Thanks Bob Peckinpaugh!
— David DeWitt
Archive for August, 2016
Farewell To Would-Be Errol Flynn Swashbuckler, Gene Wilder
30
Aug
‘Gene Wilder with sidekick Marty Feldman is ready to take on all opponents!’
Movie comedian Gene Wilder died yesterday at age 83. He left behind a legacy of 26 films including two swashbucklers. The first is the forgotten comedy classic ‘Start The Revolution Without Me” (1970) where he delightfully co-starred with Donald Sutherland as two pairs of mixed-up, identical twins in the French Revolution of 1789. One pair the wealthy, arrogant Aristocrats the Corsican Brothers, and the other, two cowardly Paris paupers. This beautifully shot costume, period film even has Orson Welles as an on-camera narrator. The second is the hilarious “The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother” (1974) with Wilder as the great detective’s jealous and insecure kid brother, Sigerson. This forgotten Holmes case has climatic duels with one between rapidly traveling coaches in the London fog, and a climatic rooftop swordfight to the death between Sigi Holmes and his brother’s arch-enemy Professor Moriarty played by Leo McKern. Thanks Mr. Wilder and God bless you. Ralph Schiller
— rswilltell
TKO in Tasmania
30
Aug
An hour north of Hobart, in historic Oatlands, is this treasure of a Bakery/Café, custom-made for Fans of Flynn:
— Tim
Errol & Olivia in Oklahoma!
28
Aug
At the National Cowboy & Western Culture Museum on September 14th.
Oh, what a beautiful museum!
— Tim
A Call for Clerihews
26
Aug
For you know who!
Information on and examples of Clerihews;
briefpoems.wordpress.com…
www.shadowpoetry.com…
Here’s my attempt:
Errol Flynn
Was In Like Flynn
Captain Blood and Robin Hood
Casanovin’ like no other could
— Tim
Objective, Baldwin Lake!
24
Aug
Read, see, and listen to the history and fate of Baldwin Lake, where much of Objective, Burma! was filmed:
In his day, as Errol put it in the trailer below, it was “Up the Burmese Creek without a paddle.” Today, no paddle is necessary.
— Tim
