Born: July 10, 1904, Blaye, France
Died: March 21, 1994, Palm Beach, FL
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— Tim
Author Archive
En Mémoire de Lili 🇫🇷
22
Mar
End of An Era – Errol and Warner Brothers
21
Mar
New York Times
March 20, 1954
ERROL FLYNN ENDS PACT AT WARNERS; Actor and Studio Agree to Part
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 19 — Errol Flynn and Warner Brothers have agreed to an amicable termination of their twenty-year association. VIEW FULL ARTICLE IN TIMESMACHINE »
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WARNER BROTHERS’ FEATURE FILMS WITH FLYNN, with costs and earnings:
Murder in Monte Carlo (1934) – cost and earnings not available
Case of the Curious Bride (1935) – cost and earnings not available
Don’t Bet on Blondes (1935) – cost and earnings figures not available
Captain Blood (1935) – cost $995,000, earnings $2,475,000
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) – cost $1,076,000, earnings $2,736,000
Green Light (1937) – cost $513,000, earnings $1,667,000
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) – cost $858,000, earnings $1,691,000
Another Dawn (1937) – cost $552,000, earnings $1,045,000
The Perfect Specimen (1937) – cost $505,000, earnings $1,281,000
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) – cost $2,033,000, earnings $3,981,000
“Four’s a Crowd” (1938) – cost and earnings not available
“The Sisters” (1938) figures – cost and earnings not available
The Dawn Patrol (1938) – cost $500,000, earnings $2,185,000
Dodge City (1939) – cost $1,061,000, earnings $2,532,000
The Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) – cost $1,073,000, earnings $1,613,000
Virginia City (1940) – cost $1,179,000, earnings $2,120,000
The Sea Hawk (1940) – cost $1,701,000, earnings $2,678,000
Santa Fe Trail (1940) – cost $1,115,000 earnings $2,533,000
Footsteps in the Dark (1941) – cost and earnings not available
Dive Bomber (1941) – cost $1,204,000, earnings $2,613,000
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) – cost $1,358,000, earnings $4,014,000
Desperate Journey (1942) – cost $1,209,000 earnings, $3,980,000
Gentleman Jim (1942) – cost $972,000 earnings, $3,842,000
Northern Pursuit (1943) – cost $1,290,000 earnings, $3,252,000
Edge of Darkness (1943) – cost $1,653,000 earnings, $3,669,000
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) – cost $1,560,000, earnings $3,621,000
Uncertain Glory (1944) – cost and earnings not available
Objective Burma (1945) – cost $1,592,000 earnings, $3,961,000
San Antonio (1945) – cost $2,232,000, earnings $5,899,000
Never Say Goodbye (1946) – cost $1,011,000, earnings $2,603,000
Cry Wolf (1947) – cost $1,461,000, earnings $2,690,000
(The Lady from Shanghai – uncredited cameo appearance)
Escape Me Never (1947) – cost $1,900,000, earnings $1,569,000
Silver River (1948) – cost $3,204,000, earnings $3,484,000
The Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – cost $3,408,000, earnings $4,772,000
Montana (1950) – cost $1,589,000, earnings $3,647,000
Rocky Mountain (1950) – earnings $2,000,000 (North America)
Maru Maru (1952) – cost and earnings not available
The Master of Ballantrae (1953) – earnings $2,000,000 (North America)
Too Much Too Soon (1958) – cost and earnings not available
— Tim
Partners at LaMaze*
18
Mar
* The “cafe”/restaurant/nightclub, not the natural childbirth technique.
The partners were:
Errol and Lili
Dolores and Cedric
Marlene and Gilbert(?)
Howard and Frances
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March 18, 1936
Louella O. Parsons
Los Angeles Examiner
Errol Flynn, Lili Damita, Gilbert Roland, Marlene Dietrich, Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons at the Cafe LaMaze in a party; at a nearby table Howard Hughes and Frances Drake.*
* The actress, not the explorer.
— Tim
A Giant St. Patty’s Day Quiz
17
Mar
Errol was once a guest at a giant St. Patrick’s Day Party. Where was it and who was the host?
– It may have been the largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration ever thrown by a private person.
– Many dozens of Hollywood celebrities attended.
– The millionaire host wore sunglasses the day of the party, reportedly because he had a black eye he earned in a fistfight while greeting or preparing to greet celebrities.
— Tim
Ides of March, 1933 — Errol’s First Public Screening
15
Mar
March 15, 1933
Sydney Morning Herald
EXPEDITIONARY FILMS LTD. “BOUNTY” PICTURE LAUNCHED!!
To-day, at the Prince Edward Theatre, the film, “In the Wake of the Bounty,” which Mr. Charles Chauvel produced recently, with Tahiti and Pitcairn Islands as the principal backgrounds, will be given its first public screenings.
At the Australia Hotel yesterday, the directors of Expeditionary Films Ltd., under whose auspices Mr. Chauvel has made the film, entertained members of the Press and the motion picture Industry at luncheon.
Mr. S. Utz (Chairman of Expeditionary Films, Ltd.) presided. COL. M. P. Bruxner, who is a member of the company, outlined some of the difficulties which Mr. Chauvel had to face In making the film; difficulties of transport; difficulties of organisation; and, finally, difficulties of censorship. The members of the company, being amateurs in the film business, had been amazed, and then appalled, at the amount of obstinacy and pugnacity which had to be displayed, before a film finally reached its public.
Mr. C. Brunsdon Fletcher spoke of the essential soundness and solidarity of the British Empire, in a world where every other nation was reeling beneath the shock of disaster (the depression). After all, it was human character, as expressed in national outlook, which remained the predominating factor. The producers of this film had done something decisive and valuable to make their country known elsewhere.
Mr. Hec C. MacIntyre (Managing Director of Universal Films – Aust) said that his Company considered it was only doing Its duty in trying to establish Australian films abroad. The launching of the Australian product In England, was no easy matter, either. The English exhibitor was conservative. He preferred to concentrate on English and American productions. Some of the earlier Australian films had been extraordinarily difficult to market. In Mr. Chauvel’s picture, however, he was confident that he had something to appeal to the tastes of the whole world.
Mr. H. Saxton (Secretary of Expeditionary Films) also spoke.
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— Tim
Florida Spring Break for the Flynns
13
Mar
March 12, 1938
Louella O. Parsons
Los Angeles Examiner
Lili Damita leaves for Palm Beach shortly to meet Errol Flynn and come back through the Canal with him.
— Tim
Errol in Hell-Hot Havana
11
Mar
Released in New York – March 11, 1957
“The opportunity to get a good, 90 minute look at scenic (and in parts, seedy) Havana, the “The Latin Las Vegas” prior to the Castro revolution. THE BIG BOODLE also boasts an interesting cast, with the rare opportunity to see beautiful Italian actress Rory (who retired at 35 after barely a dozen films); the stunning, but troubled Scala; and of course, Flynn. If you’re a fan of any of them or the locale you’ll want THE BIG BOODLE in your collection.”
— Tim
