— Tim
Archive for February, 2020
Valentine’s Day 1942
P.S. Useless trivia – Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg was born on the day of this broadcast, February 14,1942.
— Tim
15,000 Pictures of Errol
February 10, 1936
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
The Warner Brothers fan mail department is swamped by requests for pictures of Errol Flynn. More than 15,000 were sent out in the month of January.
— Tim
Dangerous Curves Ahead!
February 11, 1935
Sydney Skolsky
Cover Hollywood
Los Angeles Examiner
Lili Damita is now Trocaderomancing with Errol Flynn, a new Irish actor with Warners. It’s sizzling.
— Tim
Suppering with a Socialist, a Socialite, and a Spouse
February 8, 1939
“Hopkins and Stars see club opening.”
“Washington, D.C., Feb. 8.”
“Washington’s newest supper club opened last night with celebrities and stars in attendance. Here, Harry Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce, movie star Errol Flynn and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, wealthy socialite, found their way to fun. Note the ‘pop’ bottle on the table.”
[Note, also, how Lili was cut out of the story, quite literally in Life Magazine’s coverage, which did not include her in this same photo. That had to infuriate Miss Dynamita!]
Harry Hopkins was FDR’s main man for both the New Deal, and for international diplomacy. (Many believe he was also either a Soviet agent or Soviet dupe.)
Liz Whitney was a premier equestrian and horse owner, along with her legendary husband,Jock Whitney, “master of one of the great American fortunes and a pace-setting leader in a kaleidoscope of fields.”
— Tim
Two Stars are Born * *
Sixty Years Ago Today
On February 8, 1960, Errol was tributed with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Motion Pictures, one for Television
— Tim
Arno Flies to Horse Country
February 7, 2019
Harrison Carroll
LA Evening Herald Express
After mourning for days over the absence of his master, Arno, pet dog of Errol Flynn, is on a plane today speeding to join the Irish star in Upperville, Virginia.
For four years, Arno, a schnauzer, has been an inseparable companion of Flynn’s. He has accompanied the actor on yachting trips and to motion picture sets. He is even allowed to follow Flynn into the green room of the Warner Brothers commissary.
However, the star didn’t see how it was possible to take Arno on his present trip which will include visits to Havana and Mexico City. So, for the first time, master and dog were parted.
Ever since, Arno has been inconsolable. Three days ago he refused to take any more food and has been lying for hours underneath the star’s bed.
Yesterday, in desperation, Flynn’s business manager, Vernon Wood, wired Errol at Mrs. Jock Whitney’s estate in Virginia.
Flynn didn’t lose a minute wiring back to put Arno on a plane.
And now he’ll have to figure out a way to take the dog to Cuba and Mexico.
Llangollen Farm, a polo, fox hunting, and horse breeding, landmark in the rolling hills of Upperville, VA, now valued at over $40 Million
— Tim
Acquitted
FEBRUARY 6, 1943
“Fans and sensation seekers thronged Flynn’s neighborhood, spying through binoculars, prowling over his 11-acre property, mobbing the courthouse at his preliminary hearing, pulling at his buttons and shoes.”
The way it was in Wicked. Wicked Ways:
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— Tim