Lady Robinhood

1925 film

July 26, 1925 (1925-07-26)

Running time

6 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Lady Robinhood is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince, starring Evelyn Brent, and featuring Boris Karloff.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews,^[2] in one of the provinces of Spain, cut off by impassable roads, is a people who are ruled by a tyrannical governor and his friend, Cabraza. The ward of the governor, Senorita Catalina, is sympathetic with the peasants and convict labor and, by impersonating a "Lady Robinhood," seeks to gain for them relief. An American, Hugh Winthrop, enters the province and is captured by La Ortiga (the feminine of Robinhood). He escapes and returns to the palace of the governor where he notices the similarity of the Senorita Catalina to La Ortiga. Confronted, she breaks into tears. Each confesses their love for the other. Raimundo sees the love scene and warns the troops that La Ortiga is in the palace. A raid follows. La Ortiga, Hugh, and Marie are captured. La Ortiga escapes to the hills where she calls her people together and a raid is made upon the palace in time to prevent the death of Hugh and Marie. The governor is seized.

Cast

Evelyn Brent as Señorita Catalina / La Ortiga
Robert Ellis as Hugh Winthrop
Boris Karloff as Cabraza
William Humphrey as Governor
D'Arcy Corrigan as Padre
Robert Cauterio as Raimundo

Preservation

With no prints of Lady Robinhood in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film, but a trailer for the film survives in the collection of the Library of Congress.

References

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Lady Robinhood". silentera.com. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ "New Pictures: Lady Robinhood", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (10), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 86, August 29, 1925, retrieved August 16, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Lady Robinhood". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.