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My grandfather was a stuntman in this film

posted 19 years ago by RabidRenaissance
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There are two scenes in which I know he is included prominently. Unfortunately, my father passed away 3 years ago, and took with him the recollection of the rest of the details involving Grandpa Chad.

Scene 1:

Robin cutting the rope of the castle gate (or was it the drawbridge?) and hanging on as it pulls him over the castle wall. That whole stunt was 100% Grandpa Chad, with no net or harness involved. Eroll Flynn pretty much hopped off of a soapbox for the close-up at the end.

Scene 2:

During the rescue of Robin from the executioner, there is a brief shot where a castle guard takes an arrow in the chest and slumps over. The gaurd is Grandpa Chad, and the shot is of particular signifigance (despite how brief it is) since his face and upper body fill the frame and you can clearly see him.

I want to take a moment to thank the fine folks here at the IMDB for adding this film to his filmography based only on my assertion that he was an uncredited stuntman in it, and for their willingness to upload a picture of him at no charge, if I could just find one...

Check out my grandpa!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873865/

[–] TheManInOil 13 years ago

Nifty. I think the most outstanding thing about this movie is the stunt work, some of which is really fantastic.

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[–] movie-viking 11 years ago

What a wonderful link you have to your grandpa.

I did check out his IMDB page...Can see the general resemblance to Errol Flynn.

[–] Adler-99 11 years ago

Hope you both are having much success adding to your grandfather's & father's movie history. I think it's so cool.

Movies like this version of Robin Hood are the best, with the stunts and sword fights. Seems like new movies are all CG. Bo-ring.

TCM is showing this version again tonight and we plan to watch it with a large bowl of popcorn, cheering the good guys and booing the villains! Maybe even throwing popcorn at Prince John.

[–] RabidRenaissance 10 years ago

I've moved...again...so I now have another window of opportunity to find my old dusty boxes of records and photos and do more research and updating! Here's hoping. :)

Check out my grandpa!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873865/

[–] pol-edra 10 years ago

Good luck with the sorting and filing!

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