Robin Hood's grave at the site of Kirklees Priory in Yorkshire #RandM76 #TCMParty A centuries-old tourist trap although very private in the late 20th century. Stephen Knight - #RobinHood scholar - is the one with the sunglasses.

And we close with some more rotten apples. #TCMParty #RandM76

The final arrow is from later versions of the death ballad. #RandM76 #TCMParty

The taglione for the film was "Love is the greatest adventure." Pauline Kael quipped about the problems in the supposedly romantic film ending in a murder-suicide. #TCMParty #RandM76

"I love you more than God." James Goldman is borrowing from Abelard and Heloise here. #TCMParty #RandM76

Robin Hood's Death

Kirklees (or slight variations of the name) appears at the end of A Gest of Robyn Hode and in Robin Hood's Death. www.boldoutlaw.com/rhbal/bal120... #TCMParty #RandM76

"And then great battles!" Robin is a slow learner. #RandM76 #TCMParty

Robin is invigorated with little sense of the death he's caused. Not so different from King Richard. #RandM76 #TCMParty

Part of the whole sense of memory. Robin apparently quoting himself from his first meeting with Little John. #TCMParty #RandM76

Robin and the Sheriff's slow and bloody duel in Robin and Marian is a far cry from this. #RandM76 #TCMParty

So, the rematch beyond #JamesBond and Red Grant. From Russia with Love is one of many, many films in the nexus of #RobinandMarian #RandM76 #TCMParty

"Your Rob's lady. If you had been mine, I'd have never have left." It really feels like Goldman is pitching Robin, John and Marian as a bit of a love triangle. #TCMParty And not just the two interested in the same woman. #RandM76

Little John's support of Robin is like Robin's blind devotion to the king. #RandM76 #TCMParty

I think Marian's smarter to want to leave and not support Robin in his folly. #RandM76 #TCMParty

"He's become a legend. Have you ever tried to fight a legend?" "Just my brother." One of the better lines, and calling back to Goldman's The Lion in Winter #TCMParty #RandM76

We've had Harry Potter with King Richard - Richard Harris. Hello, Lord of the Rings with Ian Holm as King John. More of how Robin and Marian is the nexus point for genre films. #TCMParty #RandM76

And now Robin has an army of children. This isn't going well. #RandM76 #TCMParty

"Make me cry." Hepburn and Barry are doing some heavy lifting to prevent that crashing everything. #TCMParty #RandM76

"Am I old and ugly?" No, no, you are definitely not. #TCMParty #RandM76

And yet, Robin spared the oaf, but they shot some of the hired help. #TCMParty #RandM76

"I've known your kind all my life." I like the king of Sherwood's disdain for the real-world nobility. #TCMParty #RandM76

The John Barry score and Audrey Hepburn's performance elevates this scene so much. #TCMParty #RandM76

Robin's a bit like a Vietnam vet trying to relive his college football glory days. #TCMParty #RandM76

"She never did have the touch for driving." Hello, 1970s sexism. #TCMParty #RandM76

Sir Ranulf is the Frank Burns of these baddies. #TCMParty #RandM76 He's the idiot that the Sheriff can't stand, not his men.

"I should have taught you better." I like this sheriff who takes some responsibility. Not quite "I'm surrounded by idiots." #TCMParty #RandM76

A classic Robin Hood adventure, where the extras aren't quite playing along. #RandM76 #TCMParty

Disguise is a common part of the #RobinHood legend. And in one of the earliest ballads, he fights a potter and then disguises himself as one. Many outlaw heroes disguised themselves as potters including Hereward and William Wallace. #TCMParty #RandM76

"I can see a wagon with three horses. One to pull but two to push?" This is a very, very smart Sheriff of Nottingham. #TCMParty #RandM76

"I know him. He's a little bit in love with death. He flirts. He teases. I can wait." I love the attitude of Robert Shaw's Sheriff. #RobinHood #TCMParty #RandM76