In this October 22,1942 AP file photo, actor Errol Flynn is flanked by his attorneys Robert E. Ford, left, and Jerry Giesler, right.
— Tim
Author Archive
Yours Truly? Fake News?
21
Oct
QUOTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
REPEATED BY TCM
“Character actor James McCallion began his performing career as a child in the 1920s and acted on screen until the 1970s. He began acting on Broadway as a 9-year-old, opposite Errol Flynn in “Yours Truly.” His film career began with several roles in 1939, including one in the drama “Pride of the Blue Grass,” with Edith Fellows. After a hiatus that lasted a decade and a half, he returned in the 1954 adventure “Vera Cruz,” a Robert Aldrich film starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster. In the 1950s he appeared with Edward G. Robinson in “Illegal,” a noir thriller playing gangster Allen Parker, and had a small part in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest.” He also appeared in the great director’s TV show “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” as well as numerous other TV dramas. His biggest television part was a starring role in “National Velvet,” a series that ran for two seasons, beginning in 1960. He had a role in the biographical film “PT 109,” based on the wartime experiences of John F. Kennedy, and was a supporting actor in the 1965 comedy “Strange Bedfellows.” Many of his later film roles came in Westerns, such as the 1970 comedic feature “Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County” and the drama “Gunfight in Abilene.” He was also a frequent guest star on the detective dramas of the era like “Cannon,” “Ironside,” and”The Streets of San Francisco.””
Should TCM update/correct their bio to refetence another Australian-born American actor, not Flynn. Perhaps one that once appeared in the same film as Mr. & Mrs. Flynn?
— Tim
A Year for Paternity? — — 75 Years Ago Today
19
Oct
Did Errol conceive two children in 1940? Sean, and Marilyn??
Shirley, or Shirley Not??
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Oct. 18, 1943: Los Angeles is in the middle of a paternity suit brought by Shirley Evans Hassau, 21, against Errol Flynn. Hassau charged that Flynn was the father of her daughter Marilyn, who was 3. Hassau was seeking $1,750 a month child support, $10,000 in attorneys fees, $5,000 for hospital expenses and $2,000 in court costs.
An aunt, Florence Muller of San Francisco, had raised Marilyn since she was 5 weeks old and refused to let Hassau see her, The Times said.
Hassau’s suits against Flynn were dismissed in 1951. In 1940, two weeks after Marilyn was born, Flynn agreed to pay Hassau $2,000 although he denied being the father. The actor said he wanted to avoid a long court trial and adverse publicity.
— Tim
Was the Mustache a Must?
15
Oct
A QUESTION FOR FLYNNOFILES:
WOULD ERROL HAVE MADE AS BIG WITHOUT HIS FAMOUS MUSTACHE?
ALL “HE WEARS IT/HE WEARS IT NOT” PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE WELCOME!
— Tim
59 years ago in 1959
In Like Indiana Flynn?
10
Oct
“GOOD OLD-FASHIONED ENTERTAINMENT”
“A FUN FILM, CONSTRUCTED IN A SMART WAY”
“A DELIGHTFUL (FOUR-STAR) RAPID-FIRE ROMP”
— Tim
Not In Like Flynn?
09
Oct
A Tepid Tribute? A Wishy-Washy Swashbuckler? A Faux-Flynn Flim Flam? A B-movie Bomb?
— Tim
