Boxoffice (Jan-Mar 1961)

(Mat 2-A) Richard Greene as Robin Hood, left, batters one of the villains in the swashbuckling new adventure, "Sword of Sherwood Forest." The Columbia Picture, a Hammer Film production in MegaScope and Eastman Color, co-stars Peter Cushing as the Sheriff of Nottingham. (Richard Greene) If Richard Greene seems to the manner born in playing the dashing Robin Hood role in the Hammer Film production for Columbia Pictures of “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” at the Theatre, there’s good reason. For Greene has the prescribed physique — he's handsome, athletic, just over six feet tall, with build to match. More, Greene has played the role for four years, in the Robin Hood T.V. series. Peter Cushing stars with Greene in the new swashbuckler, filmed in Megascope and Eastman Color; Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco, Sarah Branch are co-starred and Dennis Lotis guest stars. A theatrical career was almost inevitable for Greene, as both his parents were actors. After completing his schooling, he went on the stage. A stint with a repertory company prepared him for the lead in the touring company of the successful Terence Rattigan play, “French Without Tears.” It was while appearing in this show that Richard Greene was signed by Hollywood. A series of American pictures was interrupted by the war and service with the British armed forces. After the war, he divided his time between his native land and Hollywood. When he was asked to do the Robin Hood TV series, Greene accepted the offer and he has been gamboling in Sherwood Forest ever since on the TV screen and, now, in “Sword of Sherwood Forest” for motion pictures. Written for the screen by Alan Hackney, the Columbia swashbuckler was directed by Terence Fisher. Sidney Cole and Richard Greene served as producers. (Advance Notice) Richard Greene as the legendary Robin Hood and Peter Cushing as the evil sheriff of Nottingham star in “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” new Hammer Film production for Columbia Pictures filmed in Megascope and Eastman Color. Opening at the Theatre, the Columbia swashbuckler co-stars Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco, Sarah Branch and guest star Dennis Lotis. Terence Fisher directed from Alan Hackney’s screenplay. Sidney Cole and Richard Greene produced “Sword of Sherwood Forest.” (Alias Robin Hood) Richard Greene has been playing “Robin Hood” for so long he sometimes has difficulty separating his real personality from that of the legendary archer and greenwood fighter. Currently, Greene stars with Peter Cushing in “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” the Hammer film production for Columbia Pictures in Megascope and Eastman Color at the Theatre. (Code Name?) Who was Robin Hood, legendary figure of the greenwood? What was his real name? It certainly wasn’t Robin Hood, according to the experts, although Robin Hood is the hero of “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” the Hammer Film production for Columbia release at the Theatre starring Richard Greene and Peter Cushing in Megascope and Eastman Color. Some historians say “Robin Hood” stood for an underground code word used by different outlaws. (Review) One of the great adventure heroes of all time, Robin Hood joyously returned yesterday to the screen of the The atre in “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” the Hammer Film production for Columbia Pictures filmed in Megascope and Eastman Color. Richard Greene, who has been starring in the popular TV series built around the legendary hero, a perennial favorite of action fans everywhere, plays Robin Hood in the new film and Peter Cushing also stars as the outlaw’s crafty adversary, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. And all the other famous characters are here, too, Niall MacGinnis as Friar Tuck; Richard Pasco as the villainous Earl of Newark; Sarah Branch as Maid Marian; Dennis Lotis as Alan A’Dale and Nigel Green as Little John. Robin and his lusty crew, determined fighters and roisterers who rob the rich to pay the poor, are pitted not only against their old enemy, the Sheriff, but a powerful new antagonist as well. Before Robin and men bring down both their mysterious new enemy and the Sheriff of Nottingham, there are sword fights galore, some inventive plotting, the razing of a village by fire, hard riding and breathless battles on horseback. And there is, too, the romance of Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Alan Hackney penned the screenplay of “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” which was directed by Terence Fisher. Sidney Cole and Richard Greene produced the Columbia release. (Robin Hood) Did Robin Hood exist or was he just a legend, a fantasy dreamed-up by the oppressed peasantry of medieval England? Whatever the real facts, the Robin Hood legend has persisted nowhere so powerfully and at such great length as on the screen. Currently, Richard Greene stars as Robin Hood in the Hammer Film production for Columbia Pictures, “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” with Peter Cushing playing the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. The new swashbuckler, at the .-. Theatre in Megascope and Eastman Color, co-stars Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco, Sarah Branch and guest star Dennis Lotis. One of the more persistent Robin Hood legends represents the famous hero as one of the last Saxons to have held out against the Norman invaders of England. Another version has him identified with one Robert of LocMcsley, a “man slayer” who fle'tl to the forest. Locksley, in Scott’s “Ivanhoe,” is taken from this version of the Robin Hood story. (General Advance) Robin Hood, the world’s most famous adventurer, faces his most dangerous challenge in “Sword of Sherwood Forest,” the Hammer Film production for Columbia Pictures in Megascope and Eastman Color. Due at the Theatre, the new swashbuckler stars Richard Greene as Robin Hood and Peter Cushing as his villainous adversary, the Sheriff of Nottingham. “Sword of Sherwood Forest” co-stars Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco, Sarah Branch and Dennis Lotis, as guest star. In the current “Robin Hood” film, Greene, who successfully made a TV series based on the legendary outlaw, not only comes to grips with his ancient enemy, the Sheriff, but he also tangles with a mysterious and powerful adversary known as the Falcon. The Falcon is plotting against the King’s Chancellor, and the kingdom will stand or fall on the outcome. Other famous greenwood characters in “Sword of Sherwood Forest” include Niall MacGinnis as Friar Tuck; Miss Branch as Maid Marian; Lotis as Alan A’Dale, and Nigel Green as Little John. Richard Pasco plays the Earl of Newark, the Falcon. The Columbia swashbuckler is said to encompass breathless swordplay, ingenious plot and counterplot, hard-riding action, the razing of a village by fire, and battles on horseback, And, of course, there is the love story of Robin Hood and Maid Marion. The “Sword of Sherwood Forest” screenplay was written by Alan Hackney; Terence Fisher directed and Sidney Cole and Richard Greene produced. (Mat 1-A) Richard Greene stars as Robin Hood and Sarah Branch plays Maid Marian in "Sword of Sherwood Forest," new Hammer Film production for Columbia Pictures in MegaScope and Eastman Color. Peter Cushing co-stars. Printed in U.S.A.