Editing The Adventures of Robin Hood (section)

==Reception==
Contemporary reviews were highly positive. "A richly produced, bravely bedecked, romantic and colorful show, it leaps boldly to the forefront of this year's best", wrote [[Frank Nugent|Frank S. Nugent]] of ''[[The New York Times]].'' The movie premiered at the [[Radio City Music Hall]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Nugent |first=Frank S. |author-link=Frank Nugent |date=May 13, 1938 |title=Movie Review – The Adventures of Robin Hood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF173FB72CA0494CC5B67994886896 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 13, 2015 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002200521/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF173FB72CA0494CC5B67994886896 }}</ref> "It is cinematic pageantry at its best", raved ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. "A highly imaginative retelling of folklore in all the hues of Technicolor, deserving handsome box office returns".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1937/film/reviews/the-adventures-of-robin-hood-1200411570/ |date=December 31, 1937 |title=The Adventures of Robin Hood |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |location=New York |page=22 |access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> ''[[Film Daily]]'' called it "high class entertainment" with "excellent direction" and an "ideal choice" in the casting of Flynn.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Daly |first=Phil M. |date=April 29, 1938 |volume=73 |number=99 |title=Reviews: ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdail73wids#page/n241/mode/2up/search/robin+hood |journal=[[Film Daily]] |location=New York |page=8 |access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> "Excellent entertainment!" wrote ''[[Harrison's Reports]]''. "Adventure, romance, comedy, and human appeal have been skilfully blended to give satisfaction on all counts ... The duel in the closing scenes between the hero and his arch enemy is the most exciting ever filmed".<ref>{{cite journal |date=May 7, 1938 |title=The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains |url=https://archive.org/stream/harrisonsreports20harr#page/n89/mode/2up/search/robin+hood |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |location=New York |page=74 |volume=XX |number=27 |access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> [[John Mosher (writer)|John Mosher]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called it "a rich, showy, and, for all its tussles, somewhat stolid affair", praising Flynn's performance and the action sequences but finding the "excellent collection" of supporting actors to be "somewhat buried under the medieval panoply".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mosher |first=John |author-link=John Mosher (writer) |date=May 21, 1938 |title=The Current Screen |magazine=The New Yorker |location=New York |pages=71–72 }}</ref> 
[[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 100% of critics gave the film a positive rating based on 50 reviews, with an average score of 8.94/10. The film is 13th on their list of the 100 best classic films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/100-best-classic-movies/|title=100 Best Classic Movies of All Time|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=8 February 2024|archive-date=9 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209161836/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/100-best-classic-movies/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rotten Tomatoes summarizes the critical consensus as, "Errol Flynn thrills as the legendary title character, and the film embodies the type of imaginative family adventure tailor-made for the silver screen".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000355-adventures_of_robin_hood/ |title=The Adventures of Robin Hood |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=June 30, 2019}}</ref>

===Box office===
[[File:The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - Re-Release Trailer.webm|thumb|Re-release trailer]]
''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' became the sixth-highest-grossing film of [[1938 in film|the year]],<ref name="higgins" /> with just over $4 million in revenues<ref name="ReferenceA"/> at a time when the average ticket price was less than 25 cents.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2009/02/06/2009-02-06_the_depressionera_gems_at_1930s_prices.html |title= The Depression-era gems at 1930s prices| access-date=October 5, 2010| date=February 6, 2009| newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]| first=Elizabeth| last=Weitzman}}</ref>

According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $1,928,000 domestically and $2,053,000 overseas.<ref name="warners"/>

In [[1938 in film|1938]], ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' was the eighth-highest-grossing film nationally in the U.S., and the highest-grossing film the same year in the southern states of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas.<ref>"Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television.</ref>

Warner Bros. was so pleased with the results that the studio cast Flynn in two more color epics before the end of the decade: ''[[Dodge City (film)|Dodge City]]'' and ''[[The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]]''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Reel/Real Impact: Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)| first=Emanuel| last=Levy| url=http://emanuellevy.com/oscar/reelreal-impact-adventures-of-robin-hood-1938/| date=September 12, 2016| website=emanuellevy.com| access-date=February 4, 2017| archive-date=February 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205095602/http://emanuellevy.com/oscar/reelreal-impact-adventures-of-robin-hood-1938/| url-status=live}}</ref>

A sequel, ''Sir Robin of Locksley,'' was announced, but never developed.<ref name="films"/>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[11th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1939">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939 |title=The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-16 |work=oscars.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093754/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/11th-winners.html |archive-date= July 6, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Outstanding Production]]
| [[Hal B. Wallis]] and [[Henry Blanke]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| [[Carl Jules Weyl]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Ralph Dawson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[DVD Exclusive Awards]]
| Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers
| Michael Crawford and Jeff Kurtti
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Productions |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511220305/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| [[30th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |title=Past Saturn Awards |work=[[Saturn Awards]].org |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184217/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Classic Film DVD Release|Best DVD Classic Film Release]]
| {{won}}
|}

'''Other honors:'''
* In 2001 the film came in at #84 on "The Best Films of All Time" as voted on [[Channel 4]].
* In 2001 the film appeared at #100 on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills]] list.
* In 2003 the main character, Robin Hood, appeared as the #18 Hero on [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains]] list.
* In 2005 the film appeared at #11 on [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores]] list.