FUN WITH ERROL – “THE PERFECT SPECIMEN”
‘THE FIRST SUPERMAN” – “THE WORLD’S MOST PERFECT MAN”
THE ORIGINAL MOVIE TRAILER
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LUX RADIO VERSION: WITH “THE MAN WHO NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG”
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— Tim
Author Archive
“The First Superman” – The 30-Million Dollar Man
02
Sep
Dakota Territory
01
Sep
The Carpenters & Errol Flynn
31
Aug
HOW COULD THE CARPENTERS & ERROL FLYNN POSSIBLY BE CONNECTED?? IT ENDED UP BEING A VERY BIG CELEBRATION!
HERE ARE SOME CLUES:
1. We’ve Only Just Begun.
2. Errol was the Star of the Party.
3. There was a Bell Featured at the Occasion, Too.
4. Olivia Didn’t Make It with Errol.
5. Even So, It Still had Plenty of Oomph.
6. Bogie Attended, but without Bacall.
7. Took Place Next to the Arkansas River.
8. This Year is a Major Anniversary.
9. Inspired by Sir David DeWitt.
10. Video Available.
— Tim
May the Best Sculpture Win
30
Aug
IN HONOUR OF “THE MOST FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN EVER BORN”:
THE ERROLS
— Tim
“The Assiduous Attention of Errol Flynn”
28
Aug
HAVE GUNS, WILL TRAVEL – TO PALM SPRINGS, Circa ’38
Thanks to Tom McNulty and his great blog site for the above Dodge City photo, taken around the time of our shooting star’s 1938 visits to Sportsman’s Headquarters on North Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.
— Tim
“Errol Flynn” Music Video
26
Aug
WHAT MAJOR MUSIC VIDEO FEATURES ERROL AND FILM FROM AN ERROL MOVIE MORE THAN ANY OTHER?
Here are some initial clues:
1) Errol is quite handsome and athletic.
2) Northern Ireland
3) Beer
4) Controversial
5) Hit Song
6) Poetic Movie
7) 1930’a & 1980’s
8) War & Torture
9) Errol’s Birthday
— Tim
BACK TO SCHOOL with Sean
26
Aug
We recently determined that Sean attended school at the Brentwood Town & Country School – probably when he lived with Lili in or near Beverly Hills in the mid-1940’s. His schoolmates included Peter & Jane Fonda, among other celebrity kids.
As A.R. astutely observed, however, for the most of his childhood Sean attended what is recorded in biographies to be the “Palm Beach Private School”. I’ve always found this a rather oddly nondescript name and have had some difficulty researching and physically locating it. (Locals, even loca librarians were unfamiliar with the name.) Today, though, I had a major breakthrough perusing rare Palm Beach historical collections, including old Palm Beach address registeries and insurance maps.
Here’s the history of the “Palm Beach Private School”, Sean’s primary elementary school:
Founded as the Palm Beach Day School in 1921, including, I believe, Kindergarten – 8th grades, it was (and still is) a very exclusive private school. Though, I believe, it didn’t officially change its name until only a few years ago, it was often referred to as the “Palm Beach Private School”, evidently to differentiate it from Palm Beach Public School” only a sea shell’s throw away.
From the the images below the evolution of the school’s name can be seen. Above the original school entrance is the original name, Palm Beach Day School. On the subsequent Sanborn Fire Insurance map is the eventually also accepted name, “Palm Beach Private School”. Finally, as verified on the school’s current main entrance door mat, the school is now officially known as the Palm Beach Day Academy.
Sean and “Lillian C. Flynn” lived on Seabreeze, only two very short blocks north, and one west, from the school – a five to ten minute walk max. Wouldn’t it have been wonderful to have seen Lili Damita walking young Sean to school in the late Forties/early Fifties. That must have been one of the most magnificently beautiful mother-and -son couples in history.
— Tim
Chops & Martinis in Motown
25
Aug
THE LONDON CHOP HOUSE – WHERE BARRYMORE & FLYNN WHINED & DINED WHEN IN DETROIT
ERROL IS SAID TO HAVE SAT IN A BACK BOOTH, DRINKING MARTINIS, REGALLY SMOKING HIS LONG-FILTERED CIGARETTES, AND REGALING HIS FANS WITH STORIES OF OLD HOLLYWOOD AND HIS ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD.
A CARICATURE DRAWING OF HIM ONCE ADORNED THE RESTAURANT.
— Tim
In the Desert Like Flynn – at Bow & Bell’s Place
24
Aug
“7 Miles West of Searchlght”:
The WALKING BOX HISTORY TOUR Is Waiting to Take You Today – to the Master of Mulholland’s Legendary Mojave Ranch Hideaway – The Desert Home of Hollywood’s Rex Bell and Clara Bow, The Original “It” Girl.
— Tim
