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Archive for July, 2024

Doppelgänger

31 Jul

Dear Flynnstones,

there can never be another Flynn, right?

But while reading  Samuel Marx’ superb book “Deadly Illusions“ on Jean Harlow and the murder of Paul Bern, I came across a namesake actor’n’athlete, who could have given Errol a run for his ringside reputation. en.m.wikipedia.org…
MBF threw in the Tinseltown towel early and made way for the real deal. He may have given Warners the idea to market our Hollywood hero as a bonafide boxer of Olympic proportions though. Luckily they didn‘t change the name of the aspiring contender to Terrence Thompson or Leslie LeBaron  or…

The studio then and there already knew the prequel can never outdo the original.

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 
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Technical Difficulties!

31 Jul

We have had the issue of our COMMENTS going missing from the blog for some time. You might thing this is an easy fix but nope! All the comments are still on the backend, even new ones, but are not showing up and it a huge headache to find the problem and fix it. Yet, we are not giving up by any means …

— David DeWitt

 
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Errol Flynn from December 1948 to February, 1949

22 Jul

‘ADVENTURES of DON JUAN’ opens in theatres through the  holidays and Errol begins working for MGM on his next picture, while living at his Mulholland home.  There he hosts a dinner party and invites more than 300 guests. There are 2 bars and 3 bands which began at 8:00 p.m., and ended about 6:00 a.m. the next morning.

Enjoy!

— Topper

 
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Errol Flynn in California End of October, 1940 to Beginning December!

15 Jul

Negotiating, filming, dining, radio programming, merchandising,   and clowning around for publicity pictures there is never a dull moment …even while being sued!

 Enjoy …

— Topper

 
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Full Cycle

12 Jul

Dear Flynnstones,

Errol covered a lot of ground during his lifetime. Between these pics taken respectively in Brazil and Germany lay roughly a decade. They confirm that once learned, you never loose the ability to

enjoy,

— shangheinz

 
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A Gentleman’s Roadster? Not Quite…

09 Jul

Here is a great read about Errol’s Frazer Nash car. Genene and Steve
: www.theerrolflynnblog.com… ‎

— tassie devil

 
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The Benny Flynn Show

06 Jul

Dear Flynnstones,

here is our man Flynn with jet set reporter Benno Graziani, one of the of the all time great photographers. www.vogue.co.uk/article/benno-graziani-interview…

His motto went a little like this: “Make em laugh, then shoot them“.

And it applied very well to their encounter in Deauville.

Enjoy,

 

— shangheinz

 
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Errol Flynn”s Last Three Months of 1941, November/December

06 Jul

From wrapping up filming on his latest adventure picture, to traveling coast to coast and back again for; radio appearances…magazine and newspaper articles … going to the ballet or a premiere…dinners and shows … or becoming an honorary Indian, all of this and more, in only two months.

Enjoy,

— Topper

 
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