RSS
 

Archive for June, 2017

Mrs. William Tell is 90 and well

09 Jun

Dear fellow Flynn fans,

Austrian actress, Mrs. Waltraut Haas, Errol’s co- star of his unfinished appleshot “The Story of William Tell” turns 90 today.

She remembers Flynn fondly as charming not flirty, knowing his lines on cue and feasting on sardines, Rum and Coca Cola during their short cut stint in Courmayeur Italy: www.theerrolflynnblog.com…

She still is keeping busy appearing on stage at least once a year at the local Wachau summer theatre festival.

Starring opposite our Hollywood hero seems the equivalent of falling into a fountain of youth for his long-living leading ladies.

Some sort of caressing keelhauling if you will.

G’day and happy b’day,

— shangheinz

 
8 Comments

Posted in Main Page, Shangheinz Shanties

 

In Come the Flynns

08 Jun

Harrison Carroll – Los Angeles Evening Herald Express
June 8, 1939

For the first time since Hollywood gave stardom and world-wide fame to Errol Flynn, the Irish actor and his family are to have a reunion.

It will take place here, revealed Flynn today, with the arrival of his mother and his sister, Rosemary, in about two weeks. The star’s father, Theodore Thompson Flynn, who is dean of the faculty of science at Queen’s University in Belfast, alsi is expected on the coast after a brief stay in New York.

According to the actor, it has been more than three years since he has seen his parents.

Asked if his 19-year-old sister might also seek a film career, Flynn laughed and shook his head.

“She’s the clever one in the family”, he explained, “she’s studying medicine.”

But what if some studio offer’s her a test? The star was then asked.

“In that case”, said Flynn, “I’ll probably handle the deal.”

This visit will be the first time any of the star’s family has been inside a motion picture studio. They’ll have an opportunity to watch Flynn work before the camera with Bette Davis in Elizabeth and Essex.

media.gettyimages.com…

— Tim

 
8 Comments

Posted in Friends & Family, Gentleman Tim, Main Page, Newspaper & Headlines

 

Flyin’ Flynn & Flippin’ Arno

07 Jun

June of ’89

Jimmy Starr – Los Angeles Evening Herald Express
June 5, 1939

Errol Flynn’s finally got a private pilot’s licence and flew to te Elizabeth and Essex location at the Warner Ranch in his own plane.

Erskine Johnson – Los Angeles Evening Herald Express
June 8, 1938

BEHIND THE MAKEUP

Errol Flynn’s Schnauzer chasing Bette Davis’ Scotty around the Warner Studio Cafe’ …

— Tim

 
4 Comments

Posted in Behind the Scenes, Gentleman Tim, Main Page, Newspaper & Headlines

 

Before Blood

06 Jun

For what film was Errol tested that, if he had landed the role, would have been his first Hollywood starring role?

– He was considered for it before he was chosen for Captain Blood.

– It was based on a famous book.

– Though the story was a disaster, the movie was a success.

– Though it was fictional, it was based on real events.

– It would have been his first role with Alan Hale.

– It would have been his first role with Basil Rathbone.

– There were swords in the movie, but Errol would have never dueled against Basil with any of them.

– Russell Crowe played a somewhat similar role once.

– Kirk Douglas played a somewhat similar role once.

– Errol would have got religion in his role.

– Years later, he visited the location that was the setting of the film.

— Tim

 
5 Comments

Posted in Gentleman Tim, Main Page, Newspaper & Headlines, QUIZ PAGE

 

Mail Bag! Tom Scalzo Article Covers it All!

04 Jun

Tom Scalzo and I have been emailing back and forth and he mentioned an old article that he published about Errol that covered the old boy’s life so well that I asked him if I could reproduce it here and happily he has agreed! So enjoy!

Thanks, Tom!

— David DeWitt

 
4 Comments

Posted in Newspapers & Magazines, The Last Years

 

Meet the Mayor

04 Jun

Mayor David Wenham – from 300, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

“Last month the hard working Wenham played Christian Travers, the fictional mayor of Townsville in director Russell Mulcahy’s Errol Flynn biopic In Like Flynn, shot on the Gold Coast.

Produced by James M. Vernon and Corey Large, the film follows the early life of the Tasmanian-born Flynn (Red Dog: True Blue’s Thomas Cocquerel) as he and his friends set sail from Sydney to New Guinea in search of gold. The mayor is the local bookmaker and brothel owner. Other cast members include Callan Mulvey, Isabel Lucas, Corey Large, William Moseley and Clive Standen.

Wenham relished the chance to work with Mulcahy, describing him as a great character and an absolute hoot.”

— Tim

 
No Comments

Posted in Beam Ends, Flynn-related, Gentleman Tim, Main Page, New Articles, New Guinea, Sirocco, The Early Errol, Travels

 

It’s a Wrap!

04 Jun

www.goldcoastbulletin.com…

— Tim

 
2 Comments

Posted in Beam Ends, Behind the Scenes, Gentleman Tim, Main Page, New Articles, Publicity, Sirocco, Travels, Young Errol Flynn

 

Cricket Anyone?

03 Jun

Listen to this morning’s radio documentary on the Hollywood Cricket Club:

www.radiotimes.com…

— Tim

 
No Comments

Posted in Co-Stars, Flynn and..., Gentleman Tim, Main Page, New Articles

 

Errol’s Good Luck Charm

03 Jun

An EFB Four Score Anniversary News Report: June 3, 1937

Harrison Carroll – Los Angeles Evening Herald Express

It took plenty of talk for Warner Bros to persuade Errol Flynn to remove a good luck chain from his neck for prize fight scenes in The Perfect Specimen. The charm was made from the first nugget taken out of the New Guinea gold fields. It was given to Flynn eight years ago by a priest. The actor takes it off for the first time for the picture.

— Tim

 
4 Comments

Posted in Behind the Scenes, Gentleman Tim, Main Page, Newspaper & Headlines

 

Green Light for Errol & Olivia

03 Jun

Louella O. Parsons – Los Angeles Examiner
June 1, 1936

One of the directorial plums of the year has fallen right
into the lap of Frank Borzage. He will direct The Green Light
by Lloyd C. Douglas, author of The Magnificent Obsession,
which was one of last year’s big pictures. The production date
is July 6, so, of course, Warner Brothers won’t wait for
Leslie Howard, who remains in England for months and months.
But my guess is that Errol Flynn,who is being built bigger
and bigger by Warners, will have the lead.

Jimmy Starr – Los Angeles Evening Herald Express
June 2, 1936

…Tremendously enthusiastic over the forthcoming
production of Green Light, the Lloyd C. Douglas novel,
Cosmopolitan Productions, releasing through Warner Brothers,
has decided to again team those new raves, Olivia De Havilland
and Errol Flynn, under the direction of Frank Borzage. This
will be Errol’s first chance to appear in modern dress since
his sensational rise to cinematic fame. He will star in his
own story, The White Rajah, following this picture.

They never made it to the Silver Screen with Green Light, but it was blue skies on radio airwaves with this:

“From Hollywood California, the Lux Radio Theater Presents Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland in Green Light” oldhollywoodincolor.com…

— Tim

 
No Comments

Posted in Author Errol Flynn, Co-Stars, Dates & Girlfriends, Films, Flynn and..., Gentleman Tim, Main Page, Newspaper & Headlines, Old Time Radio Shows

 
« Older Entries
Newer Entries »