Robin Hood, the iconic silent film, starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery is celebrating its 100th birthday. The swashbuckling adventure film was one of the most expensive movies in the 1920s with a budget of around $1 million. It was the first film to have a Hollywood premier at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, debuting on October 18, 1922.

The movie opens with the Earl of Huntingdon (Fairbank) winning a joust against his enemy Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Paul Dickey), then he accompanies King Richard (Wallace Beery) to fight in the crusades. Prince John (Sam De Grasse) is left in charge in his brother’s absence, quickly establishing himself as a cruel power hungry ruler who usurps the throne from Richard.

Lady Marian Fitzwalter (Enid Bennett) sends a message to Huntingdon about the turmoil at home, so he asks to leave the fighting, but King Richard assumes that he is being a coward and denies the request. Despite the king’s pronouncement, Huntingdon attempts to leave, and Sir Guy captures and imprisons him for being a deserter. He escapes and returns to England where he learns that Marian is apparently dead, and he and his friends are now considered outlaws.

Upon returning to Nottingham, he embraces his new status, becoming Robin Hood. Together with cohorts like Little John, Will Scarlet, and Friar Tuck, he steals from the rich to give to the poor and becomes a thorn in the side of Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham (William Lowery). Once he learns that Marian is still alive, Robin rescues her from Prince John’s prison, but while besting Sir Guy in battle, he is captured. It is then that King Richard finally returns, stopping his brother’s tyrannical rule and free Robin Hood to be with Maid Marian.