In looking for colorized images from The Sea Hawk I found this page which had some surprises one of which was an ad for a toy ship. I gave up not finding any screen caps of the VHS version. Check out the link though.
greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com…
— twinarchers
A Flynnian Mystery & Quiz Involving the Following Stars.
Who and What Else were Involved??
— Tim
Inspired by zacaheinz’s stern post on The Zaca, his stern photo at bottom.
Thank you to Millie Robbins for Chronicling the History of The World’s Sexiest Yacht.
— Tim
Hi all Gloria Vanderbilt and her son have written a book about all the men she has seduced in her life and 1 of them is our man. Great story and pictures and 1 really good 1 of Errol.
Love Genene
— tassie devil
8Our chum, Karl Holmberg sends this eBay item to us, a great photo of Shirly Hassau. I have a personal connection to her daughter Marilyn now Lynn McCormick who opened her home to an impromptu gathering on the occasion of my father Earl DeWitt suddenly passing away of a heart attack in 1977. Alone for a moment in her kitchen she told me she had only seen her father two or three times as a child. She was raised by the Salvation Army, she said. She told me how sorry she was for my loss, and said it was a huge loss for AA, too. Her husband was also a member, and so was my father who with a partner opened the first Halfway House for alcoholics in Washington State.
Thanks Karl!
— David DeWitt
I wonder how many of you would like to see any of Errol’s films colorized with today’s technology? I would start with Captain Blood and see what happens. Objective Burma would be another. How do you think they would look? I am sure better than what Ted Turner did back in the VHS days.
— twinarchers
Dear fellow Flynn fans,
this is the post where we come close but come up short detecting the ZACA at various locations: www.theerrolflynnblog.com…
Blogmaster Witty Dave asked his self before, if that could be the ZACA in the film “The Monte Carlo Story”: www.theerrolflynnblog.com…
The answer is Yes, but No. The yacht used in the movie supposedly was the FAVORITA.
The FAVORITA was a clipper ship, built in 1862 in Mystic, CT. The ship’s first owner was J.A. McGaw. The FAVORITA was rated at 1231 tons, and dimensions were 188′ x 37′ x 24′. The ship was built to trade between its home port of New York, San Francisco, and the United Kingdom. She was sold in 1874 to Pray & Dickens, also of New York, and to German owners Schilling & Meinke in 1879. The FAVORITA continued to trade until 1891, when it was reported to be hulked in East Africa.
She sailed at various regattas. See: www.nytimes.com…
My question to you Flynnmates now goes like this: With the boat looking exactly like the ZACA, could it be that many photos on the net of Errol`s sailor pride actually depict the FAVORITA?
Take a peep for yourself at FAVA in moving pictures over here: www.youtube.com…
Zacahoy,
— shangheinz
Have any of you here ever read this book by professor and author Peter Valenti; Errol Flynn – A Bio-Bibliography..?
I bought this book as soon as it came out (’84) back then and found it interesting. It prods through difrent avenues in what was, could’ve been, and what other authors wrote about him, etc.; his movies – radio, interviews – personal letters, etc. etc…..; an objective evaluation of Errol’s total life.
Curious to know what anyone else thought about it?
@ David, has Rory ever mentioned anything about this book in as far as you know? wonder what she thought of it also…
I recently found out that he and his wife, who is also a writer, live no more than a possible mile or two from me in our little NC golf mecca known as Pinehurst NC. (US Open tourneys held here)
I have been trying to get his email address and/or phone number in seeing if he would maybe get together over a cup of coffee or drinks, to further discus his book on our man Flynn.
I know he has been a professor of English at Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC for many years, and from what I know, still continues too. I was thinking of going that rout, but I surely don’t want him to think I am stalker or whatever since I don’t have any real professional means in this, not writing a book, etc. , just simply for my own personal knowledge. He had have to make some real hard research and maybe did not write it all down in this book – its like making a record and then some time later after its release you wished you could have added or deleted something from it – and in this I am thinking maybe he left out a little nugget!
Well merry men and woman of Sherwood, what do you think, to crazy?????
In any case tell what you think of the book anyway, that’s what I wanted in the first place. (sigh!)……….
— Sergio
