Does anyone know I this project was ever accomplished?
— Selene Hutchison-Zuffi
Archive for June, 2021
At the Jerico public Hall Tasmania
23
Jun
Friday, June 18
2:00 PM – Great Performers: Errol Flynn the Swashbuckler with Marc Courtade
Errol Flynn was considered the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks, achieving worldwide fame during the golden age of Hollywood. Tall, athletic, and exceptionally handsome, Flynn was best known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, most often in partnership with Oliva de Havilland. Flynn’s films remain popular and audiences are still captivated by his good looks and charisma on screen. He remains a true movie star. So sorry for the lateness of this piece only just found it myself. So exciting after all these years they still celebrate Errol at the hall he on
ce hid a bottle of whisky…. Genene.
— tassie devil
Mail Bag! Flowers for Flynn’s Birthday! June 20, 1909 … in 2021!
20
Jun
Thanks Selene …
— David DeWitt
We Welcome New Author Doc Walkeye to The Errol Flynn Blog!
20
Jun
Happy to have you aboard, Doc!
— David DeWitt
Wee tale But true
19
Jun
Hi, Everyone! Whilst going through Steve’s pic on his phone … This is hanging on the wall in the Jerico hall …
— tassie devil
Showdown by Errol Flynn!
17
Jun
The West Australian Newspaper
Saturday, October 12, 1946
At work on SHOWDOWN with his editorial assistant …
The dedication he wrote to his parents reveals he was not happy with the final result … perhaps warding off criticism of his work?
The book went on to be republished in paperback many times. It is now a collector’s item and if you have a copy, hang onto it!
— David DeWitt
Flynn, by a Knockout! Perfect Specimen!
10
Jun
Flynn’s opponent later became a personal assistant in Hollywood to Daryl Zanuck …
DAILY ADVERTISER NSW
Friday 16 December 1938 – Page 6
Tasmanlan-born film star, knocked out Captain Aidan Roark, the international polo player. A brawl occurred at a cocktail party at the home of socially prominent Mrs Jock Whitney. Spectators say that
after the knockout a friend of Roark’s rushed forward and punched Flynn in the jaw, loosening a tooth. Flynn is 6ft 2in in height, and weighs 12st 12lb. He was discovered by Mr. Charles
Chauvel, and his first screen appearance was as Fletcher Christian in the Australian production, ‘In the Wake of the Bounty.’ The last two films in which Australia has seen him were the Hollywood productions of ‘The Perfect Specimen’ and ‘Robin Hood.’ Captain Roark’s height and weight are
not on record locally. A Captain Roark played No. 3 at polo for England against the United States in 1927 and again in 1930.
The Lux Radio Theatre. January 2, 1939. CBS net. “The Perfect Speciman”. Sponsored by: Lux Soap. A multi-millionaire bred to be “a perfect speciman,” takes off to be his own man and avoid his dominating grandmother. Dr. Floyd L. Ruch, an associate professor of psychology is interviewed. Joan Blondell has trouble reading her script during the post-story interview.
Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, May Robson, Cecil B. DeMille, Lou Merrill (performer, commercial spokesman), Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Byron K. Foulger, Lindsay MacHarrie, Alma Lloyd, Clem Bevins, Eddie Waller (doubles), Ross Forrester, Gay Seabrook, Billy Bletcher, Bob Burleson (doubles), Earle Ross (doubles), Lou Fulton, Edward Marr (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Samuel Hopkins Adams (author), Melville Ruick (announcer), Norman Reilly Raine (screenwriter), Lawrence Riley (screenwriter), Brewster Morse (screenwriter), Fritz Falkenstein (screenwriter), Caroline Frasher, Raoul DeLeon, Gil Patric, David Kerman, Margaret Brayton, Floyd L. Ruch (intermission guest), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:37.
“A constable in the New Guinea police at 17, an overseer of a copra plantation, then collumnist for a Sydney Australian newspaper, master of a trading boat, gold prospector, memner of the Australian Boxing Team in the 1928 Olympics- he’s never stopped roving.” Dawn Patrol has just been released. Flynn planning trip to Cat Cay in Bahamas for giant tuna fishing in the early spring. He also plans to sail Sirocco II in the annual race from California to Hawaii in the summer.
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— David DeWitt
Flynn’s Last Fling …
08
Jun
Near the end of his life, Hollywood’s greatest swashbuckler embarked on one final adventure-the Cuban revolution
By Gaspar González | From Tom Selleck, Nov/Dec 2007 Click the image for the full story …
— David DeWitt
