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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

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The Actor as Storyteller

Stories take the audience into an entirely new and fantastic world.The actor is the vehicle that communicates the story.The actor’s choices and personality allows the audience to live and experience the story.A great actor just needs a story to tell to successfully fulfill their job.

Movie stars are actors that tell specific kinds of stories.

Movie stars tell stories through the strength of their unique personalities.

Movie StarProduct

Extreme, unique personality. Good Looks.

Personality embodies certain qualities or desires

A “god” or “goddess”

Name above the title

Story serves the Star

ActorArtist

Actor serves the story

Adapts to any situation or character.

PERFECT Example of Hollywood “Dream Factory” product

The Actor/Storyteller as Movie Star

The Movie Star creating pure fantasy!

Errol Flynn (1909-1959)

The ULTIMATE “He-man” swashbuckling heroSpecialized in action-packed costume dramasBigger than life both on screen and offBoisterous, rakish, athletic personalityEmbodiment of pure masculinity on screen.

Films featuring Flynn

Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

Captain Blood (1935)

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

The Sea Hawk (1941)

The Adventures of Don Juan (1947)

Gentleman Jim (1943)

Captain Blood (1935)

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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

Gentleman Jim (1943)

Olivia de Havilland (1916- )

Embodiment of purity, grace and morality on screen (the Madonna complex)Flynn’s frequent costar in costume/period dramas and adventures

Film Featuring de Havilland

Gone With The Wind (1939)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)

The Heiress (1948)

Gone with the Wind (1939)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)

The Heiress (1948)

The Supporting Cast (The glue)

Character actors – actors able to play a variety of parts.

Actors who enjoyed a LONG career playing supporting roles.

Basil Rathbone Alan Hale

Claude Raines

N.C. WYETH,World's most acclaimed

children's books illustrator

Welcome To Sherwood ForestOut of Great gray dust-bowl Depression

A crystal Technicolor dreamSplashes, bounds, dances

Across glistening silver movie screen Black tables swell with rich-pilchard foodOrange fire licks bleeding Saxon wounds

Basil Rathbone sneers blue Norman arroganceClaude Raines seethes corrupt yellow rule

Olivia deHavilland radiates chaste sensual lustEnter my childhood hero

Errol FlynnForever hope-filled, bold

Strong as long-bow hewn from ancient treeStraight as arrow splitting bulls-eye arrow

Wearing deep kelly-green tightsFlashing lightening ivory-toothed cocky smile

Brandishing poached antlered stagWhile fighting off stumbling Norman legions

In passionate defeat of evil chaosWild forest supermenOn thick oak branches

Down tankards of golden nut aleTear brown bread in white fist-full chunksDevour haunches of simmering red meat

Spill ruby wine down neatly trimmed chinsSing merry songs into midnight

Strip faux-Royal henchmen to their underwearRough order in absence of lion-hearted king

God Bless You Robin