— Tim
Archive for February, 2021
A Sword Runs Through Him
05
Feb
February 5, 1937
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Examiner
A fight between Errol Flynn and Alan Hale in The Prince and the Pauper is covered in the script by one line: “He runs him through with his sword.” Counting long shots, close ups and medium shots, the duel took three days to film. At the conclusion, Hale, who has been ill, fainted and Flynn could scarcely lift his arm.
— Tim
Errol Does The Big Apple
03
Feb
February 3, 1938
Louella O. Parsons
Los Angeles Examiner
The commotion on the Gold Diggers in Paris set at Warner’s yesterday was caused by the chorines teaching Errol Flynn The Big Apple.*
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This film’s “chorines” can be seen, beginning at 2:00 in the film’s ‘Latin Quarter’ video below. But first The Big Apple!
History of The Big Apple
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La Gran Manzana
youtu.be/vMINXFHWmhc…
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Mickey Does The Big Apple
youtu.be/XzlFsm11F-w…
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The Latin Quarter – See the film’s chorines at 2:00 >
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— Tim
An Inside Quiz
02
Feb
February 1
He was a close friend of Franklin and Eleanor.
His name is sometimes brought up in connection with Errol’s.
— Tim
Sea-Sick Over Sirocco
01
Feb
January 31,1939
Jimmy Fidler
San Francisco Chronicle
Errol Flynn’s not subject to sea-sickness, but when you mention that yacht of his, he shows some of the same symptoms.
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December 28, 1938
New York Times
Errol Flynn, Irish motion picture actor, faces the loss of his $25,000 yacht Sirocco because it exceeds tonnage and length limitations imposed by the Federal government on alien-owned craft…
Sirocco, off Cape San Lucas, Baja California, during one of Errol’s fishing trips.
— Tim
