[Note: Some of the examples werefictionalcharacters!] It bemoaned he fact that many of these deformed abnormals were often treated inhumanely, shunned by society, and jeered at or ridiculed:The accident of abnormal birth was considered a disgrace and malformed children were placed out in the elements to die.There were at least six silent era attempts at the story.The Reginald de Koven-Harry B.Smith light opera version ofRobin Hoodwas originally presented in 1890.And Douglas Fairbanks starred as the infamous outlaw hero and Wallace Beery as Richard he Lion-Hearted in an early silent version of the film directed by Allan Dwan -Robin Hood (1922), reportedly the most expensive film made up to that time (at $1.And he film stirred new controversy when it was voted into theNational Film Registryin 1993, and when it was voted one of the "Top 100 American Films" (at # 44) by theAmerican Film Institutein 1998.She enters the inner office of her ex-boss (and ex-husband), big-city newspaper editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant).