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
The Real Person!
June 10, 2021 at 12:13 pm
Don’t forget, folks, to search the archives here on the EFB for pioneering research with a present day focus on particular subjects.
That said, the audio file of this charming tale is from a radio transcription disc back in the day when there were no “audio files” nor CDs nor magnetic tape nor LPs (33 & 1/3 rpm). These so-called “records” were a whopping 16″ in diameter and recorded at a breakneck speed of 78 rpm and lasted only 15 minutes (per side). Thus a full 1 hour show required 4 sides to capture it all!
Also, as previously promised, yet another review of THIS radio program (from 2003) by the originator of the aforementioned Zaca Yahoo Group, Brian Twist, with a POST historio-commentary by our own Reviewer (in) Residence, “Rush Street Ralph”:
www.theerrolflynnblog.com…
The Real Person!
June 10, 2021 at 1:27 pm
Thanks, Karl & Ralph! You can buy tons of OTR Old time radio on eBay and from other websites. There is a whole world of information and entertainment out there that you can listen to on your MP3 friendly device!