“Robin Hood greatly impressed audiences of its day with its Maxfield Parrish-style romantic atmosphere, its enormous sets, and its horde of costumed extras.... This was Fairbanks' own version of the Robin Hood legend (he is the (writer) ‘Elton Thomas' listed in the film's credits), mixed with a little history and the Fairbanks legend itself. In the first half of the film...Fairbanks is hampered by the gorgeous mise-en scène.... Once Robin Hood is established in Sherwood Forest, the swashbuckling Fairbanks emerges, and the picture begins to move.... (T)he sequences in which Fairbanks performs his stunts...could only have been staged by the man who devised and performed them. And it is precisely here that the production comes to vivid life, expressing visual excitement of a kind not possible to any other medium. Worth noting, too, is Wallace Beery's performance as Richard: his portrayal of the historical figure as a rude-mannered, boisterous, jolly fellow rather than as an aristocrat lends a note of realism....” Eileen Bowser, Museum of Modern Art