Seventy Three Years Ago Today
— Tim
Archive for January, 2016
1/11
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Jan
Dennis Mullen’s Beat Cancer Friends!
09
Jan
Please take a moment to go read my campaign to help Dennis Mullen fight his recent diagnosis of cancer and donate something if you can to help him get through to a hopeful recovery. He has been diagnosed with a serious form of cancer and I’d like to call on all of our Flynn family to help him. He has been a tireless Flynn supporter and researcher. He’s walked literally in Flynn’s footsteps in Jamaica on Navy Island, was allowed to enter the closed military base where the Titchfield Hotel stood not once but three times (something only someone with the charm of Flynn himself could accomplish) and has traveled to Havana 12 times to give his famous Havana Writer’s Retreat to lucky writers from around the world. He knows every footstep Flynn made in Havana. He lives in Canada so his major medical expenses are going to be covered but we all know that it is worry about the daily expenses, bills not paid because employer benefits are thin and run out and we know that being able to afford the right foods and vitamins to help him fight cancer can make all the difference in a positive attitude and a good fight against cancer.
I don’t want our dear friend to stress over not having the funds to make a good fight of this, or worry about things that he can’t afford while undergoing chemo that is going to start almost immediately. If there are generous hearts among you, I know you will find a way to donate something toward making our Flynn friend comfortable and ease his mind about being safe and able to fight as hard as he can to save his life. Those who know him have experienced his generosity and kindness over and over again and his great sense of humor, his abilities as an editor and creative. I think if anybody deserves a bit of support it is Dennis Mullen …
I thank you all personally for reading this and for anything you may be able to do to help. Please share the following link in your social medias and send it to people who you think would like to help, too.
These campaigns succeed or fail based on how many people share these links. It’s very important to spread them around and let people know about this. A ten dollar donation or more will make an incredible difference!
— David DeWitt
Anderson Cooper Reports
09
Jan
Henry VIII, Cromwell & The Baron of Mulholland
Hooking Up with Flynn
Thank you to Maria for the ‘original’ of this photo.
Mrs. Vanderbilt
— Tim
Coronado Island Film Festival – One Week Away
08
Jan
Next Weekend: January 15-18, 2016
On Coronado, California — Early Hollywood Playground & “The Birthplace of Naval Aviation”
Meet & Greet with Sean & Rory!!
online.publicationprinters.com… [See pages 80 & 81 for Rory & Sean’s Tribute to Errol]
— Tim
Case of the curious blog 4
07
Jan
Dear fellow Flynn fans,
first of all I salute you to a New Errol Year with my waltzing waltzling ways: www.youtube.com…
At the 4 minute mark there´s is a terrific overview on Dürnstein Castle- remember?: www.theerrolflynnblog.com…
Unfortunately our Hollywood hero never made it down the blue Danube River to Vienna, hometown of his friend Doc I- Spy Erben and Will Tell loving lady Waltraut Haas.
Like in the old saying “Life is what happens, when you are busy making other plans”, he probably looked into making some movies:
The Niven Bush novel “The Actor” pitched to him by Henry Ginsberg
“The Ninth Man” written and scheduled also to be directed by Milton Krims
“Anthony Adverse”, alongside Fredric March and near to Lady Livvie
plus…drumrolls please: “The Greatest Love/Europa `51 with Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini
None of the above made the swashbuckler`s cut for various reasons.
Some saw the limelights and may well pop up on the blog in future “In should`ve been Flynn”- features.
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
The Woman Who Sparked Errol’s Interest in the Arts
05
Jan
Russian Prima Ballerina Anna Pavlova, who Errol saw during her legendary J. C. Williamson tour of Australia in the 1920s.
Was she also the first woman Errol “fell desperately in love with”?
The man behind the theatrical company that brought her to Australia – J. C. Williamson.
— Tim
A Shore Thing
04
Jan
This month is the 90th Anniversary of Sydney Church of England Grammar School’s most famous student – Flynn, E.L.T. “Shore” was Errol’s last school.
Errol, ever near the water:
The notably high-achieving but “severe” headmaster who ejected Flynn – LC Robson. Robson deleted all evidence of Errol’s attendance at Shore (Student Entrance No. 3955) from school records, but Flynn, of course, prevailed – still regarded the school’s most renowned alumni (“Old Boy” in the school’s parlance.)
A sketch of Shore circa 1925, how young Master Flynn would have seen it:
Errol’s two dorms at Shore: Robson House and School House, the latter of which he only stayed a few hours.
One of Errol’s fellow boarders at Robson House, Prime Minister Gorton, at the White House with Tricky Dick Nixon. The PM remembered Errol as “a first class boxer”.
President Nixon and Prime Minister John Gorton during an official welcoming ceremony at the White House in May 1969.
— Tim
A Manly Young Errol — At Mrs. Robinson’s House
02
Jan
Decades ahead of Dustin:
Errol at Mrs. Robinson’s House (in Manly, Australia)
Look how lovely Lily looks (on the far left).
— Tim
Confidentially Speaking
02
Jan
Bruce Cabot’s X Screws Hollywood
Errol & Mo fight back
And don’t forget the Musical!
www.mrconfidentialmusical.com…
— Tim
