In case piles of dirty snow have left your eyes starved for pure color, here are pictures from The Adventures of Robin Hood, which came out in 1938. I expected a black & white movie, then thought it had been colorized -- incredibly well, but 25% too lush for real life. It turns out they shot it in Technicolor way back then.
The movie flaunts its color with constant costume changes for everyone but the peasants (and Robin Hood). You'd expect the evil Bishop, the King, a lady in waiting, and an outlaw musician (clockwise from top-left, left) to be stylish.But Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian is radiant -- Northern Renaissance portrait-ready -- in all of the eight outfits I noticed, on top here and just below.
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The evil nobles (usurping the King, who's on his way back from scourging the Holy Land for Christ) are preening peacocks, especially Claude Rains as Prince John, below left, and Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy, below right.
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Though Basil does look pretty smooth for a grown man in action-hero pajamas, Claude has every right to admire himself in the mirror, below left. Meanwhile Errol Flynn as Robin doesn't waste time on finery, unless you include the dead stag he's draped with when he crashes a dinner party at the castle, below right.
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And finally, below, a peacock kangaroo court -- Melville Cooper as the High Sheriff, Basil, and some extra in purple tights -- delivers its verdict: There is no such thing as too much color!
