The Errol Flynn Blog

Who is She or He?

1) He or she was born in France.

2) His or her father was a famous Parisian.

3) His or her portrait – painted before meeting Errol – hangs in a leading museum.

4) Many considered him or her to be handsome or beautiful.

5) He or she was a friend of Noel Coward, as was his or her very close companion.

6) George Cukor liked him or her, also.

7) He or she had relations with a number of notable men.

8) He or she once made a movie with Merle Oberon.

9) He or she was almost in a movie with Errol.

10) He or she is mentioned in MWWW, but not his or her wife or husband or partner.

— Tim

Incredible! Errol was really something!! You’ve got to read this.

Good for Marianne … I mean Gillian!!!
(My Mom wants a copy! .. Maybe I’ll get it for Mother’s Day!)

www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/470862/Dame-Gillian-Lynne-Nights-with-Errol-Flynn-dancing-for-the-Queen-and-keeping-fit-at-88…

gillianlynne.com…

— Tim

With this tab I hope to intiate and create with fellow EFB authors a compendium of information, records & images documenting Errol’s cruises on commercial passenger ships throughout his life. Here are some initial names of, images, and information concerning these vessels, with timeframes Errol was on board – to be expanded upon here and in subsequent posts/comments:

PASSENGER SHIPS ON WHICH ERROL TRAVELED (AS A PASSENGER):

S.Y. Aurora (Per MWWW, 1908 or 9)

S.S. Berrima (1922)

Montoro (September of 1927) (October of 1929)

Kokopo (commercial schooner) (April of 1933)

SS D’Artagnan (May of 1933)

Empress of Asia (Spring of 193)

Fusham (Chinese packet boat) (Spring of 1933)

SS Compiegne (June of 1933)

SS Paris (November of 1934)

RMS Queen Mary (April of 1937)

SS Matsonia ( October of 1938)

SS Lurline (November of 1938)

— Tim

For Devoted Errol Flynn Fans & Researchers – So That Errol’s Great History in Miami, the Keys & Elsewhere in Florida is Never Forgotton. May It Be Remembered for InFlynnity.:

Commencing not long after his arrival in Hollywood, Errol began a lifelong series of trips to and thru Miami. He loved the sub-tropical environment, fishing in the Gulf Stream, the uniquely glamorous social life, diving and spearfishing, hiding from Jack Warner, and, evidently, (literally, though most likely metaphorically, too) wildly flying. Here is a representative sampling of “Flynn Over Miami” – “And All Around It”:

“Errol Flynn to Shoot at Fish” (’38)
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“Romantic Flynn Runs Off to Miami”
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Inspecting the “Sirocci” (’38)
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(The Sirocco was being repaired at the then-famous Fogal Boat Yard, where the PT Boat was later pioneered. (Good thing Chuck the Fuck Pigham didn’t discover this, or he would have blamed Errol for beingcomplicit in the attempt to kill JFK – in the Pacific, not Dallas!)

“Actor Visits” (’38)
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Glamor Boy Hides from Warner & Seeks Adventure (’38)
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Fishing for the Big Ones (’41)
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Movie in the Everglades
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Errol Gets … Glamorized
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Arriving from Jamaica on Pan Am World Airways (’47)
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Flynn In for Bluefin
(’48)
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(“Cat Cay, Florida” bit.ly/1e8yo5O…)

Wild Flying Flynn
(’49)
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Miami Mish-Mash
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Babysitting at the Nautilus! (’52)
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[N]ude Out in Cold
” (’59)
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(Whatever happened to that!?)

— Tim

Errol Adds Further to the Lexicon:

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(See link in first post below.)

FLYNNING:

New School Flynning

Middle School Flynning

And, Best of All, Old School – Flynn-a-Flynning

— Tim

Ava & Mickey: Good & Loyal Friends of Errol’s

Errol Having a Good Laugh with Mickey – Likely One of Their Last Together:

Helping Errol Into the Next World:

— Tim

Continuing the Flynn in Florida Tour:

Commencing in the late Thirties, Errol began to visit Miami. Here’s an account of what I believe was his first visit with Lili, in 1938, not too long after purchasing the “Sirocci” in Boston:

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Because of Westinghouse, this visit to Miami may prove, in a thousand years, to be Errol’s most well known appearance:

P.S. How about this wonderful shot of Lili and her “Glamor Boy” in the Bitly link below!:

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— Tim

I had the great fortune to drive through Sebring, Florida yesterday, during what I believe may be their renowned racetrack’s biggest weekend of the year. Recalling that Sean reportedly loved watching the races at Sebring, I decided to pay
a visit to see what I could see – or, rather, hear I could hear. Only about an hour from Sean’s home on Palm Beach, these races are quite sensational.

Perhaps Sean drove his ‘white 57 Chevy Convertible over once or twice,
channelling his Dad some on his way through the Everglades. Mid way through this video shoes Sebring how Sean would have seen it:

— Tim

I would like to begin a series of “drive by” looks at the Bundy Drive Boys”. Having just been in St. Petersburg (Florida, not Russia), I thought I should begin with the legendary but today rarely known, Sadahichi Hartmann, “King of the Bohemians”, resting eternally and seemingly inconguously
in “The Sunshine City”.

Here’s the Royal Palm Cemetery, an Old South type cemetery, where he is buried:

And nearby Sadahich Hartmann’s final resting place is Co-Bohemian Jack Kerouac’s final home, pictured below the interesting cemetery plaque. I wonder if Jack knew how close he was to this Bohemian legend and Bundy Drive Boy !?!

Errol would have likely appreciated Kerouac’s comment that “[t]here was nowhere to go but everywhere …”

— Tim

Yesterday, I had the wonderful opportunity & great pleasure to attend the Florida Symphony’s fantastic performance of Erich Korngold’s exquisitely beautiful Violin Concerto in D Major.

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— Tim