On February 5, 1943, the jury deliberated, whether to send Errol to San Quentin, or Mulholland Farm (or the State Farm)
The Jury Members were:
Ruby Anderson
Lorene Boehm
Charles Boyd
Loren Curtis
Elaine Forbes
Homer Jacobsmeyer
Jennie Larson
Mildred Leahy
Nellie Minear
Lena Morgan
Georgette Welch
Theresa Wood
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Alice Chalfant (Alternate)
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Juror Selection and Dismissed Jurors:
— Tim
I am happy to announce New Author Kevin Wedman has joined us on The Errol Flynn Blog! Kevin we look forward to your thoughts and posts! Welcome Aboard!
— David DeWitt
Great article and photos of Deirdre, stand-in for Michael Douglas, in his first starring role,
“Hail Hero!”, published on one of the most significant days in the history of mankind.
— Tim
Why was Errol maligned so much by the media and some authors alike? All because of womanizing or his practical jokes? What otherwise did he do so wrong to deserve all this slander and mockery he had to endure?
He never attacked anybody unless he defended himself. He was a great charmer! He had great manners! He did no real harm to anybody!
What is your opinion and or inside information?
Below is one opinion by Luis Kraft:
Unscrupulous writer-historians and how they dupe their readers▪
I) I’ve struggled trying to decide if I should be vague or be specific and take people to task who push their agendas at the cost of truth. They create fictions and lies and often their cited documentation is a fabrication or worse. There is a war going on and I’m in the middle of it. If I opt for the second approach all hell will break out (at least for me).
II) It is now looking like this blog will become two blogs: 1) Indian wars, and 2) Film history. Reason: Information blasted over social media often deals with my very small world of historical research and writing. Some of the information I’m stumbling upon online and reading in printed form is shocking. Unfortunately people (I can’t call them historians; if I did I would choke) gobble up this misinformation and reprint it as if it is fact.
Louis Kraft
Here is a wonderful link to Louis Kraft’s site and about Errol. www.louiskraftwriter.com…
— Tina
“The case was drawing near to its close. I would either be sentenced to jail or not. Under the law there was no such thing as a suspended sentence or fine. None of those nice amenities. You either had it, or you hadn’t. I had no intention of going to jail. My two-engine plane was out at Burbank, waiting, so that if I got a bum rap, I’d get out there, hop in and leave America and my screen career forever.”
– My Wicked, Wicked Ways
~ Would Flynn Have Flown? ~
I believe Errol would have definitely exited, stage left –
making it one of the most sensational stories of the 20th Century.
What do you think?
— Tim
The Prosecution Begins Closing Argument:
Photos from Miscellaneous Dates:
— Tim
Has ever anybody seen this picture of Errol?
from the July1939 Modern Screen Magazine
Enjoy!
— Tina
While we are exchanging knowledge about Errol’s idiosyncrasies here is another quiz:
In which movie did Errol mentioned a name, which existed for real in his private life?
— Tina
While still in its infancy, long before it became nationally popular, and before even the first known water skiing club was formed (on Lake Washington in Seattle), Errol was expertly skiing off the coast of California.
On one occasion skiing off the beach of Coronado, it’s been said he was ordered to stop by local authorities, who didn’t know what to think about this rarely-seen activity. There are some other great accounts of Errol out waterskiing – such as off of Catalina with David Niven, onto a beach in Jamaica for a celebrity beach party, to work in the Med. But photos proving he skied appear to be very rare. Here’s one though, from what I would say is the late 30s or early 40s, very early for anyone to be waterskiing, nevermind Hollywood’s greatest star.
— Tim
