We're counting down to Olivia de Havilland's historic 100th birthday (July 1st!). Team Experience will be looking at highlights and curiosities from her career. Here's Dancin Dan...
Has Olivia de Havilland ever looked more beautiful than in 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood? Surely her apple-cheeked, wide-eyed beauty was never set off better than in the fabulous succession of head scarves she wore as Maid Marian.
And the costumes themselves are just gorgeous, too. Why modern-day Renaissance Faires aren't full to bursting with ladies busting out Olivia-as-Marian cosplay, I'll never know. Except for the fact that maybe Milo Anderson's costumes are too uniquely fabulous to ever be copied well. (Sadly, there were no Oscars for costumes until the late 1940s else he might have won for this)
Brocade!
Liquid silver!
Even in black & white these costumes are gorgeous.
And this wouldn't be a true beauty break without Errol Flynn in the role he was born to play (SWOON), so:
This was the third of eight films the two made together, and you can tell they were into a groove with each other. The chemistry simply crackles.
...and now I want to see the two of them in Romeo & Juliet. I bet they'd be smashing!