3JZDZUkyv04nxNBSmEJDSVgl3EDa9bp0cmEA9ylvfXTpdWc3FJBDRDcgODvBBLR0jM0jmLZH2I8-elD83rWy8/w436-h439/FRIAR%20TUCK.png" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Out of all the many versions of Friar Tuck in film and television, my favourite has always been the interpretation by James Hayter.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">James Hayter was chosen for the part of Friar Tuck by the director of Disney’s <i>Story of Robin Hood</i>, Ken Annakin. Hayter had just played the role of a verger in Annakin’s last production, <i>Trio </i>(1950) based on three stories by Somerset Maugham. During the early days of filming in March 1951, Annakin began screen testing Hayter for the part of the merry priest, exploring the character’s various possibilities. But as they fooled around and generally went ‘over the top’, Annakin was stunned to turn around and see Walt Disney and the producer of the film, Perce Pearce standing behind him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Disney was not impressed and took Annakin to one side.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“You seem to have a very laid-back relationship with your actor, Annakin", he said.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The embarrassed director tried to explain that they had just finished a film together and were exploring how much joviality they could get away with, in the role of Friar Tuck.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“He can be played in several ways,” Disney interrupted, “I’ve always seen him quite clearly in one way. I’d like to see the stuff you have shot.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">As they turned to walk away, he said, “I hope you're not going to be cynical about these fine old English characters Annakin, they’re classics, you know and I don’t want them spoofed. I see the character something like this.......”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Then Walt Disney sat on a ‘prop rock’ by the river and began to sing Friar Tuck’s song from the film, "<i>Come Sing Hi"</i>, including a conversation with an imaginary Robin Hood. He knew all the lines by heart and earned himself a round of applause from the film crew. James Hayter went on, of course, to become for many the archetype, of Friar Tuck.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PhJRAksLm5ETfmpV5AhPFmA68DX58T70CZ2Od_gJomZx-IRpcukr9SrH9Ch_2ZW0RYx8MtgCwezVOf9UPBGFjAb5CASyRgwVBHU4xN-8ZNEo_nP9eDPBXJYjRCYywdU_UhdRBWSC8E5EW2mRyOxBa7PeFajk4HZ_NBzW032LLnlF_H0FjlZ9MNgiFSE/s716/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-11%20at%2013.55.06.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="716" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PhJRAksLm5ETfmpV5AhPFmA68DX58T70CZ2Od_gJomZx-IRpcukr9SrH9Ch_2ZW0RYx8MtgCwezVOf9UPBGFjAb5CASyRgwVBHU4xN-8ZNEo_nP9eDPBXJYjRCYywdU_UhdRBWSC8E5EW2mRyOxBa7PeFajk4HZ_NBzW032LLnlF_H0FjlZ9MNgiFSE/w405-h307/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-11%20at%2013.55.06.png" title="James Hayter as Friar Tuck and Elton Hayes as Alan a Dale" width="405" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Hayter as Friar Tuck and Elton Hayes as Alan -a -Dale</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">‘Jimmy’ Hayter was born in Lonuvla, India on April 23rd 1907, the son of a police superintendent. He began his education in Scotland and it was his school headmaster who spotted his obvious talent and encouraged him to become an actor. Hayter later graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">He made his stage debut in <i>My Fair Lady</i> as Alfred Dolittle in 1925, a part he played for five years in the West End and later on tour. Jimmy also went on to tread the boards in London in notable productions such as <i>1066 And All That </i>and <i>French Without Tears</i>. After managing theatre companies in Perth and Dundee and appearing in various repertory theatre productions, his first film appearance came as the character Jock, in the mediocre Brian Desmond version of the play <i>Sensation</i>, in 1936. Hayter then went on to make five more movies before the outbreak of war.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After serving in the Royal Armoured Corps during the dark days of World War II, Jimmy made television history, when he was chosen to play the part of Mr Pinwright, the owner of a small multiple-store, in the BBC’s first recognised half-hour situation comedy series, <i>Pinwright’s Progress</i> in 1947.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">His cherubic comedy style soon established him with a whole host of regular film parts and James Hayter became one of the busiest character actors in British film history. Notable early roles include <i>Nicholas Nickleby</i> (1947) in which he played the twins Ned and Charles Cheeryble, <i>The Blue Lagoon</i> (1949) as Dr Murdoch, <i>Morning Departure</i> (1950) <i>Tom Brown’s Schooldays</i> (1951) as Old Thomas, <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men</i>, (1952) and <i>The Crimson Pirate </i>(1952) as Professor Prudence.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtArLfZqrhyphenhyphen-ivS_m7Ol8fZPwLYHvEcf5EzuJFkzUnZjD9AX0COBomwf478fGFxavuJkQ1HcSkGHoB8tJEEHDuLJ9rmJ0p2jS-g67qGQA-eyHXz4z7kff4EMazoveOez5nJSPAX7XG0dG-N-K96BIMJPjd0cU7GIwI1LxZLvbbIP4piBcoxqvgjGz8CU0/s878/challenge.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="878" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtArLfZqrhyphenhyphen-ivS_m7Ol8fZPwLYHvEcf5EzuJFkzUnZjD9AX0COBomwf478fGFxavuJkQ1HcSkGHoB8tJEEHDuLJ9rmJ0p2jS-g67qGQA-eyHXz4z7kff4EMazoveOez5nJSPAX7XG0dG-N-K96BIMJPjd0cU7GIwI1LxZLvbbIP4piBcoxqvgjGz8CU0/w403-h266/challenge.png" width="403" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James re-creates his role as Friar Tuck in <i>A Challenge for Robin Hood</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Apart from his memorable portrayal of Friar Tuck in 1952 (a part he would re-create in the 1967 <i>A Challenge For Robin Hood</i>), James Hayter is probably best remembered, in that very same year, for his ‘perfect’ role as Samuel Pickwick in the adaption of the classic Charles Dickens novel, <i>The Pickwick Papers.</i> The success of the movie prompted a BAFTA nomination for him as Best British Actor in 1953. Alexander Gauge, who played Friar Tuck in 89 episodes of the hugely successful TV series <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood</i>, also appeared in the film, as Tupman.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Hayter later joined Alexander Gauge and the rest of the television crew of <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood,</i> when he played the part of Tom the Miller in 2 episodes of that classic series.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLox5mr28mVqTwv_izzWhnmdtqvU_NmcQDpuLHpI0ozj-hc1-E9s_yLjjuP7jc1sEJSfHCg_BBUwJGEG7GGVEeLAwzY4pCC621XTNP6SxmcgcrmLZpHbk-m12tc5l8GI2KbxX_EGa5XlxdqNBWbfbYCv6xKIrvnW4Qd1HrbXUjtMoyqaU6115WFXEOCU/s904/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%2012.02.54.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="774" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLox5mr28mVqTwv_izzWhnmdtqvU_NmcQDpuLHpI0ozj-hc1-E9s_yLjjuP7jc1sEJSfHCg_BBUwJGEG7GGVEeLAwzY4pCC621XTNP6SxmcgcrmLZpHbk-m12tc5l8GI2KbxX_EGa5XlxdqNBWbfbYCv6xKIrvnW4Qd1HrbXUjtMoyqaU6115WFXEOCU/w303-h354/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%2012.02.54.png" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James as Tom the Miller in <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jimmy remained just as busy in the television studio as on the film set and appeared in many early productions. Including, <i>Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents, Fair Game</i>, <i>The Moonstone</i>, <i>The Avengers</i>, <i>Man From Interpol</i>, <i>The Flaxton Boys,</i> <i>Wicked Women</i> and<i> Dr Finlay's Casebook.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">With seven children to support, James Hayter continued to work phenomenally hard in the film industry. He went on to appear in over 90 movies, some classics such as: <i>Calling Bulldog Drummond</i> (1951), <i>The Big Money</i> (1958),<i> I Was Monty’s Double </i>(1958), <i>The 39 Steps</i> (1959) and<i> Oliver </i>(1968).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It was in 1970 that Jimmy re-joined Geoffrey Lumsden and Joan Rice; colleagues from Disney’s <i>Story of Robin Hood</i>, in <i>The Horror of Frankenstein</i>. This was the fifth in the series of Frankenstein films made by Hammer, but it is best described as a dreary and disappointing movie. Hayter’s television career was, on the other hand, far from dull, with continuing work in many popular productions of the time, including <i>Doctor at Large, Hunter’s Walk and The Onedin Line.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpVR_ZUOH2O0aY0d-nO-f8Y6U2BGH8IyovGr6UtTMTksQNtAIVRFbrgffi_87UHaK1rmcAoupqt_E466574sO6FeIfrsQUTo4rqiGbe-Dnrfd978IoVUBoqssC8Rn436EJhNxPcn1nGNr0V7WTxInq0v9QLXYzypp1hk2dNq7Skcq0qcf8oFEkiSuaJ8/s1246/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%2010.57.06.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1246" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpVR_ZUOH2O0aY0d-nO-f8Y6U2BGH8IyovGr6UtTMTksQNtAIVRFbrgffi_87UHaK1rmcAoupqt_E466574sO6FeIfrsQUTo4rqiGbe-Dnrfd978IoVUBoqssC8Rn436EJhNxPcn1nGNr0V7WTxInq0v9QLXYzypp1hk2dNq7Skcq0qcf8oFEkiSuaJ8/w368-h292/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%2010.57.06.png" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Hayter as Percival Tibbs</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Towards the end of his long and illustrious acting career, Hayter was chosen by comedy writer and producer, David Croft, to appear as a new assistant in his successful TV series <i>Are You Being Served.</i> Croft said:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"James Hayter had not worked for me before, but he was a well-known featured player in movies over here,” Croft remembers, “ and as far as I was concerned was the only candidate providing he was available and willing to play the part."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So as the mischievous Percival Tibbs, Hayter appeared in 6 episodes of <i>Are You Being Served</i>. Unfortunately for many years, Mr Kipling Cakes had used his distinctly fruity voice, for their advertisements on British television and the company did not like the character he now portrayed in this series.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">They thought the personality of the character he portrayed was unpleasant and had an air of indignity that might put the viewing public off buying their “exceedingly good cakes”!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Hayter at first argued that he was free-lance and could choose to play any character he desired, but when Mr Kipling Cakes finally offered him three times his BBC salary for the next series, not to do it and terminate his contract, he accepted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The cast of <i>Are You Being Served</i> were very disappointed to see such a successful comedy talent leave, but he confessed, “If they are prepared to pay me three times as much not to do it, then I won’t do it– at my time of life, I have no more ambition.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">James Hayter died in Spain aged 75 on 27th March 1985.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-6463679407506907712024-01-07T04:00:00.000-08:002024-01-07T04:38:34.774-08:00The Death of Maid Marian<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD6h5kxHqtf9Siejk8_mJDEmH8H5RrOcDQWFDG8PJR3c4hswlU7eI2R86undwU0Zl-SxAU08KT3GFNziJVyTVjIUiAA4ziZrzQdkbagqovfufLtX9xa4e_ec7fwRwtKUdO0_8WKdM2zs0IiUAC_C88g939mrVwMBM1YQUlSqQAnYmHeXCwyhREsYuo30/s946/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.55.02.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="842" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD6h5kxHqtf9Siejk8_mJDEmH8H5RrOcDQWFDG8PJR3c4hswlU7eI2R86undwU0Zl-SxAU08KT3GFNziJVyTVjIUiAA4ziZrzQdkbagqovfufLtX9xa4e_ec7fwRwtKUdO0_8WKdM2zs0IiUAC_C88g939mrVwMBM1YQUlSqQAnYmHeXCwyhREsYuo30/w356-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.55.02.png" width="356" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maidenhead Advertiser</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I made it into some newspapers back in 2009. It was after my research into an almost completely forgotten film star.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Dorothy Joan Mckenzie died in Maidenhead, Berkshire England on New Year’s Day 1997. She was the wife of former journalist Ken McKenzie and was just 66 years old. During the 1960s, she had various mundane office jobs, including working for the Inland Revenue in Slough. In between this, she trod the boards in stage productions. Then in 1970, she set up her own letting agency in Maidenhead.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-cAyGLGahWk_nObr9ZIUrKmlk4D2s1c8ieNwKGAbQjICiAo8gy7TwAWMjKUks_d33U9NJz3x55pGHIZrqStnH6whTAYpRQZUeKI8uSsRiQfZwGgKeSzNfNBW6plmo1AWqqMy38q2YOrM8aPfCskAO_qfIouAQB1uQxiAlCH9vkQec2e_4XVCuRqzopc/s555/Screen%20Shot%202015-08-31%20at%2017.44.24.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="420" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-cAyGLGahWk_nObr9ZIUrKmlk4D2s1c8ieNwKGAbQjICiAo8gy7TwAWMjKUks_d33U9NJz3x55pGHIZrqStnH6whTAYpRQZUeKI8uSsRiQfZwGgKeSzNfNBW6plmo1AWqqMy38q2YOrM8aPfCskAO_qfIouAQB1uQxiAlCH9vkQec2e_4XVCuRqzopc/w303-h400/Screen%20Shot%202015-08-31%20at%2017.44.24.png" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But, it was as Joan Rice that Dorothy was better known and had touched stardom,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wooed Hollywood and been sprinkled with Disney magic. After winning a beauty contest, this former Lyons Tea House waitress was picked out by a film agent and sent to attend the Rank Charm School, a training institution for young actors. At 21 years old, she was given a two-year Rank Film contract. After appearing alongside Dirk Bogarde in ‘Blackmailed’ she was personally chosen by Walt Disney from six others to play the part of Maid Marian alongside Richard Todd in his live-action ‘The Story of Robin Hood’ (1952).</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I saw Disney’s ‘Story of Robin Hood’ during my school summer holidays in the early 1970s, it not only triggered my interest in the legend but I instantly fell in love with Joan. Back in the days before the internet, although there were plenty of biographies about stars in the film like Peter Finch and Richard Todd, I could not find anything about Joan. Who was she, and what happened to her? Meanwhile, this wonderful film faded from memory as Disney released a second movie about Robin Hood - a cartoon.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4eeSripjwf_3TJ9e6flP7iymdhOtJDJCS-CPnqzNKIirAKlScRHmDOWABUf76zNqo6kezXs315uhPTukMsirlaBWUaid7X7g1xalfgJgqUB46go4g-N0I9GRS1KmZWzkj_rHZAmzSzXp6szLM4yxE0-UGIi90IaQnR3NObMrOMu15usizN4woT82jTY/s398/Screen%20Shot%202016-07-12%20at%2018.26.07.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="315" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4eeSripjwf_3TJ9e6flP7iymdhOtJDJCS-CPnqzNKIirAKlScRHmDOWABUf76zNqo6kezXs315uhPTukMsirlaBWUaid7X7g1xalfgJgqUB46go4g-N0I9GRS1KmZWzkj_rHZAmzSzXp6szLM4yxE0-UGIi90IaQnR3NObMrOMu15usizN4woT82jTY/w316-h400/Screen%20Shot%202016-07-12%20at%2018.26.07.png" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Todd (Robin Hood) and Joan Rice (Maid Marian)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So, in 2006, using the pseudonym Clement Glen, I started a blog about the film and began to inquire into her life. I dedicated the website to Joan. Gradually down the years, my readers and her friends and family contacted me with their memories and anecdotes about her. I soon realised what an amazing life she had led.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“It was nice to find something on the internet about my Aunt Joan. I miss her a lot… She and I wrote each other up until her death and I still have her letters. My Mum and I went to see her grave shortly after she died... it was a sad trip”.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(A relative of Joan Rice)</span></span></p></blockquote><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></p><blockquote><div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJ-71QtNsenSrLbpMFYRi5TvJt4pDoY0ya2KoUAJY01ekamWkWBiAQkORAGzr0yymJ2H8U3NOUoBkdNwpm6TanzUIzp-w0VFWPnwWKn9vl5cxWG4voolNMw-qXrvn8WwDQhh2huBkd__MYpyeF-KuHvAkSkSHsEGTZJxR6UOiUIuuIw1S9_3Ssf8VysQ/s1056/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.45.06.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJ-71QtNsenSrLbpMFYRi5TvJt4pDoY0ya2KoUAJY01ekamWkWBiAQkORAGzr0yymJ2H8U3NOUoBkdNwpm6TanzUIzp-w0VFWPnwWKn9vl5cxWG4voolNMw-qXrvn8WwDQhh2huBkd__MYpyeF-KuHvAkSkSHsEGTZJxR6UOiUIuuIw1S9_3Ssf8VysQ/w313-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.45.06.png" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In 2009, a reporter from the Maidenhead Advertiser emailed me asking about my research into the life of their ‘forgotten’ resident. The reporter had been reading my blog and was surprised to read about Joan Rice’s short but glittering film career and learn she had lived first in Windsor and then settled in Maidenhead, Berkshire in 1964.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqP886SOurrN7462nWNZfvdTG60qyO0Lp6xAGYunuZ6GIikJJ6tLwVEWvrYbger6ssqvJ_4sGvzN1d-nFp6fcANcoOh9mAocsNHMxhTfb8CYUT9W1iOJkBhdwQoy3hVW2IZVbBu6l2U_1dBLewN58cRCjWIEmjNBxV61qcGgcj0Xi_mNNfygH0L3-v6I/s2374/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.37.19.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="2374" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqP886SOurrN7462nWNZfvdTG60qyO0Lp6xAGYunuZ6GIikJJ6tLwVEWvrYbger6ssqvJ_4sGvzN1d-nFp6fcANcoOh9mAocsNHMxhTfb8CYUT9W1iOJkBhdwQoy3hVW2IZVbBu6l2U_1dBLewN58cRCjWIEmjNBxV61qcGgcj0Xi_mNNfygH0L3-v6I/w400-h279/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.37.19.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice and Ken McKenzie in Cookham near Maidenhead 1983</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Using details from my blog, including how Joan was personally chosen by the legendary Walt Disney to play Maid Marian, the reporter appealed for information on her and where her final resting was? By the following week, the reporter got back to me saying it was confirmed that Joan Rice was buried in Braywick Cemetery in Maidenhead. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOmrynsltjTfUmyy2RebqMcWk4TqC9XEbxudUDcosWGqIiHWhbE_mVB31TOahNK3xFWEplQ74VTSf1U4n0MjnDqi0qIZRP5rpR5dg0l8YtPrMiXn67yr-Vo6pj6QkxcK_aJHGknZOhssN8qFClq7LL3VqzQOUFcNr4_LLqelmmBM_jZy_dWnDVRz87W8/s1132/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2015.43.37.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1132" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOmrynsltjTfUmyy2RebqMcWk4TqC9XEbxudUDcosWGqIiHWhbE_mVB31TOahNK3xFWEplQ74VTSf1U4n0MjnDqi0qIZRP5rpR5dg0l8YtPrMiXn67yr-Vo6pj6QkxcK_aJHGknZOhssN8qFClq7LL3VqzQOUFcNr4_LLqelmmBM_jZy_dWnDVRz87W8/w400-h300/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2015.43.37.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Many local people were surprised to learn how this former resident had spent 8 years in a children’s home, became a waitress, and then experienced a Cinderella-like rise to stardom in Hollywood. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7l6dwcRBiLeOzkMVxFlcHCrL8Lhr87ORxWb3Lbr4b31JbNFLLCRPhHnAdv4Ck0WAQyz5lwnqqG5-WW-qHKQeMcglXQDPfwPFkSiDERV7migX5lfDNJk09eK-bvCm3qjBVNXGPP9fro3x44J2KNIUI9Hq5aisB9upxX4aCp6ob9FszRIOMLmQzO-cxWA/s1300/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.51.08.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1102" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7l6dwcRBiLeOzkMVxFlcHCrL8Lhr87ORxWb3Lbr4b31JbNFLLCRPhHnAdv4Ck0WAQyz5lwnqqG5-WW-qHKQeMcglXQDPfwPFkSiDERV7migX5lfDNJk09eK-bvCm3qjBVNXGPP9fro3x44J2KNIUI9Hq5aisB9upxX4aCp6ob9FszRIOMLmQzO-cxWA/w339-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2013.51.08.png" width="339" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walt Disney, Richard Todd and Joan Rice</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So, it was rewarding to know I had helped keep Joan's memory alive</span></p><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">and that this beautiful English rose had not been forgotten. If you want to know more about Joan's life and career just click on the blog label.</span></div><p class="p1" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-76718878302306797572023-12-20T06:04:00.000-08:002023-12-20T06:04:54.203-08:00Merrie Christmas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4088LfSc7SSO_6G8VPpjigopM11c6Zez2V6w0VGDKdN0K9t-fXLw1o4kaN0IPmEaHMi2FYxj1xqSVuQYemjcbaMbQkRYerHZRLPsLNVZWwMoU6kqmMWuGNIXQKaNyyWaalAd5X-ymSRJmcweeV6Q7wYhnQxc9DNF3YfFkV0jbkiYQVE_nkL-mTdg8uT0/s1210/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2013.37.16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1210" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4088LfSc7SSO_6G8VPpjigopM11c6Zez2V6w0VGDKdN0K9t-fXLw1o4kaN0IPmEaHMi2FYxj1xqSVuQYemjcbaMbQkRYerHZRLPsLNVZWwMoU6kqmMWuGNIXQKaNyyWaalAd5X-ymSRJmcweeV6Q7wYhnQxc9DNF3YfFkV0jbkiYQVE_nkL-mTdg8uT0/w400-h398/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2013.37.16.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">When I began this blog seventeen years ago, I never imagined how it would grow. So, I sincerely want to thank everyone who has contributed over the years and helped keep the memory of this wonderful film alive. Merrie Christmas everyone and see you amongst the Sherwood glades in the New Year.</span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-52147515868175850922023-12-09T04:16:00.000-08:002023-12-09T04:16:16.217-08:00 ROBIN HOOD E I COMPAGNI DELLA FORESTA<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSPhCDwCCDWL_HUCJHx47V5zQRIO6mdoJasZZH_T3YWHpUXKN0cb0-0bfBvFrdg9ZLgGg4WP6OQse5HFT5YrqAe0jKjNUOvVCHjQUV2KM5AQK2Q5NvgOpbtoEsKJei6af7g07BeMxFbDaNqBUy-PXxLHJ8Ey9VqVMWjoytDA1IRA88O2oWDuIJ0aTGRI/s1184/Screenshot%202023-12-07%20at%2014.25.39.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1022" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSPhCDwCCDWL_HUCJHx47V5zQRIO6mdoJasZZH_T3YWHpUXKN0cb0-0bfBvFrdg9ZLgGg4WP6OQse5HFT5YrqAe0jKjNUOvVCHjQUV2KM5AQK2Q5NvgOpbtoEsKJei6af7g07BeMxFbDaNqBUy-PXxLHJ8Ey9VqVMWjoytDA1IRA88O2oWDuIJ0aTGRI/w345-h400/Screenshot%202023-12-07%20at%2014.25.39.png" width="345" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This wonderful Italian book (above) entitled, <i>ROBIN HOOD E I COMPAGNI DELLA FORESTA</i>, (Robin Hood and the Companions of the Forest), is owned by Laurence. It is a commemorative version of Walt Disney's live-action movie <i>The</i> <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Laurence has very kindly scanned the pages so I can share some of the fabulous images. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">A big thank you to Laurence for sending these pictures from this book. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-7642854243154207472023-11-18T07:17:00.000-08:002023-11-18T07:17:50.451-08:00Behind The Scenes<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1K9MrWJtArVvoKyMa3bLUF1gSGtLSXb1VhGfGy1nL2kSBsQUXVHjee_YGzJv_HAvogjiVkCNW6oXtRf2ScZPfVGSX8qmqJdAuAQJWPXrH0IsQsLoBqRykAT4torcQ_TC2tK-ujbTIzaZmcNhsXpUxFwKj_XYPxWHdGTAIwKgJmkBd01eFIYP2FWGTsA/s561/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%2014.48.46.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="561" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1K9MrWJtArVvoKyMa3bLUF1gSGtLSXb1VhGfGy1nL2kSBsQUXVHjee_YGzJv_HAvogjiVkCNW6oXtRf2ScZPfVGSX8qmqJdAuAQJWPXrH0IsQsLoBqRykAT4torcQ_TC2tK-ujbTIzaZmcNhsXpUxFwKj_XYPxWHdGTAIwKgJmkBd01eFIYP2FWGTsA/w400-h340/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%2014.48.46.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Todd, Walt Disney and Joan Rice</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">As we celebrate the centenary of the formation of The Walt Disney Company this year. I thought I would share a few publicity shots of the day the great man visited Burnham Beeches and Denham Film Studios in Buckinghamshire to oversee the filming of <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952).</span><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBFr2pBmgVafmqTEGBgioX0_z2Jfk9J91D3cyG1akD1iywFD3QZPpW7kGpckPSecz6VaHnOAnPDq9f5aIsZBjT4eNWTfctjsJi4-lPrqd90ZS6eCky_jqe_UIzmkqGuJrp8CmR2aDPgQmwd0TgYgvBrSB6Ioogckm5JC3Hbcm_9bT0e17AGaYUiPTAWc/s2931/Disney%20with%20Toddy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2299" data-original-width="2931" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBFr2pBmgVafmqTEGBgioX0_z2Jfk9J91D3cyG1akD1iywFD3QZPpW7kGpckPSecz6VaHnOAnPDq9f5aIsZBjT4eNWTfctjsJi4-lPrqd90ZS6eCky_jqe_UIzmkqGuJrp8CmR2aDPgQmwd0TgYgvBrSB6Ioogckm5JC3Hbcm_9bT0e17AGaYUiPTAWc/w400-h314/Disney%20with%20Toddy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elton Hayes, Walt Disney and Richard Todd</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">In July 1951, just as his cartoon version of <i>Alice in Wonderland </i>was released in America, Walt Disney visited Europe with his wife Lillian and their daughters to supervise his second live-action movie, <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952) which was financed again by the blocked monies of RKO and Disney. Apparently, he was thoroughly pleased with the way things were going.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GfPkRDBx6ofU9SV_D9FCLqYNqjk9O73gp0K6sTeRuwNRU3Ol0gIRb1FZ0UCyYV7lXfEVNjtQ4w9JMQMmGT8jfh3Rm1z8Hj2aDezMFRZx_MrpCHGLKDQj-OVPbqoJipscFQN5tWLzXlaqq7FMAF9O21XOjFlhHsQlhkNz-j-hsaDmMuKF8rvyawD9Lt8/s804/Screenshot%202023-11-18%20at%2014.11.50.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="804" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GfPkRDBx6ofU9SV_D9FCLqYNqjk9O73gp0K6sTeRuwNRU3Ol0gIRb1FZ0UCyYV7lXfEVNjtQ4w9JMQMmGT8jfh3Rm1z8Hj2aDezMFRZx_MrpCHGLKDQj-OVPbqoJipscFQN5tWLzXlaqq7FMAF9O21XOjFlhHsQlhkNz-j-hsaDmMuKF8rvyawD9Lt8/w400-h284/Screenshot%202023-11-18%20at%2014.11.50.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walt Disney and family visiting England in 1951</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before leaving America, Walt had screened films at the studio, looking at prospective actors and directors and making what he called ‘merely suggestions’, while he left the final decisions to Perce Pearce, who was producing. For his part, Pearce had laid out every shot in the movie in thumbnail sketches, or storyboards, just as the studio had done with the animators, and sent them on along with photostats and the final script to Walt for his approval, which Walt freely gave, though not without a veiled threat that Pearce had better make the film as quickly as possible. “This is important not only to the organisation but to you as the producer,” he wrote.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7AIzEKJ5bkrZu2kXJPm7hsolg3Cb5_UVGCHUP7NXUaVKgX8xcobCvR97Xe8Wm86OBu11-HEAOjdn14iqc-UCjiaeenvo8eda2f79pf7jeGOHaPp_-1jXS3Fdp1p01VPN9a9xsIQ-McB0qlFCQ28Z9sJ6VGJxSPTJNZKBIpwFMAF5qETPumie4c9Lw8k/s634/denham%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="634" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7AIzEKJ5bkrZu2kXJPm7hsolg3Cb5_UVGCHUP7NXUaVKgX8xcobCvR97Xe8Wm86OBu11-HEAOjdn14iqc-UCjiaeenvo8eda2f79pf7jeGOHaPp_-1jXS3Fdp1p01VPN9a9xsIQ-McB0qlFCQ28Z9sJ6VGJxSPTJNZKBIpwFMAF5qETPumie4c9Lw8k/w400-h338/denham%201.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony Eustrel, Patrick Barr and Walt Disney</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Richard Todd is vague about how he was chosen to play the part of Robin Hood for Disney. He didn't remember if it was through his agent or the legendary filmmaker himself. But, after agreeing to play the part of the outlaw he met Perce Pearce and Maud Spector (the casting director) at the Dorchester Hotel in London and went through lists of candidates for parts in the film. Todd's only contribution was to suggest James Robertson Justice as Little John.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpafT3-YYPvAtddUTKcN3dPltYTmMkJ39QAT-cgWUyaDeo37H0vWrYw78RiBGDrQuMFwpOR-rnM218KvRG8gG1xu1crFBIk13sHofZn_FJus7x_8yxmxcrVIS_5UZ3mcomsoyvIg_5-Dxv_86xB57kiJCUOJkqZ1wz84QNq8QgTUP2As6NR666XlCRk58/s326/Joan%20and%20Script.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="326" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpafT3-YYPvAtddUTKcN3dPltYTmMkJ39QAT-cgWUyaDeo37H0vWrYw78RiBGDrQuMFwpOR-rnM218KvRG8gG1xu1crFBIk13sHofZn_FJus7x_8yxmxcrVIS_5UZ3mcomsoyvIg_5-Dxv_86xB57kiJCUOJkqZ1wz84QNq8QgTUP2As6NR666XlCRk58/w400-h365/Joan%20and%20Script.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice with Ken Annakin</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div>What is certain is Disney personally chose Joan Rice to play the part of Maid Marian. Todd doesn't mention Joan in his biography but, Ken Annakin, the director of <i>The Story of Robin Hood,</i> does. He depreciatingly describes Joan as Disney's, Achilles Heel and only fit to be somebody's housemaid! </div><div><br /></div><div>Audiences around the world disagreed with Annakin.</div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-29879601595764129112023-10-14T04:23:00.007-07:002023-10-14T05:25:53.923-07:00Picture Strip<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSMxsuwtKQtoSQ3d8x7E_0uZTo5RIQIcSkM9TP8Xxa3H3OBU5BkZyjdvhOzVeRTR8AWyYfH3TzbQFuGfeXAziYu9gZbNCK5Gn057zKeS54XGS6ikE_3OUsA-2lEXsPZagyM3l6_gGT62tHrZIqf5XArrUtOtdMjUT4LSQDkICbxYWzQYTOlIe-0DkLrI/s1332/Screenshot%202023-10-14%20at%2013.21.10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="948" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSMxsuwtKQtoSQ3d8x7E_0uZTo5RIQIcSkM9TP8Xxa3H3OBU5BkZyjdvhOzVeRTR8AWyYfH3TzbQFuGfeXAziYu9gZbNCK5Gn057zKeS54XGS6ikE_3OUsA-2lEXsPZagyM3l6_gGT62tHrZIqf5XArrUtOtdMjUT4LSQDkICbxYWzQYTOlIe-0DkLrI/w285-h400/Screenshot%202023-10-14%20at%2013.21.10.png" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Back in 2011, Laurence kindly provided readers of this blog with a picture strip of the whole of Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952). It is an amazing piece of work and provides our fans of this movie with a keepsake of the story and every scene. To read it just go to ' Click on a Label' on this blog and click on 'Picture Strip'. Enjoy!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-81070481029526439282023-09-16T06:28:00.004-07:002023-09-16T06:30:48.458-07:00The Nobleman of the Woods<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oYVP9ryOU-d9QnNcwmJ8Y8dmXG_0OT8QsiAOKzkUFoCMQeCKQJY3V5qp0QDv9z6T_YQXVLZMR4lXfrxeMkL_pV4FyKtNR9w3_cH6ZYcH1bFxQm_nlvb6X41Z_RFSZzwp-FjaU5XuWqtYXfJeovtQfza3WR5S5I8N57yyAms5sWcaTqoYxblV3f6EOVA/s657/Screenshot%202018-04-19%2019.14.20.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oYVP9ryOU-d9QnNcwmJ8Y8dmXG_0OT8QsiAOKzkUFoCMQeCKQJY3V5qp0QDv9z6T_YQXVLZMR4lXfrxeMkL_pV4FyKtNR9w3_cH6ZYcH1bFxQm_nlvb6X41Z_RFSZzwp-FjaU5XuWqtYXfJeovtQfza3WR5S5I8N57yyAms5sWcaTqoYxblV3f6EOVA/w315-h400/Screenshot%202018-04-19%2019.14.20.png" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We have seen hundreds of promotional items for Walt Disney's live-action film <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952). Many of them are on this blog and can be seen by clicking on the label 'Film Promotion' and 'Memorabilia.' </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">When a new Disney film was released, every form of advertising was used. Toys, books, clothing, games, sweets, records etc. Above is unusual stationery from Portugal, which I presume you would describe as a letterheading. Below Maid Marian (Joan Rice) and Robin Hood (Richard Todd) is <i>O Fidalgo Dos Bosques, ' </i>The Nobleman of the Woods'.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-62364525701165585882023-08-27T04:00:00.000-07:002023-08-27T04:00:32.750-07:00Joan Rice in 1969<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcv_Bua2FbcVrJivAVvKAWHCeqaFHQKbcliqylwF7e42Vy1g0hLnwPT4gvEoVxUupdqo9LC5UpVWpmDDGDydv_iOzVm1lBCyykpGZxdMOH14-LprQvC1oVJJFElBfGXcGr-G1DX9tJFuntwuOVAi2RBNT5YM1MOe5wB1iZ574zmkv_i2SZLOML2PW6hAU/s1752/Screenshot%202023-08-25%20at%2014.10.11.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1134" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcv_Bua2FbcVrJivAVvKAWHCeqaFHQKbcliqylwF7e42Vy1g0hLnwPT4gvEoVxUupdqo9LC5UpVWpmDDGDydv_iOzVm1lBCyykpGZxdMOH14-LprQvC1oVJJFElBfGXcGr-G1DX9tJFuntwuOVAi2RBNT5YM1MOe5wB1iZ574zmkv_i2SZLOML2PW6hAU/w259-h400/Screenshot%202023-08-25%20at%2014.10.11.png" title="Joan Rice in c.1969" width="259" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice with her two labradors c.1969</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>This website is dedicated to the memory of Joan Rice (1930-1997) and down the years I have tried to piece together the life of this forgotten English actress. Joan was always quick to say that she was Walt Disney's <i>first</i></span><i> </i>Maid Marian. And it is this role that has stayed in the hearts of myself and most of my readers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I discovered this newspaper clipping about Joan quite recently, unfortunately, it has no date or name of the publication. But it must have been about 1969:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"At 40 Joan is still as attractive as she was in her heyday. Her green eyes shine brightly, her hair is tousled and she has a face which has lost its plumpness but retained its photogenic qualities... in fact, a perfect film face.</span></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The last time she appeared in the cinema was in Payroll with Michael Craig and Stanley Baker.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">'Also in the film was Billie Whitelaw who became a great chum of mine and has helped me an awful lot over the last few years,' says Joan.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Dissolved</b> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>After she got out of show business she had a succession of office jobs. But her life of obscurity since then hasn't depressed her in the slightest.</span> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> Her marriage was dissolved in 1964 and now she lives alone. Asked if she would consider marrying again she gives a flat 'NO' in reply.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">She has a 16-year-old son, Michael, at school in America who she hasn't seen for over two years. 'That's just one of the things you have to accept,' she told me sadly.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After this film at Elstree, there is nothing definite in the pipeline for Joan's second assault on the pinnacle of success. She knows it won't come as easily as it did last time, but she is now experienced and prepared to work hard.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">'Life begins at 40 for some people,' she says. 'However, I believe it starts whenever you want it to. When you are old enough to take things as they come and accept that there have to be problems it is then that it really begins." </span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-size: large;">f this press report was published in about 1969, a year later she would be filming at Hammer Studios where she played the grave robber's wife alongside Dennis Price in <i>The Horror of Frankenstein.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejKMnX_NZXp90Y5eIs9yBE7k8JdFfiLDC4Q-4v9_tjblVS3mLAkGelUYTKBImFN0eBwl0GLlj0T6QFIUgEaB_aeQ9Ldj7sj9B4TihwPBCOsJ2SRuDZv7eVeL4CyR6bW51OFv5pgrv7-cvoUXf7spDiwZJaEmtO1ZG2rl40LI-3RcT_4xAJGnO3sDofrw/s1041/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-16%20at%2011.47.32.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="731" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejKMnX_NZXp90Y5eIs9yBE7k8JdFfiLDC4Q-4v9_tjblVS3mLAkGelUYTKBImFN0eBwl0GLlj0T6QFIUgEaB_aeQ9Ldj7sj9B4TihwPBCOsJ2SRuDZv7eVeL4CyR6bW51OFv5pgrv7-cvoUXf7spDiwZJaEmtO1ZG2rl40LI-3RcT_4xAJGnO3sDofrw/w281-h400/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-16%20at%2011.47.32.png" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dennis Price and Joan Rice</td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I have been told by several people that Joan adored her two labradors (see photo at top of page). In fact, it was reported that the dogs often attended rehearsals with her. I wonder if they accompanied Joan to the Hammer Studios?</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-91867994211825774742023-08-01T07:07:00.000-07:002023-08-01T07:07:04.689-07:00Robin Hood Fotobusta and Lobby Cards<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGzAE7PCmbpddcXVqO46bkU9Ud1iX7igPyfqZ6_SnsHYKHgQwbuFlLc0WXEwDkShNAeI551FkK4OppBhddBWoO4mmeQpC5CLotmPfCVRymzPKxR5pYczNwIGyJfbRBKbpeO6O21ujsGle0b1owtK5tho24gbS8UK7owdXInv9BpKBf43PQXV6qiYJuvU/s1142/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%2011.03.38.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1142" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGzAE7PCmbpddcXVqO46bkU9Ud1iX7igPyfqZ6_SnsHYKHgQwbuFlLc0WXEwDkShNAeI551FkK4OppBhddBWoO4mmeQpC5CLotmPfCVRymzPKxR5pYczNwIGyJfbRBKbpeO6O21ujsGle0b1owtK5tho24gbS8UK7owdXInv9BpKBf43PQXV6qiYJuvU/w400-h278/Screenshot%202023-07-30%20at%2011.03.38.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Matt Crandall has recently made me aware of an Italian fotobusta (above) from an early release of Walt Disney's live-action movie <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The fotobusta/photobusta serves a similar purpose to the 'lobby card' found in other countries.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2hNj4fJqONuiAyb51-7ynlP7cJLo8tx6iLoa3I4EJMmFPWY96GXpVatmEbYTv4MI9zU6KccewZaNglrhctK4RB2iUvcjiM0QSg_T9K513i5l-RkhiAQ9x43_oSG12fv3fK3Rj2CwRP2vNaIz9WI8vX35JCqPMf4IIkiAOhW8AhQsI1wt5N6j-BPNrTI/s469/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%2016.03.13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="469" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2hNj4fJqONuiAyb51-7ynlP7cJLo8tx6iLoa3I4EJMmFPWY96GXpVatmEbYTv4MI9zU6KccewZaNglrhctK4RB2iUvcjiM0QSg_T9K513i5l-RkhiAQ9x43_oSG12fv3fK3Rj2CwRP2vNaIz9WI8vX35JCqPMf4IIkiAOhW8AhQsI1wt5N6j-BPNrTI/w400-h329/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%2016.03.13.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">They are usually issued in a set, each showing a different image or scene from a film. They can be found in both portrait and landscape formats. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZkMY5Sn-Kz3ms41ZzMZ3Q26hKraZYJq3N0-0YnqZLv4fjfnHc8OZD5FZ1MKwyQmWf-jbj634jVOpo9QAG9oZ6-oSLdzNOGDsFhVZq616SsFTLwXMUZ_u-_Y0ZI7fBryNjPmuZRqMe9BBjXpmQD315xUx5gx-nbxBiSEzWHrXHrkXQujAyIF9sggiiQY/s485/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.56.24.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="485" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZkMY5Sn-Kz3ms41ZzMZ3Q26hKraZYJq3N0-0YnqZLv4fjfnHc8OZD5FZ1MKwyQmWf-jbj634jVOpo9QAG9oZ6-oSLdzNOGDsFhVZq616SsFTLwXMUZ_u-_Y0ZI7fBryNjPmuZRqMe9BBjXpmQD315xUx5gx-nbxBiSEzWHrXHrkXQujAyIF9sggiiQY/w400-h324/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.56.24.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We now have a huge collection of film posters on this blog, issued during the various release dates of <i>The Story of Robin Hood. </i>But I think these lobby cards are also worth looking at.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RtHPz_cL-xl5YoMxj9Nzjc0oJZyO3euaK_96HK13DWQyH9iyfg4XTKPG6VGfjj1CmyLv1PnCVcCjqHZrE4hMwsT6kKBjeCqthBhBiAi6v1zsvoNa2H-F7MmPikYbVolSntMLsZa6Qjr2npofu-uXWZZ4mgxdvXPrFiXNFXqwmQ2r4g28qx5I85_Nrmw/s488/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.56.06.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="488" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RtHPz_cL-xl5YoMxj9Nzjc0oJZyO3euaK_96HK13DWQyH9iyfg4XTKPG6VGfjj1CmyLv1PnCVcCjqHZrE4hMwsT6kKBjeCqthBhBiAi6v1zsvoNa2H-F7MmPikYbVolSntMLsZa6Qjr2npofu-uXWZZ4mgxdvXPrFiXNFXqwmQ2r4g28qx5I85_Nrmw/w400-h323/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.56.06.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The style and quality of this selection make me think they were produced during the early release dates of the film.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUF50DSW28CcqmUBqohLkAiRZITnURI02xcM7SOoGjGm1TcjcAzSBzMng44d8lLxmpv-K_3zmKq2Y-U6o8KznG3DhL-IsNM9R5LldRN81_H4bA-F5CpkvOlOvTn8QwzzQUu_z348UJUWkWox3zbKPkgqb8Q4DCbTkASd0i-gsXNQ1XsViEVdxShphLrs4/s485/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.57.18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="485" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUF50DSW28CcqmUBqohLkAiRZITnURI02xcM7SOoGjGm1TcjcAzSBzMng44d8lLxmpv-K_3zmKq2Y-U6o8KznG3DhL-IsNM9R5LldRN81_H4bA-F5CpkvOlOvTn8QwzzQUu_z348UJUWkWox3zbKPkgqb8Q4DCbTkASd0i-gsXNQ1XsViEVdxShphLrs4/w400-h323/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.57.18.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATba1wPOUjdnjQ5l-e9-67cgU6yftHXuUb87go-FygMWtwSn4LbczwxHpxW4MwuS9dPGEcWK6G0-6q-cDuUhwC7pVJ27SPg-BFHkl_B5TBkCHgE3Or3FLE3lMtkwsTEdISgAK_xeo25IKG21qOwa3LlVR25XCEiTautg63qrzl5REWgBdWL5Dba9P99k/s483/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.58.49.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="483" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATba1wPOUjdnjQ5l-e9-67cgU6yftHXuUb87go-FygMWtwSn4LbczwxHpxW4MwuS9dPGEcWK6G0-6q-cDuUhwC7pVJ27SPg-BFHkl_B5TBkCHgE3Or3FLE3lMtkwsTEdISgAK_xeo25IKG21qOwa3LlVR25XCEiTautg63qrzl5REWgBdWL5Dba9P99k/w400-h328/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.58.49.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After seeing this wonderful film all those years ago, I would have loved to have owned these!</span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWC7RG6YxVbbOUF31W-Vvpp7yrok0Oh8P22FD-Ro1tiEo-imNah_jbMU51gW1OuOYUUJMyYPp5U1lbxJpXfw9HtDhPN5GEzWwXzjsdrl7tlXwFQ1cg0wVx2IIcyDD-SeJNsfvE2yRrXNW7neZW_nOJfAVnOvTRxgHMCMNNBrF0Cvv9w_s084zkmWobks/s490/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.54.37.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="490" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWC7RG6YxVbbOUF31W-Vvpp7yrok0Oh8P22FD-Ro1tiEo-imNah_jbMU51gW1OuOYUUJMyYPp5U1lbxJpXfw9HtDhPN5GEzWwXzjsdrl7tlXwFQ1cg0wVx2IIcyDD-SeJNsfvE2yRrXNW7neZW_nOJfAVnOvTRxgHMCMNNBrF0Cvv9w_s084zkmWobks/w400-h316/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.54.37.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGllubcjYMHdp4JA15XZXsu6Nt1LVXc_02GVH3FCkfFKhJEHzvJ0MEIxU1utIfnQZwn0Hf3EGKNQAQPQ3Vu4Xn0lnYQASHLEq3GeJaeiYftv897CuRCsMrkeRl5n5LktlOj-JISzitdY7X0zKQZ-jbVbroE6bMAwrwvIpZ-js1kEQMhQRubwl4N-ioC4/s486/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2015.55.23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Don't forget to visit my 'Disney's Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men' Facebook page.</span><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-70814658667482199982023-07-07T05:57:00.000-07:002023-07-07T05:57:14.134-07:00Robin Hood Model<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrIgLVTSfirwqihHbplF9W6fwJ7ufXdDMAC0MeTjfgWPnKb2Xd37dslRDxUikaJLBWU14hOPl8MLtU_2cBo6GSsKEfbtJt-3L1grKlkUQGMWbjPzLTktbmJxjqZmM0K4P9J2nBDeKz9MkhQMOOQFZwU1ClPwkrAwHJA3zy9V0KUkawglIAkT8IqsNyas/s1500/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%2014.49.30.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1410" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrIgLVTSfirwqihHbplF9W6fwJ7ufXdDMAC0MeTjfgWPnKb2Xd37dslRDxUikaJLBWU14hOPl8MLtU_2cBo6GSsKEfbtJt-3L1grKlkUQGMWbjPzLTktbmJxjqZmM0K4P9J2nBDeKz9MkhQMOOQFZwU1ClPwkrAwHJA3zy9V0KUkawglIAkT8IqsNyas/w376-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%2014.49.30.png" width="376" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Laurence has made many valuable contributions to this website over the years. Who can forget the popular comic strip he created using images from the film and the of course the amazing banner for this blog!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> Last week he sent me an email:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: times;">"Hi, </span><span style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: times;">I don't think I have shown you these before. </span><span style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: times;">It's a model I made in the 1970s. It was a conversion from a 1/32 scale </span><span style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: times;">Airfix (remember them!!) World War 2 soldier. </span><span style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: times;">Then another which is a 1/12 scale conversion from an Airfix, if I remember</span><span style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: times;"> correctly, Bengal Lancer which I did about ten years later.</span> </span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Anyhow, just thought I would show them to you.</span></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: color: #222222;">Best regards,</span><br style="background-color: color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: color: #222222;">Laurence."</span></span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmKuLOOsmHvb_J2ffmwSm1AalIU1df3f2GOCc5JOUVvUxGPxHIGwp9DljZJlm-vp5iVmxzYrgvQpO8JDExuCVNkBPdw-AWA9CIrq-6QBVeKdGDMFhZOpy0oNPumrFTgyZ965CY3fii92fJ6EI3dDoORXLDI8PknQLq6YeMNqUrXFRSKOzLoaaVFmNbFQ/s2014/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%2014.49.10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2014" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmKuLOOsmHvb_J2ffmwSm1AalIU1df3f2GOCc5JOUVvUxGPxHIGwp9DljZJlm-vp5iVmxzYrgvQpO8JDExuCVNkBPdw-AWA9CIrq-6QBVeKdGDMFhZOpy0oNPumrFTgyZ965CY3fii92fJ6EI3dDoORXLDI8PknQLq6YeMNqUrXFRSKOzLoaaVFmNbFQ/w400-h303/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%2014.49.10.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><div><span style="background-color: color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I think my readers will agree with me when I say Laurence has an amazing talent.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Fha7L9f4RoFpYaypQcfIBJcwR-sTfXI3Y95eO0q1x8JamCRFXXRQqbcwYU5q9trAPLYKazmh5oLetrTNwJZ8XfyOGJCRgMnuv0g4zjwHVmxanUoMBuZZLNKt1-KCAT-uLRbKvzFVRVMb6VdhKxthKrkdfp7_wYSQPLFfE3ocP2gtlAOtCNx5C3pKpC0/s1492/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%2015.25.52.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1354" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Fha7L9f4RoFpYaypQcfIBJcwR-sTfXI3Y95eO0q1x8JamCRFXXRQqbcwYU5q9trAPLYKazmh5oLetrTNwJZ8XfyOGJCRgMnuv0g4zjwHVmxanUoMBuZZLNKt1-KCAT-uLRbKvzFVRVMb6VdhKxthKrkdfp7_wYSQPLFfE3ocP2gtlAOtCNx5C3pKpC0/w363-h400/Screenshot%202023-07-06%20at%2015.25.52.png" width="363" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The detail of these models is truly amazing and would enhance any collection. Many thanks, Laurence for sharing these with us.</span></div><div class="yj6qo" style="background-color: color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-88445306844215267222023-06-24T05:34:00.000-07:002023-07-07T05:57:55.670-07:00Robin Hood Game <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdMiyIzCOYoZizXOgcyl2j3_GBNrmyGhcVnwSj8IJdrXfla2EZxjc48bOeabzP6_9FVoKgLDsjPpJIshMdWdE1k9lfS9d1di-vybudypowBq8v_b9qMDBPTsLl4l0MhQoJVUexB_H5o-kju6AvK34zfr4hJ0WG6RAugwbn24Pg-vcQCtCOU5xVGFPsDU/s1886/Screenshot%202023-06-24%20at%2012.17.28.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1886" data-original-width="1418" height="473" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdMiyIzCOYoZizXOgcyl2j3_GBNrmyGhcVnwSj8IJdrXfla2EZxjc48bOeabzP6_9FVoKgLDsjPpJIshMdWdE1k9lfS9d1di-vybudypowBq8v_b9qMDBPTsLl4l0MhQoJVUexB_H5o-kju6AvK34zfr4hJ0WG6RAugwbn24Pg-vcQCtCOU5xVGFPsDU/w356-h473/Screenshot%202023-06-24%20at%2012.17.28.png" width="356" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Laurence has been busy sorting through his collection of film memorabilia and sent me images of this game. He says:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"It is a Chad Valley game from 1952 called "Sherwood Forest" which</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">features our Robin Hood movie [Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood</i>]. I acquired it some time back but</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">apparently, it didn't come in a presentation box but just as you see it</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">here as two separate parts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Anyway, just wanted to share it with you and the merrie band!"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENdrzf3VpAfvoEObmiq8cw1uBbgYcZZYhz9SZbiBZf71zWNU0k_QHaCrlABcb_75XnqUG6fQuI5ILnSv_gjNXTTtKiA_1RelojhGCC73D0zv83Rp4LI9QuX3pcxxjzm2Im-hMI4uOHzGlQ2lIDyYDN2kai9IBDto7ewb7PuTWvAWXoZ8SM1fIMw8Ltvw/s1304/Screenshot%202023-06-24%20at%2012.23.22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1304" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENdrzf3VpAfvoEObmiq8cw1uBbgYcZZYhz9SZbiBZf71zWNU0k_QHaCrlABcb_75XnqUG6fQuI5ILnSv_gjNXTTtKiA_1RelojhGCC73D0zv83Rp4LI9QuX3pcxxjzm2Im-hMI4uOHzGlQ2lIDyYDN2kai9IBDto7ewb7PuTWvAWXoZ8SM1fIMw8Ltvw/w366-h279/Screenshot%202023-06-24%20at%2012.23.22.png" width="366" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This must be a very rare example of Disneyana (Disney collectables). And thanks to Laurence we are fortunate enough to see it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">If you have any memorabilia from Walt Disney's live-action film <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952), please get in touch.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-51178278320348933102023-06-09T02:58:00.002-07:002023-06-09T03:00:33.087-07:00Robin Hood Flour Poster<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4evf2ILcu2C-g57FGwm5pOExEaCvX8EM8ZA9WGagVVEqzzSZWDqYSV14J8NMw_QZTD0nOFdzgYvLnnTxRstoc51FTI0mmXbrZa_XbQpdXXvCOMKHnHEIa9aHpzCLbL41Zv3DfpFS_COrHTQ5VYtf24kmu3IEGO0x19TOHP34oP_j9T_LMY2HhPE5c/s1934/Screenshot%202023-06-08%20at%2014.37.56.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1934" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4evf2ILcu2C-g57FGwm5pOExEaCvX8EM8ZA9WGagVVEqzzSZWDqYSV14J8NMw_QZTD0nOFdzgYvLnnTxRstoc51FTI0mmXbrZa_XbQpdXXvCOMKHnHEIa9aHpzCLbL41Zv3DfpFS_COrHTQ5VYtf24kmu3IEGO0x19TOHP34oP_j9T_LMY2HhPE5c/w486-h290/Screenshot%202023-06-08%20at%2014.37.56.png" width="486" /></a></div><p style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Matt Crandall has kindly sent me a copy of this 'Robin Hood Flour' poster. It was issued as part of the promotion for Walt Disney's live-action movie </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952)<i>.</i></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We have looked at this advertisement several times. Janet VanMeter, a Robin Hood fan and regular blog reader, shared pictures of her complete cookie-cutter collection.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Also included in the film promotion were three giveaway small comic books, 7.25 inches tall x 5 inches wide and printed by Western Publishing. The first free comic was ‘The Miller’s Ransom,’ followed by the ‘Ghosts of Waylea Castle', the third is sadly unknown. The comics were written by Don Christensen and illustrated by Tony Sgroi and Russ Manning.</span></p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O8KuUWR1R9I/Tg8hhjZlQWI/AAAAAAAACPc/46Nt5LMD7ZU/s1600/lf.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400px" i="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O8KuUWR1R9I/Tg8hhjZlQWI/AAAAAAAACPc/46Nt5LMD7ZU/s400/lf.jpg" true="" width="283px" /></a> <span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Robin Hood Flour was founded in 1900 by Donald Mclean in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in western Canada. In 1909 the mill was taken over by Francis Atherton Bean of Minneapolis and within two years, it produced over 1,600 barrels of flour daily.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Using the green and red archer emblem as a sign of good value and respectability, Robin Hood Flour and its recipes have remained popular for over a century. In the late 50s and early 1960s, the company even used a jingle made from the theme tune of the classic TV series <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood</i> which starred Richard Greene.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34qopo8WJDCZgeHECWv7EKQY3EYsSTAZpSnF_nNrszLRHhcUZfuMwxDBGd3XHdXXy0BG8ceHnBDy32bC9lMVfXY_o4gwafM15qwg9BtrYWxvMvYHDawrF2xluzIrPfnda93ETtiod3aUXxYplmz63Pt5n08CeiOSeWWGxxdJ8SFTR9C6Z6sw01W3R/s1286/Screenshot%202023-06-08%20at%2014.38.50.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34qopo8WJDCZgeHECWv7EKQY3EYsSTAZpSnF_nNrszLRHhcUZfuMwxDBGd3XHdXXy0BG8ceHnBDy32bC9lMVfXY_o4gwafM15qwg9BtrYWxvMvYHDawrF2xluzIrPfnda93ETtiod3aUXxYplmz63Pt5n08CeiOSeWWGxxdJ8SFTR9C6Z6sw01W3R/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-08%20at%2014.38.50.png" width="315" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Although the illustration on the poster is supposed to represent Richard Todd as Robin Hood, I don't think it's a very good likeness. What do <i>you</i> think?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">If you want to see previous articles about Robin Hood Flour, just click on the label 'Film Promotion.'</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-52448901940028246902023-04-17T08:01:00.000-07:002023-04-17T08:01:14.491-07:00A Cafe in Sherwood Forest <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIY4Wra7o9eATXWTZVQl99MR-eH7Ir_Vdk7Msis-cAjDMoQpjSkaW9LNB4zkvU03_u60u7IYhGG_EGotBtnRy5QpbAaHqtoZ6slvQ2a3V0LPoWSdo0k7mng2mxtH0l8MueOp57M4DyQieA5YOldLuO2olMnmdncWtUWaeFi6ePeldwJMQuBnwje8tl/s3264/IMG_1101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIY4Wra7o9eATXWTZVQl99MR-eH7Ir_Vdk7Msis-cAjDMoQpjSkaW9LNB4zkvU03_u60u7IYhGG_EGotBtnRy5QpbAaHqtoZ6slvQ2a3V0LPoWSdo0k7mng2mxtH0l8MueOp57M4DyQieA5YOldLuO2olMnmdncWtUWaeFi6ePeldwJMQuBnwje8tl/s320/IMG_1101.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In Sherwood, in a cafe and under a poster of my favourite film. HEAVEN!</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-56586245549548837392023-03-31T07:15:00.000-07:002023-03-31T07:15:13.693-07:00Robin Hood's Promotion<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvYubCzip_xuxZvc1IdcpLRps1y3MiT_C_OLibCCESwLorM8I2vtp9cE_kVDp-wIOShnD6420z7vEvKWLCa8gi5GXnKgMIllB5OILQNAuTVtt6oJYmpxqRLya2a8KiWfc5ZnFynoP6R9ute9_C4yAZ4sTbawaX-M7kp4V0zn5rvxWp8xz2os1fe7k/s1082/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-29%20at%2011.57.01.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="855" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQvYubCzip_xuxZvc1IdcpLRps1y3MiT_C_OLibCCESwLorM8I2vtp9cE_kVDp-wIOShnD6420z7vEvKWLCa8gi5GXnKgMIllB5OILQNAuTVtt6oJYmpxqRLya2a8KiWfc5ZnFynoP6R9ute9_C4yAZ4sTbawaX-M7kp4V0zn5rvxWp8xz2os1fe7k/w334-h422/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-29%20at%2011.57.01.png" width="334" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Above is a screenshot from the <i>Daily News (London) </i>on March 14th 1952 showing Joan Rice at the London Première of Walt Disney's "Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men":</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>'There's no mistaking Maid Marian (Joan Rice) as she arrives for last night's première. Robin Hood motifs trim her tulle skirt. Her velvet bodice is in Lincoln Green, of course.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The amount of advertising and promotion that went on before and during the release of Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952) never ceases to amaze me. I have once again been delving in the newspaper archives and discovered another glimpse of the work that went on. This article appeared in <i>Kinomatograph Weekly </i>on March 5th 1952:</span></p><p><u><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">RKO’s Showmanship Link with CMA for ‘Robin Hood’ and ‘Saturday Island ' </span></u></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"The world premières of both ‘Robin Hood’ and ‘Saturday Island’ are to be presented by RKO-Radio, with the operation of CMA, in traditional showmanship fashion. They will be launched with publicity campaigns outstanding even in RKO showmanship.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">A few days before the opening, on March 13, of Walt Disney’s ‘Robin Hood’ in Technicolor, at the Leicester Square Theatre, the Daily Graphic will start its picture serialisation and will be sponsoring a £200 competition on popular lines. It will be backed by widespread national campaigns by Kelsey Newspapers. The première, like that of the provincial opening later, in Manchester, will be in aid of the National Advertising Benevolent Society.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The BBC will serialise ‘Robin Hood’ on five successive evenings starting April 28 on the Light programme from 6.15-6.45 p.m., a time when the film will be at the height of its general release. The material will be from the sound track of the film with added matter recorded by stars Richard Todd and Joan Rice.</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCF-wM6CEhhcOdaJdJneJQGQkCC69WzltB_4xKf1rj9ENicXcQVHAFvvHWw1_c3bbAFwN8wWjfsmGfR0yfYKkrGYkgK-r9HsxwRxIES6VF2A9eOPbZ1AgLAGoXl7txL2Uwhp-YwLh6MZTi1JpdnbH3iOUEOYagRwGDQ739j5MYdxkHuD2s1A5-46y/s559/Screen%20Shot%202016-01-26%20at%2018.26.39.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="428" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCF-wM6CEhhcOdaJdJneJQGQkCC69WzltB_4xKf1rj9ENicXcQVHAFvvHWw1_c3bbAFwN8wWjfsmGfR0yfYKkrGYkgK-r9HsxwRxIES6VF2A9eOPbZ1AgLAGoXl7txL2Uwhp-YwLh6MZTi1JpdnbH3iOUEOYagRwGDQ739j5MYdxkHuD2s1A5-46y/w281-h367/Screen%20Shot%202016-01-26%20at%2018.26.39.png" width="281" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice and Richard Todd</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It will also be featured on the day of the première itself, in ‘Film Time’, while Joan Rice has a special ‘Robin Hood’ spot on television’s ‘Kaleidoscope.’ Many of Britain’s large circulation magazines are also devoting big spaces to the picture tying in with its première and general release.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In addition to this editorial coverage, national advertising started last Thursday with prominent spaces in leading journals and a widespread poster campaign both in the West End and in the provinces.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">National tie-ins have also been arranged with a large number of commercial houses.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Elton Hayes, the BBC man with a small guitar, who makes a film debut in the picture, will tour key presentations in the provinces."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Kinomatograph Weekly March 5th 1952</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I would love to hear those recordings that Richard Todd and Joan Rice made for the BBC! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Does that episode of 'Kaleidoscope' with Joan Rice survive?</span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-90044512647766983672023-03-06T08:29:00.000-08:002023-03-06T08:29:42.664-08:00Martitia Hunt<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR07NGXdv34YnL4pAEXhlwsgv3QsH_wbnqgQGax4D9mEsRX7dwsWZpgPvm-qLh5Qz2okSNCR9ftgvDDPpNsACdhN9d0exV3FFRmGycy1VIILvYKbm9Fli9ws5kG3rNg4bLBezdlLA5yOA3yehwMPQhBqjJsxBnlXTNRKlB6yXs7m6RdW4bAP5ddVI4/s755/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2010.22.00.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="547" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR07NGXdv34YnL4pAEXhlwsgv3QsH_wbnqgQGax4D9mEsRX7dwsWZpgPvm-qLh5Qz2okSNCR9ftgvDDPpNsACdhN9d0exV3FFRmGycy1VIILvYKbm9Fli9ws5kG3rNg4bLBezdlLA5yOA3yehwMPQhBqjJsxBnlXTNRKlB6yXs7m6RdW4bAP5ddVI4/w345-h476/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-20%20at%2010.22.00.png" width="345" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martitia Hunt as Queen Eleanor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p><div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"Hold! I am Eleanor, by the wrath of God, Queen of England. Down on your knees, you traitorous dogs!”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">With these haughty lines, Martitia Hunt as Eleanor of Aquitaine, attempts to stop an attack, by the Sheriff’s soldiers, on the royal entourage in Walt Disney’s <i>Story of Robin Hood</i>. A regal role she played with her usual scene stealing ability.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Donald Roy describes Martitia thus:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"With an arresting appearance and a dominant stage presence, she proved most effective as strong, tragic characters, her Gertrude in Hamlet being accounted by some critics the finest they had seen."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Martitia was born on a ranch in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Alfred and Marta Hunt on 30th January 1900. When she was ten, the family returned to England, where Martitia attended Queenwood boarding-school in Eastbourne. She trained as an actress under Dame Genevieve Ward and Lady Benson. And by 1920 she had appeared in her first movie, an obscure 2 reel, silent film, produced by Walter West called <i>The Rank Outsider</i>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">After joining the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, Martitia moved, in September 1929, to London and later, on John Gielgud’s insistence, she joined Harcourt Williams’s Old Vic Company for a season. It was there that she established herself as a stage actress and went on to make notable performances, particularly in Shakespearian plays, such as, Gertrude in <i>Hamlet</i>, Lady Macbeth in <i>Macbeth</i>, the Queen in <i>Richard II</i> and Rosalind in <i>As You Like It</i>, alongside Gielgud.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Like many actors and actresses of her time, Martitia divided her career between stage and film production. In 1932 she made her first ‘talking’ picture debut as Aline, in Alexander Korda’s <i>Service For Ladies.</i> Many supporting, or cameo roles followed, including Aunt Esther in When <i>Knights Were Bold</i> (1936), Lady Francis Brandon Grey in <i>Tudor Rose</i> (1936) (alongside Cedric Hardwick and John Mills) and Lady Bogshott in <i>Good Morning Boys</i> (1937).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">With middle age, Martitia finally achieved her greatest success. Firstly with her role as cousin Agatha in the 17th century costume drama, The Wicked Lady (1945) alongside Margaret Lockwood and James Mason. Then with a reprisal of a character she had performed in 1939.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">David Lean had seen Martitia as Miss Havesham, along with Alec Guinness as Herbert Pocket, in a stage production of Dickens’s novel, after being taken to the Rudolf Steiner Hall by his wife Kay Walsh. This inspired him to film his later award winning classic, <i>Great Expectations</i> (1946) in which both Martitia and Alec Guinness recreated their roles. This masterpiece proved to be a benchmark in movie production and went on to win two Oscars. One for its art direction and also for Guy Green’s (later director of photography on Disney’s<i> Robin Hood</i> (1952)) black and white cinematography.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Martitia’s brilliant, unforgettable performance, as the mad recluse, Miss Havesham, in the atmospheric setting of ‘Statis House,’ brought her world wide recognition. Three years later she made her Broadway debut in The Madwoman of Chaillot and won a Tony Award for Best Actress (Dramatic) for her 'Countess Aurelia'.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But her success, firmly began to typecast her in roles, as an ‘eccentric grand dame’ or ‘evil aristocrat.’ Gradually she reduced her stage work and in May 1956, played in her last theatre production, as Angelique Boniface in Feydeau’s farce, <i>Hotel Paradiso</i>. This was at the Winter Gardens, with Irene Worth and Alec Guinness, whom she had given voice lessons, at the beginning of his acting career.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">More regal roles followed in her film career, including Princess Betty Tversky in <i>Anna Karenina</i> (1948) and the Duchess of Berwick in <i>The Fan</i> (1949).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The tall, stately, velvet voiced, Martitia Hunt, was of course, the perfect choice to play the part of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine in Walt Disney’s <i>Story of Robin Hood</i> (1952). As the mother of the crusading King Richard I and his scheming brother Prince John, she found herself the linchpin of a divided kingdom, a part, the elegant Martitia, was made for.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Her later, notable films, included <i>Anastasia</i> (1956) as Baroness Elena von Livenbaum with Ingrid Bergman, <i>The Admirable Crichton</i> (1957) as Lady Brocklehurst and as Anna Richter, the story teller, in The <i>Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm </i>(1962).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In the final years of her career, Martitia once again found herself with regal roles like the Empress Matilda in <i>Beckett</i>(1964) and the Grand Duchess Lupavinova in <i>The Unsinkable Molly Brown</i>, (1964). Her last two films were the mystery thriller, <i>Bunny Lake is Missing</i> (1965) in which she played the part of Ada Ford and the sex comedy, <i>The Best House in London</i> (1969) as the headmistress.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Martitia Hunt died of bronchial asthma at 7 Primrose Hill Studios, Fitzroy Road, Hampstead, London, on 13th June 1969. She was 69.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-9147187479801845132023-01-29T03:53:00.000-08:002023-01-29T03:53:44.019-08:00Filmed in Britain<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOGnlzRI29HTuJiv95mZJdVThfNzeCqgGutf62-vvNz_g2LscdqSeJtFuVg39tQX9xcXlguIBqGYt-XVExjcS3IxuGTozf2TEPT0XVfH1BDwopxtMfTD6-UHRalhSp0thekB7SjxigWz_qVjWelDXZXrwkeF2mgad_ETKkmL0AQJWmy0QZXj7Gqfn/s598/rh.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="431" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOGnlzRI29HTuJiv95mZJdVThfNzeCqgGutf62-vvNz_g2LscdqSeJtFuVg39tQX9xcXlguIBqGYt-XVExjcS3IxuGTozf2TEPT0XVfH1BDwopxtMfTD6-UHRalhSp0thekB7SjxigWz_qVjWelDXZXrwkeF2mgad_ETKkmL0AQJWmy0QZXj7Gqfn/w306-h423/rh.png" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Todd as Robin and Joan Rice as Marian</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">For this latest blog post, I thought I would delve into the newspaper archive and look at some reports on the release of Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood </i>in 1952.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This is from the Coatbridge Leader on April 19th 1952:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">"For his filmed-inBritain all-live-action Technicolor production, 'The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men,' Walt Disney assembled a galaxy of British acting talent.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The cast include Richard Todd, Martitia Hunt, Peter Finch, james Robertson Justice, James Hayter, Hubert Gregg and Elton Hayes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Richard Todd plays the role of the legendary greenwood he-man with a convincing mixture of calculated cunning and stern righteousness that is a refreshing change from Hollywood heroics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fNyoIlk1CdHZUwwTUwIZ5aK3f8Vx0AjhEdlNkJmnAeD_N_0viz0Bf0vAgstqroKuytjszUoBPrduab8oB_b97WnTrM-lltb6NHXfeLkBYpyPS4xluMXLVkHv-fXxhMSGELAf3vDhin4j-Udsm1epq_9_ynX4G1nYJ_itcZGTUrEersftdMEM_e6l/s300/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-29%20at%2011.19.21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="220" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fNyoIlk1CdHZUwwTUwIZ5aK3f8Vx0AjhEdlNkJmnAeD_N_0viz0Bf0vAgstqroKuytjszUoBPrduab8oB_b97WnTrM-lltb6NHXfeLkBYpyPS4xluMXLVkHv-fXxhMSGELAf3vDhin4j-Udsm1epq_9_ynX4G1nYJ_itcZGTUrEersftdMEM_e6l/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-29%20at%2011.19.21.png" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Lovely British discovery, Joan Rice, also brings fresh appeal to the screen in her first big role as Maid Marian.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Peter Finch, as the bold, bad Sheriff of Nottingham, is as ruthless as any hero could hope to thwart, and at the other end of the stave (wielding it with religious stoutheartedness), James Hayetr is a kindly, jovial Friar Tuck.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtbIIpYaSZ1hKcAi4JMx0G72apT4GScEercBojp06GcXOzkz5Y_OtYhq-PLFUYYc52LQcY03rj9zYfJY3SdVm2DsrxJRRlzZvmFpChOMLbKxxBfI6EhKoEpL28HQVog0RMLzTL80JDjN2wfwXFKw6hFH8-7GAXUL46Em9BH14-itPBAyPaHQ-H9EE/s906/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-29%20at%2011.30.54.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="906" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtbIIpYaSZ1hKcAi4JMx0G72apT4GScEercBojp06GcXOzkz5Y_OtYhq-PLFUYYc52LQcY03rj9zYfJY3SdVm2DsrxJRRlzZvmFpChOMLbKxxBfI6EhKoEpL28HQVog0RMLzTL80JDjN2wfwXFKw6hFH8-7GAXUL46Em9BH14-itPBAyPaHQ-H9EE/w408-h269/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-29%20at%2011.30.54.png" width="408" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kingly characters both, Hubert Gregg as Prince John, and Patrick Barr as King Richard, thunder realistically in their royal beards.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Strumming a tuneful six-stringed instrument, Elton Hayes was a natural choice for Allan-A-Dale, and a hoary, hefty Little John, James Robertson Justice excels. "</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-44688583345154157662022-12-22T07:17:00.001-08:002022-12-22T07:17:20.548-08:00Merrie Christmas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg698aV-5IBlVkk5kwZ6k2Q2GklZqIDEn7jho1NwItfZZMkCgyRWkqGFBSWQ0JdYnSHzCUSfDME0YGXezTtondVa_JvruJxjGt6M4qlIImFvEz-YBCCHE7Q6Nju2JPkkg_3V-bGqE5whyuJB1kl_fAVcC55x1GwKcLa5WAEyFL8PQXTkhPj6VFoXV4o/s407/Screen%20Shot%202015-12-20%20at%2018.24.22.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="407" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg698aV-5IBlVkk5kwZ6k2Q2GklZqIDEn7jho1NwItfZZMkCgyRWkqGFBSWQ0JdYnSHzCUSfDME0YGXezTtondVa_JvruJxjGt6M4qlIImFvEz-YBCCHE7Q6Nju2JPkkg_3V-bGqE5whyuJB1kl_fAVcC55x1GwKcLa5WAEyFL8PQXTkhPj6VFoXV4o/w408-h395/Screen%20Shot%202015-12-20%20at%2018.24.22.png" width="408" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Merrie Christmas and Happy New Year! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Thank you for visiting the Facebook page and this blog down the years and keeping the memory of this wonderful film alive. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">If you would like to see Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(and I thoroughly recommend you do) it is now available on Disney+ streaming service.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-82449167437601308602022-12-02T03:19:00.004-08:002022-12-02T03:19:59.784-08:00Joan's Premiere Skirt<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSShh9jG04CLvYa50LBgYzPPqsKiMo_KahrKb1MBiBRrpAfJvDz-fyu-TIScfPkvzoP_Du4e1czTggCFSCBL_eFZWpUJa2amPBqPKA5ZWyUl_LpaYQcmuQxrE4QerilQXAt1o3JzEsQ48-eWKm7AWKv7x_PxfRa8kUHwFMVuh8KvGa5XOj-Xdo3OBZ/s585/Copy%20of%20rhoodjr1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="471" height="581" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSShh9jG04CLvYa50LBgYzPPqsKiMo_KahrKb1MBiBRrpAfJvDz-fyu-TIScfPkvzoP_Du4e1czTggCFSCBL_eFZWpUJa2amPBqPKA5ZWyUl_LpaYQcmuQxrE4QerilQXAt1o3JzEsQ48-eWKm7AWKv7x_PxfRa8kUHwFMVuh8KvGa5XOj-Xdo3OBZ/w487-h581/Copy%20of%20rhoodjr1.jpg" width="487" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;">70 years ago Walt Disney's live action movie <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men</i> had its premiere in London at the Leicester Square Theatre. Here is our lovely Joan Rice (1930-1997) wearing a specially designed skirt for the occasion. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHXAwt3j_hwMKHZiFtUETBlncV4VWA8NgA4K0Uq3l9RMwobCbOkV1uigFbWkn9nPVlgyxMKa1WNM1F8Qm6nN7cF3ZgSZUOlw6Dknt2EdpYdHzFmO6Bjwx28tC0b6gheWqQQ4em3NpeOncD7dM-ALu_uRNMGtgsBwa79VH7oeHKl2bkjUEoJ9ces1Q/s594/t%20the%20Empire%20cinema%20for%20the%20premiere%20of%20'Ivanhoe'.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="435" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHXAwt3j_hwMKHZiFtUETBlncV4VWA8NgA4K0Uq3l9RMwobCbOkV1uigFbWkn9nPVlgyxMKa1WNM1F8Qm6nN7cF3ZgSZUOlw6Dknt2EdpYdHzFmO6Bjwx28tC0b6gheWqQQ4em3NpeOncD7dM-ALu_uRNMGtgsBwa79VH7oeHKl2bkjUEoJ9ces1Q/w283-h386/t%20the%20Empire%20cinema%20for%20the%20premiere%20of%20'Ivanhoe'.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HXNLHAsp3dlxAQ5eM25Tg9Ajh_tUnp_zohvKnqlBMbGEQ_E40xtGMt-i4LOTPmrxiB9O92_uyZOhBmIe_WC0Mhccga21qC5P_hkSxFtfMLpDU-kair8WwGIlBPDlMu4NchqjqwZ7w-TdEAduskT_NykrtnFSls7grRkcqfRWprqyrkuzML3pduLF/s781/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-01%20at%2015.08.25.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="469" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HXNLHAsp3dlxAQ5eM25Tg9Ajh_tUnp_zohvKnqlBMbGEQ_E40xtGMt-i4LOTPmrxiB9O92_uyZOhBmIe_WC0Mhccga21qC5P_hkSxFtfMLpDU-kair8WwGIlBPDlMu4NchqjqwZ7w-TdEAduskT_NykrtnFSls7grRkcqfRWprqyrkuzML3pduLF/w296-h493/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-01%20at%2015.08.25.png" width="296" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I wonder what happened to that skirt? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;">It was possibly designed by Walt Disney's promotional team. The newspapers described Joan arriving in a limousine with Robin Hood motifs along the trim of her tulle skirt. Her velvet bodice was in Lincoln Green, of course! </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-49277015068152952132022-11-06T03:18:00.000-08:002022-11-06T03:18:27.289-08:00The Disney Magic<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOkdCggWMQZQmGYmPEKrK1oxs6RUFgiiZTkWvvphUAah10zfICzFkHjflqKis-C9tUaekfQRzq-7uXvAIpnaHs1bAQ9EV9G9pzMj3uhpXIFh75RzCqKWsiN4QQv3bFKhJBNzdB3v0JUDVj-MtExsb2bC0s8e1DkFPRhrmP_ub4CHmsRraiYs2FqDq/s693/pj%20on%20battlements%202.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="693" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOkdCggWMQZQmGYmPEKrK1oxs6RUFgiiZTkWvvphUAah10zfICzFkHjflqKis-C9tUaekfQRzq-7uXvAIpnaHs1bAQ9EV9G9pzMj3uhpXIFh75RzCqKWsiN4QQv3bFKhJBNzdB3v0JUDVj-MtExsb2bC0s8e1DkFPRhrmP_ub4CHmsRraiYs2FqDq/w386-h287/pj%20on%20battlements%202.bmp" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prince John watches his brother King Richard leave on Crusade</td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Prince John (Hubert Gregg) watches his brother King Richard and his Crusading army leave for the Holy Land. One of my favourite scenes from Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952). This film contained so many visual feasts! It left me sitting spellbound in my local cinema.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It is difficult to describe to the younger generation what it was like growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. Our television was in grainy black a white, with a very small screen. Hi-definition and recording a programme off of it was something yet to be invented.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So visiting a cinema was not only a treat but an immersive experience, especially if the film was in colour!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dsz1LsFPh1k2Dus7nIu8l4PpJOcNoKrrgE8oWAjlptJv40WK2LPg_DU2Nhom1a-pHmQIxdH9kfo2J9cX-wJuSKW_SF046AgaiRMkLDWWy2848ZCOHNjZ9IzUQ1pPMmZJ_OQbK-DbQ4D7a_xYBFTw4CggQIloa9-acO_5TXib6XD-Qsmzb52-1yuk/s543/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%2016.31.36.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="543" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dsz1LsFPh1k2Dus7nIu8l4PpJOcNoKrrgE8oWAjlptJv40WK2LPg_DU2Nhom1a-pHmQIxdH9kfo2J9cX-wJuSKW_SF046AgaiRMkLDWWy2848ZCOHNjZ9IzUQ1pPMmZJ_OQbK-DbQ4D7a_xYBFTw4CggQIloa9-acO_5TXib6XD-Qsmzb52-1yuk/w357-h284/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%2016.31.36.png" width="357" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nottingham Castle</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">One of the first TV programmes I can remember watching was the Richard Greene series <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood </i>(1955-1959). I was also a huge fan of everything Walt Disney produced. So, when I had the chance to see Disney's live-action movie <i>The Story of Robin Hood</i> at my local Granada Cinema, I was buzzing with excitement. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I saw it three times that week! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM5_l1dABONasm-vKR0zTTvX8lbkOllwjqqGoF_idprWfXoY-3r96wT1hVg9lrvOgRK3Yg6k6EdrQib6E0wiwtXoQhG9pmUo9RBulBEpEyF0JWhp6ZCVHCQDYY1flzKGv1ARVUSJ51wYcBHiedmFXsqkB0o2nxx77gSVOUUJ2cqhRBVxWC0LCJkrY/s617/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-06%20at%2017.15.56.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="617" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIM5_l1dABONasm-vKR0zTTvX8lbkOllwjqqGoF_idprWfXoY-3r96wT1hVg9lrvOgRK3Yg6k6EdrQib6E0wiwtXoQhG9pmUo9RBulBEpEyF0JWhp6ZCVHCQDYY1flzKGv1ARVUSJ51wYcBHiedmFXsqkB0o2nxx77gSVOUUJ2cqhRBVxWC0LCJkrY/w368-h276/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-06%20at%2017.15.56.png" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A disguised Marian finds Alan a Dale</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span>Disney's </span><i>Story of Robin Hood</i><span> inspired an interest in the outlaw's legend that has never left me. It also led to my love of history and genealogy. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">So, I started this blog as a way of making others aware of this now almost forgotten Technicolor masterpiece. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">But what made this version of the legend so special for me? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYZnYZIqUm-vY5JuI5owt_2-c2O8tMgxxatjOi2arRuCEsW-PUfgr2DQRNhQN9OkDxcOeWK64i8lCNaeLd6fTQHpH_TtB_895xBvt0OATYl_cVeRlIAdCGlvl3lRHFL3ZiGIet2sP4fB3OV_WFmUD06aAGwgODFis8_ZmKAAi_KTJ-Ba1A_cq4kTC/s548/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%2016.31.19.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="548" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYZnYZIqUm-vY5JuI5owt_2-c2O8tMgxxatjOi2arRuCEsW-PUfgr2DQRNhQN9OkDxcOeWK64i8lCNaeLd6fTQHpH_TtB_895xBvt0OATYl_cVeRlIAdCGlvl3lRHFL3ZiGIet2sP4fB3OV_WFmUD06aAGwgODFis8_ZmKAAi_KTJ-Ba1A_cq4kTC/w404-h323/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-17%20at%2016.31.19.png" width="404" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nottingham Archery Tournament</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Where do I begin? To start with it oozes quality, in the host of actors, chosen by casting director Maud Spector. Stars like Peter Finch, Richard Todd, James Hayter, Martitia Hunt and Joan Rice- to name a few. The crews behind the camera are; legendary art director Carman Dillon and directors Ken Annakin and Alex Bryce. Also Director of Photography Guy Green, later to become co-founder of the British Society of Cinematographers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I could go on and on.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">It was Disney legend Perce Pearce who was chosen by Walt Disney to supervise and produce the film in England. It would be the last major movie to be made in Denham Studios in Buckinghamshire using some of its huge sound stages.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwP6vwSJisBapwcCeE9saN6EOEk-aSj8kqhlmae1B5gZ12pXy5sidEzL6IbQCsfo6AfsCAlexra3PW6RZ1jtgaHjrPX-_vPw3QN5uLid_8ENF8q-UO9OPk9406jcqJXJeMHZe3KZiHVic_vMJR6VHiw9svMjwCE9XYseQ5msJEYjQ80rjMafFg-fc/s403/Screen%20Shot%202015-08-29%20at%2016.07.07.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="403" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwP6vwSJisBapwcCeE9saN6EOEk-aSj8kqhlmae1B5gZ12pXy5sidEzL6IbQCsfo6AfsCAlexra3PW6RZ1jtgaHjrPX-_vPw3QN5uLid_8ENF8q-UO9OPk9406jcqJXJeMHZe3KZiHVic_vMJR6VHiw9svMjwCE9XYseQ5msJEYjQ80rjMafFg-fc/w416-h263/Screen%20Shot%202015-08-29%20at%2016.07.07.png" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friar Tuck</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Perce Pearce, Richard Todd, Carmen Dillon, scriptwriter Lawrence Edward Watkin and other members of the production unit made several research visits to Nottinghamshire and its archives during the Spring of 1951. It is this close attention to detail and respect for the legend that I admire and shows in the final cut.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The five images in this article demonstrate the visual beauty of this film, they were created by the legendary matte artist Peter Ellenshaw- another Disney legend, working many decades before the invention of computer generated imagery. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ellenshaw's artistic skill, together with Carmen Dillon's art department created that storybook quality to the film. It is not surprising it was voted one of the best Technicolor movies ever made in Britain. Disney Magic!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-61587528988439773122022-10-02T03:51:00.000-07:002022-10-02T03:51:46.654-07:00Joan Rice Sponsors Innoxa Fashion Cream<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvQ0ao8f5_VdRN6QqbvF-_gMNEAlQyhvoTxb7BcAUVmxd9PbD5Xz2xVMJC0MVWB5TXEL5HDiyxRlePPDoMWrDaJRaSx1sc-wlrRcshOyQFNzdddxGrK-ErE742Gk0eXoquqsfAuJ_1nmxTHv-6PePt4oGT0UzWmGaxvmDFAWgfFjQSNfjCJJQqU79/s902/Screen%20Shot%202021-05-11%20at%2008.58.35.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="902" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvQ0ao8f5_VdRN6QqbvF-_gMNEAlQyhvoTxb7BcAUVmxd9PbD5Xz2xVMJC0MVWB5TXEL5HDiyxRlePPDoMWrDaJRaSx1sc-wlrRcshOyQFNzdddxGrK-ErE742Gk0eXoquqsfAuJ_1nmxTHv-6PePt4oGT0UzWmGaxvmDFAWgfFjQSNfjCJJQqU79/w442-h279/Screen%20Shot%202021-05-11%20at%2008.58.35.png" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice promoting Innoxa in1954</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Above is an advert dated by the Innoxa company to 1954, featuring the beautiful English actress Joan Rice (1930-1997). </span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Joan rose to fame as Maid Marian in Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952)<i>. </i>This site is dedicated to her memory.</span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div>Joan promoted Innoxa Fashion Cream, described by the company as:</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i> ... far more than ordinary cake make-up and ideal for all types of skin. Needs no water and keeps the skin soft and radiant.</i></div><div><i>Shades: Honey Blonde, Sun Glow, and Golden Sand.</i></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div>The year that the Innoxa advert appeared witnessed a turning point in Joan's film career. During December 1953, Joan had given birth to a son Michael, then January 1954 saw the release of the lavish Technicolor adventure <i>His Majesty O'Keefe.</i> Joan played the beautiful island girl Dalabo Aki Dali alongside Burt Lancaster. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY19a2HttXf7D5d_7DKfz5ABy40T4a9XR5wQfq5rCrGRzPBMqoY_7W8SXe8NB51CW8wB_K9whjV7Gl1taawyYoEgjRFOkiSku2e3JBiu2kjEgSW_umHQb7PjgiLtsdcTE_OOZfv2RHOjRQI0sA2MejKrPjxpuE79hun6Qdlar627sSev0LWAfhGh0D/s403/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-01%20at%2015.46.19.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="403" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY19a2HttXf7D5d_7DKfz5ABy40T4a9XR5wQfq5rCrGRzPBMqoY_7W8SXe8NB51CW8wB_K9whjV7Gl1taawyYoEgjRFOkiSku2e3JBiu2kjEgSW_umHQb7PjgiLtsdcTE_OOZfv2RHOjRQI0sA2MejKrPjxpuE79hun6Qdlar627sSev0LWAfhGh0D/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-01%20at%2015.46.19.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice as Dalabo</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>But, after the release of <i>The Crowded Day </i>in October 1954, Rank Organisation did not renew her contract. There is a lot of speculation as to why this happened. Some claim it was her struggle with asthma that curtailed her career. But I am not so sure.</div></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiKvJ9RVbbreteridTMc0zSD7CR5ZwjZxTNY1YiWyUndkCeyyBpykCa0iHblCweVA3zExv1dd4A30kfKBlX5l_fmsdarnZhgUS5_ERiyZCHTj390AL9JhHDGAIki3LHcTb_WZLkchMXDnYDJEQRkpyp36xwTHtI_WHeu0rfuRl-tIKRpoPjpD0Vy5/s323/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-01%20at%2015.57.53.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="323" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiKvJ9RVbbreteridTMc0zSD7CR5ZwjZxTNY1YiWyUndkCeyyBpykCa0iHblCweVA3zExv1dd4A30kfKBlX5l_fmsdarnZhgUS5_ERiyZCHTj390AL9JhHDGAIki3LHcTb_WZLkchMXDnYDJEQRkpyp36xwTHtI_WHeu0rfuRl-tIKRpoPjpD0Vy5/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-01%20at%2015.57.53.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan as Peggy French in The Crowded Day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>In January 1955, Joan appeared in Norman Wisdom's second movie <i>One Good Turn. </i>A month later, she was photographed by the press leaving London airport en route for Dublin to appear on stage in the play <i>Welcome Stranger </i>at the Gaiety Theatre. Sadly the magical whirlwind that had lifted her to the dizzy heights of Hollywood was waning.</div><div><br /></div><div>To read more about the life of Joan Rice, please click on the label.</div></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-61066844212895780422022-09-07T07:16:00.007-07:002022-09-07T07:16:37.802-07:00Walt Disney Visits the Robin Hood Set<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUnL2g41U7aJygO8jPB-KCRu8xL-Bt10P5tsMMXzyLwu2OaMoPhJad-QsQrzXfVLfCx9kx4J7wCyzDwD1xYc6YCnAcGB6TADKfXOLzuipmiLY6FO-chXMN7yRZ2B7zMGrYDYs2-R71SiYjA5F3LHNX1kJfsvsBusEX89gzptGYcvyEs8KzjFsvGuU/s511/Screenshot%202016-08-06%2015.32.59.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="446" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUnL2g41U7aJygO8jPB-KCRu8xL-Bt10P5tsMMXzyLwu2OaMoPhJad-QsQrzXfVLfCx9kx4J7wCyzDwD1xYc6YCnAcGB6TADKfXOLzuipmiLY6FO-chXMN7yRZ2B7zMGrYDYs2-R71SiYjA5F3LHNX1kJfsvsBusEX89gzptGYcvyEs8KzjFsvGuU/w358-h411/Screenshot%202016-08-06%2015.32.59.png" width="358" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Richard Todd, Walt Disney and Joan Rice</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Here is a collection of publicity shots of Walt Disney with Richard Todd (Robin Hood) and Joan Rice (Maid Marian). In July 1951, just as his cartoon version of <i>Alice in Wonderland</i> was released in America, Disney visited Europe with his wife Lillian and their daughters to supervise his second live-action movie, <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men</i> (1952) which was financed again by the blocked monies of RKO and Disney. Apparently he was thoroughly pleased with the way things were going.</span><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWvqcXH-UlgHAD9uX1mCn6VdPhhAhFB7RxYcwV91yl40oJ1tKBixvzBn7QJjJsDtx5-lW9grTb2y32ixszjsv5ld7ZtVMYcZ81hlr-uOp_l30EAxXIY6fwSkOCnSBx7Uuk9e7ApI_uFXk4R70MaT4k-lDTCn1QJ0AY4FFZsuBjbcg0mFLh76z_qn8/s406/Screenshot%202018-06-17%2016.04.16.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="346" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWvqcXH-UlgHAD9uX1mCn6VdPhhAhFB7RxYcwV91yl40oJ1tKBixvzBn7QJjJsDtx5-lW9grTb2y32ixszjsv5ld7ZtVMYcZ81hlr-uOp_l30EAxXIY6fwSkOCnSBx7Uuk9e7ApI_uFXk4R70MaT4k-lDTCn1QJ0AY4FFZsuBjbcg0mFLh76z_qn8/w323-h379/Screenshot%202018-06-17%2016.04.16.png" width="323" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walt Disney greets Joan Rice (Maid Marian)</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Before leaving America, Walt had screened films at the studio, looking at prospective actors and directors and making what he himself called ‘merely suggestions’, while he left the final decisions to Perce Pearce, who was producing. For his part, Pearce had laid out every shot in the movie in thumbnail sketches, or storyboards, just as the studio had done with the animators, and sent them on along with photostats and the final script to Walt for his approval, which Walt freely gave, though not without a veiled threat that Pearce had better make the film as quickly as possible. “This is important not only to the organisation but to you as the producer,” he wrote.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23VwQpt5xe4Znb70xKyufTpyNyIbDqUt0YVKWZpmEGMOBw5lp5F1Mz4_8vvKbfn5Ygdk7GH_zIHR_-T0Jz2fQCrjlhAyvQhlxHU1IIiaIZuA1ONDmO6HKlaSS1hWF0GILUH6IZ2Kl7kiqGOGmn88CZev3-qLkUG7b7jOZeYA6JJENa6Bwf1nkbH8w/s473/Screenshot%202017-02-16%2021.45.26.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="473" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23VwQpt5xe4Znb70xKyufTpyNyIbDqUt0YVKWZpmEGMOBw5lp5F1Mz4_8vvKbfn5Ygdk7GH_zIHR_-T0Jz2fQCrjlhAyvQhlxHU1IIiaIZuA1ONDmO6HKlaSS1hWF0GILUH6IZ2Kl7kiqGOGmn88CZev3-qLkUG7b7jOZeYA6JJENa6Bwf1nkbH8w/w363-h300/Screenshot%202017-02-16%2021.45.26.png" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another publicity shot of Walt with Joan and Richard</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In his biography <i>Caught in the Act, </i>Richard Todd described Perce Pearce as a <i>jolly, rubicund Pickwickian figure. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCfYYwgMsiEEuVSEfZtFgtbg3pn3zUAbw8z7Td0-ouuEK_XaN5rsO_HwNTUyio9vYMbfl1Q7iZ5y7WolmmQwiObKggc8-CKeafKc6lLZ2nSYjLy3WCelBRVC1g_VnEW9wvNF4SKskwdVDfbJ-XAF0guglU4Njhx1r9uzwS22oaGHGAZl-fxFvG6-W/s401/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%2014.55.01.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="311" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCfYYwgMsiEEuVSEfZtFgtbg3pn3zUAbw8z7Td0-ouuEK_XaN5rsO_HwNTUyio9vYMbfl1Q7iZ5y7WolmmQwiObKggc8-CKeafKc6lLZ2nSYjLy3WCelBRVC1g_VnEW9wvNF4SKskwdVDfbJ-XAF0guglU4Njhx1r9uzwS22oaGHGAZl-fxFvG6-W/w300-h387/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%2014.55.01.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perce Pearce with Richard Todd</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Todd is vague in how he was chosen to play the part of Robin Hood for Disney. He didn't remember if it was through his agent or the legendary film maker himself. But, after agreeing to play the part of the outlaw he met Perce Pearce and Maud Spector (the casting director) at the Dorchester Hotel in London and went through lists of candidates for parts in the film. Todd's only contribution was to suggest James Robertson Justice as Little John.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZazTN5hNJwpb7dv-rGwnPNWuTuBS3P5P-K2XWJEhVsZFfzXs_9qT85oQlwtZWUEelokwTg4YtzecNfBWtvC3qdWpATkhoPk0rfO7geao56JEfw1ujp76anxAIRBhdvfQzn6b1CcOD_8l6dr9VHoFO1FcnB7j3NF3cNmDc4VLBrUQ4N4oTuJzNR44L/s561/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%2014.48.46.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="561" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZazTN5hNJwpb7dv-rGwnPNWuTuBS3P5P-K2XWJEhVsZFfzXs_9qT85oQlwtZWUEelokwTg4YtzecNfBWtvC3qdWpATkhoPk0rfO7geao56JEfw1ujp76anxAIRBhdvfQzn6b1CcOD_8l6dr9VHoFO1FcnB7j3NF3cNmDc4VLBrUQ4N4oTuJzNR44L/w454-h354/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-07%20at%2014.48.46.png" width="454" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walt Disney enjoys a picnic with Robin and Marian</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">What is certain is Disney personally chose Joan Rice to play the part of Maid Marian. Todd doesn't mention Joan in his biography but Ken Annakin, the director on <i>The Story of Robin Hood, </i>does. He depreciatingly describes Joan as Disney's, <i>Achilles Heel</i> and only fit to be somebody's <i>house maid</i>! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Audiences around the world disagreed with Annakin.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Neil's fantastic website Films of the Fifties contains an extremely interesting article on how Joan was treated on the set of Disney's </span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Story of Robin Hood: </span></span></i><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><a href="https://filmsofthefifties.com/the-bullying-of-joan-rice/">https://filmsofthefifties.com/the-bullying-of-joan-rice/</a></span></span></div><a href="https://filmsofthefifties.com/the-bullying-of-joan-rice/"> </a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-5421506763239338522022-07-30T03:40:00.000-07:002022-07-30T03:40:02.713-07:00The Story of Robin Hood Poster<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS-HUYt3WHRHN0_hCh7KtmuUqqQnKVJgI73gh6VBDe6662qk_NMUeUW1j2jcsP1HVxkNGlVB9tFV14aFaW3SnD0HLPvgeMYJwhWRmQK8QWjoS0XGkgR9AwcNy10n8AUxCNKyAEmTyn9IDlCEv__AXM6-FPFIdpVexhSMPFNVX324cLDEYJGJNKonO/s574/Screen%20Shot%202020-11-28%20at%2018.15.55.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="574" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS-HUYt3WHRHN0_hCh7KtmuUqqQnKVJgI73gh6VBDe6662qk_NMUeUW1j2jcsP1HVxkNGlVB9tFV14aFaW3SnD0HLPvgeMYJwhWRmQK8QWjoS0XGkgR9AwcNy10n8AUxCNKyAEmTyn9IDlCEv__AXM6-FPFIdpVexhSMPFNVX324cLDEYJGJNKonO/w444-h313/Screen%20Shot%202020-11-28%20at%2018.15.55.png" width="444" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Above is an undated poster I have recently discovered for Walt Disney's live-action movie <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men</i>. We now have an impressive collection of these from all over the world and they can be found by clicking on the 'poster' label on this blog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This recent discovery is very similar to the one below:</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLLz9B--uKOMXpmaJMly5N9sUDofoEg6wtkOTbmbShLGn6hb-nF9yZRlu_Zm-bTrES2dLbb23vRI4ezs0gqPpvSwToRP-LNIZEMk3SplGRBiS3rq2H6Y8JdgpU0rJAn_ZnVZiipvc7DluCA-1QpEacNRwfT0P7ZRDCGfdrnd3XthuL5v141p9mJdI/s718/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-29%20at%2015.18.35.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="718" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLLz9B--uKOMXpmaJMly5N9sUDofoEg6wtkOTbmbShLGn6hb-nF9yZRlu_Zm-bTrES2dLbb23vRI4ezs0gqPpvSwToRP-LNIZEMk3SplGRBiS3rq2H6Y8JdgpU0rJAn_ZnVZiipvc7DluCA-1QpEacNRwfT0P7ZRDCGfdrnd3XthuL5v141p9mJdI/w415-h334/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-29%20at%2015.18.35.png" width="415" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Both seem to be from same period, but when was that? </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">IMDb state that apart from its first showing in 1952, the film was re-released in the UK on the 28th of July 1957 and the 19th of September 1971.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">If anyone can put a date on these two posters, please get in touch.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-20690756249614603992022-07-03T03:35:00.000-07:002022-07-03T03:35:07.139-07:00Joan Rice, Ivanhoe & Robin Hood's Chair<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5TAJ82uNq9jSdcg3oGW9bNuXhFBycC8tXYsPMDtUToJpUYCEzsfCbhdC9av_h7336ujzbWFwsei8bWtNxLgWuR44E0Al0MnXHAsvM668EJYdy43ayW8Ek03fc3BdVZsDuHZPacVXtkxN8Wck1F56P5khEGHEYmMmS1WSWHB_kv3XK6sJX0Bktadd/s819/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.38.05.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5TAJ82uNq9jSdcg3oGW9bNuXhFBycC8tXYsPMDtUToJpUYCEzsfCbhdC9av_h7336ujzbWFwsei8bWtNxLgWuR44E0Al0MnXHAsvM668EJYdy43ayW8Ek03fc3BdVZsDuHZPacVXtkxN8Wck1F56P5khEGHEYmMmS1WSWHB_kv3XK6sJX0Bktadd/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.38.05.png" width="302" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Rice as Marcia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Over the past 16 years I have attempted to piece together the life of Joan Rice (1930-1997). This blog is dedicated to her memory.</span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Joan liked it to be known that she was Walt Disney's 'first' Maid Marian. She was personally chosen by the legendary film producer to appear alongside Richard Todd in the live-action movie <i>The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>(1952).</span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">I have known for many years that Joan Rice appeared in the TV series <i>Ivanhoe </i>(1958), but until recently I have never had an opportunity to watch it. But at last I have managed to see the particular episode on Youtube and it was good.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD0bJVG2Zq_yCKn5JJkJpxOT4AWqhokI4vm6PqfEVfb71lNe6m2XuJPIPJ39O0MFDjWTGjL0L3Xwl2QzNFOMBjPsH_9cMujHHHvwddGMYsK2OvaAQ5oiuHqESNQQt_HmmnwtqfLmjDESgJODUe6oJ0y8o0aa5wd2aPUYl48Cw3rjOGR-9JPkHhawO/s829/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.32.47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="829" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQD0bJVG2Zq_yCKn5JJkJpxOT4AWqhokI4vm6PqfEVfb71lNe6m2XuJPIPJ39O0MFDjWTGjL0L3Xwl2QzNFOMBjPsH_9cMujHHHvwddGMYsK2OvaAQ5oiuHqESNQQt_HmmnwtqfLmjDESgJODUe6oJ0y8o0aa5wd2aPUYl48Cw3rjOGR-9JPkHhawO/w320-h253/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.32.47.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZefQ43J5eUdst3KwIBbVRW0GCH4LkPNJxyyfkPCdkvrmRKZNBXuu3GPdnnPF2LkKpect0Bm4Pamj5SSLl3hPFRS6EbBUFzV1KKOVNabSfZ1ilJxYKknxOh7O_6RuwSySbf7a1quM9rQjrGtM_bvRC1If8OAoU_ZPrz9ofX5LQJgqr86wxIdvpf9R9/s738/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.56.15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="738" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZefQ43J5eUdst3KwIBbVRW0GCH4LkPNJxyyfkPCdkvrmRKZNBXuu3GPdnnPF2LkKpect0Bm4Pamj5SSLl3hPFRS6EbBUFzV1KKOVNabSfZ1ilJxYKknxOh7O_6RuwSySbf7a1quM9rQjrGtM_bvRC1If8OAoU_ZPrz9ofX5LQJgqr86wxIdvpf9R9/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.56.15.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">In an episode called The Night Raiders, Joan played the part of Marcia, a farmer's daughter who is abducted by a group of night riders terrorising a village. A young Roger Moore plays Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, son of Sir Cedric of Rotherwood. The TV series was based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott and set during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart. The Crusades have ended in disaster for the English king, who is believed dead - and the running plot of this series mostly concerns Prince John's various efforts to claim the English throne and Ivanhoe's attempts to secure justice for the populace despite John's illicit rule.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zX3o2fsWLFTR6MyT7_jID2KJ64ROWlHHo2r2mJPjd09nBJbNutEBVvNwxnnbhZ0pKLkesV5yHSdtQCxkm7AtKOD5gHxgp_6g1iPx05QybSeqVpKM-pCXJ6SKQTPl8HEmuWGbUoRWUcwbPAIxbi9L7IdOoF3cWjzaoU0Reh680OH7SvAHvfYNgAsp/s917/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.54.10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="917" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6zX3o2fsWLFTR6MyT7_jID2KJ64ROWlHHo2r2mJPjd09nBJbNutEBVvNwxnnbhZ0pKLkesV5yHSdtQCxkm7AtKOD5gHxgp_6g1iPx05QybSeqVpKM-pCXJ6SKQTPl8HEmuWGbUoRWUcwbPAIxbi9L7IdOoF3cWjzaoU0Reh680OH7SvAHvfYNgAsp/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.54.10.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Joan would have been familiar with this particular time in history after her appearance as the girlfriend of Robin Hood, six years earlier and assisting the outlaw in his duels with the cold-blooded Sheriff of Nottingham and evil Prince John. </span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaqvAc1GHlixLm760Cg7w03yLJU1ehmHB3gLPoak05slLvHgakoDwJi6jaIYmgqJ2PaiYbfiFsiU84QTwgoJrDDAjD-76OhPQZbp4mUSyMmN6eU7PI1W1ZwHi8lElyP61d-wePkrTeCWwo3G-xnlW9qqeGfsVjVzM7QNQI4gSdIUGe831GShxw9Xy/s586/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-29%20at%2016.17.53.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="586" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaqvAc1GHlixLm760Cg7w03yLJU1ehmHB3gLPoak05slLvHgakoDwJi6jaIYmgqJ2PaiYbfiFsiU84QTwgoJrDDAjD-76OhPQZbp4mUSyMmN6eU7PI1W1ZwHi8lElyP61d-wePkrTeCWwo3G-xnlW9qqeGfsVjVzM7QNQI4gSdIUGe831GShxw9Xy/w324-h258/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-29%20at%2016.17.53.png" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roger Moore as Ivanhoe</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">This swashbuckling TV series was typical of the period. Shows like <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, The Adventures of Lancelot</i> and later the <i>Adventures of Richard the Lionheart</i> were all aimed at the younger audiences of the late 1950's and early 1960's.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">While watching this particular episode of Ivanhoe, I was surprised to catch a glimpse of one of 'Robin Hood's Chairs'!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My regular blog readers will know about the 'Robin Hood's Chairs'. They were created by Carmen Dillon's art department for Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men </i>in 1951 and Joan Rice would have remembered them from her days filming on the sound stages at Denham Studio.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimW_GNCI0yKZFb5vyZE_ZWT4YAZ_R2bXcbNbjRkwvcwvIRcHyN9MvFm-W4xbgoOg2XQb5ir13HRqC447uW7T1_rGU5PlRGdveVl296F4z_gAqJVX2ocsklovlZeVFWaCMIy7p-d5Mmn-XVNV5yBAyOuDqNpxiNyY123C6yuODj6OCqMSwIrad02Nl-/s397/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-30%20at%2011.25.52.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="397" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimW_GNCI0yKZFb5vyZE_ZWT4YAZ_R2bXcbNbjRkwvcwvIRcHyN9MvFm-W4xbgoOg2XQb5ir13HRqC447uW7T1_rGU5PlRGdveVl296F4z_gAqJVX2ocsklovlZeVFWaCMIy7p-d5Mmn-XVNV5yBAyOuDqNpxiNyY123C6yuODj6OCqMSwIrad02Nl-/w375-h300/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-30%20at%2011.25.52.png" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chair in The Story of Robin Hood</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">And here it is again below, in the <i>Ivanhoe</i> episode in which Joan Rice appeared.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBI4lYj6rfQpPIowXQqOj0u0GWFZHC6K52wwT4h5-6jt94PkrkPWwpuR5ntjjCh8Mz7F3qvLtNNYCbYZVtlI1bCNs-c3MO6DHhDFGwqZlHaE8aQ9KHw63s9lYa60c38hETdHsYRtYhMClhR8K47gaYKCpJ0Q2NbTI1VoVBSN3G1qi72GZ5gqnYxHx/s1007/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.45.29.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1007" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBI4lYj6rfQpPIowXQqOj0u0GWFZHC6K52wwT4h5-6jt94PkrkPWwpuR5ntjjCh8Mz7F3qvLtNNYCbYZVtlI1bCNs-c3MO6DHhDFGwqZlHaE8aQ9KHw63s9lYa60c38hETdHsYRtYhMClhR8K47gaYKCpJ0Q2NbTI1VoVBSN3G1qi72GZ5gqnYxHx/w366-h279/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-27%20at%2016.45.29.png" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chair in the episode of Ivanhoe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Walt Disney's <i>Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men</i> was the last major production made at Denham Studios and this huge complex later merged with the Rank Organisation's Pinewood Studios. Laurence points out that <i>The Black Knight</i> was made at Pinewood, which probably explains the availability of the chairs as props. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Because of our discoveries, I have compiled a list of some of the film and television productions that have used those Robin Hood Chairs:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men (Film:1952)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Men of Sherwood Forest (Film:1954)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Black Knight (Film:1954)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV:1955-58)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">The Dark Avenger (Film:1955)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ivanhoe (TV:1958) Ep.The Night Raiders.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Sword of Sherwood Forest (Film:1960)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Robin of Sherwood (TV:1984-86)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Horrible Histories (TV: 2013-15)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">To read more about Joan Rice (1930-1997) and much more click on the labels.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1