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| Elton Hayes as Alan-a-Dale |
Above is another still from Walt Disney's movie the Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men. It shows Elton Hayes (1915-2001) in his role as the minstrel Allan-a-Dale and I think you will agree that the lighting and atmosphere of this particular picture is quite unusual.
I have been amazed at how many various types of images from the film still exist. This is testament to the promotion and huge amount of publicity that surrounded Disney's second live-action film. The Story of Robin Hood would sadly be the last major movie to be produced at the legendary Denham Studios in Buckinghamshire, England but recent research on this blog has shown it to have been a big box-office success.
Down the years I have managed to accumulate many stills, posters and lobby cards from The Story of Robin Hood . In the Picture Gallery section there are now over 92 images and thanks to the input from my readers there are a lot more to come!
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ReplyDeleteThe various poster designs for this movie are quite interesting. I particularly like the original from 1952 but there are some unique examples from Japan and Spain that are worth a look.
That picture of Elton Hayes is one of the very best and taken in the studios at Denham. The log type fence he is leaning on is used in many stills for this film - for instance it is used in the shot of Richard Todd meeting the two prize winning youngsters - a boy and a girl - and the girl Lavinia contacted you on this site later to give some memories of the day she spent at Denham watching the filming. Lucky girl. Her reflections were some of the most fascinating you have posted on here
ReplyDeleteThat picture of Elton Hayes is one of the very best and taken in the studios at Denham. The log type fence he is leaning on is used in many stills for this film - for instance it is used in the shot of Richard Todd meeting the two prize winning youngsters - a boy and a girl - and the girl Lavinia contacted you on this site later to give some memories of the day she spent at Denham watching the filming. Lucky girl. Her reflections were some of the most fascinating you have posted on here
ReplyDeleteYes Neil, that fence appeared in many of the stills. It seems to have been a prop at the Denham Studios. In one of my favorite pictures of Joan, she (Maid Marian) is sitting on it!
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