Film Poster

Title: Film Poster
Creator: United Artists
Date: 1922
Description: This is a hand drawn and painted poster which has been reproduced multiple times. It shows Fairbanks dressed as Robin Hood in a tree with the infamous bow and arrow.
Scholarly Significance: The colour of the poster highlights the type film it will be. Fun, exciting and light-hearted.
Fairbanks has been depicted dressed in the stereotypical Robin Hood attire of green tights, brown boots, red hat and the bow and arrow. This insinuates that this idea of Robin hood will be similar to people knew from the original story (legend).
Fairbanks face contains pigments of pink on his cheeks to indicate youthfulness and exercise. His masculinity shines through where he is a rugged man out in the wilderness.; The bow covers half the poster and is the focal point of it ad it is clearly on the side.
The word "Fairbanks" is the largest text on the poster and indicates the prominence of his name over the actual films title.
The trees surrounding Fairbanks depiction in the poster is trying to represent Sherwood. This forest is synonymous with Robin Hood. This helps viewers understand that the film will not divulge too far from the original story.
Place: USA
Rights: United Artists
Cataloguer: Alex Bartholomew