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TKO in Tasmania

30 Aug

An hour north of Hobart, in historic Oatlands, is this treasure of a Bakery/Café, custom-made for Fans of Flynn:

www.tripadvisor.com…

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— Tim

 

Errol & Olivia in Oklahoma!

28 Aug

At the National Cowboy & Western Culture Museum on September 14th.

nationalcowboymuseum.org…

Oh, what a beautiful museum!

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— Tim

 

A SIX-LETTER WORD MEANING YOU!

27 Aug

OBJECTIVE,+BURMA!+(1945)+magazine+ad

— Tim

 

A Call for Clerihews

26 Aug

For you know who!

Clerihew

Information on and examples of Clerihews;
briefpoems.wordpress.com…
www.shadowpoetry.com…

Here’s my attempt:

Errol Flynn
Was In Like Flynn
Captain Blood and Robin Hood
Casanovin’ like no other could

— Tim

 

Errol Behind JW’s Bar — “Glorious In White Tie” — “New Year’s Eve, 1939 or 1940”

25 Aug

Jack Warner's Bar

The House That Jack Built

www.architecturaldigest.com…

www.architecturaldigest.com…

— Tim

 

Objective, Baldwin Lake!

24 Aug

Read, see, and listen to the history and fate of Baldwin Lake, where much of Objective, Burma! was filmed:

www.scpr.org…

Objective in Color Errol in Swamp

In his day, as Errol put it in the trailer below, it was “Up the Burmese Creek without a paddle.” Today, no paddle is necessary.

www.imdb.com…

— Tim

 

Hola Españoles Hablando Entusiastas de Flynn

23 Aug

Errol Flynn-Mini 1

www.elnacional.cat/es/verano/errol-flynn-olimpiadas-boxeo_107015_102.html…

— Tim

 
 

Live from the Big Easy

19 Aug

A photo of the former Old Absinthe Bar (Now Tony Moran Restaurant Bar) from the location of Errol’s Bourbon Street Fisticuffs of ’43;

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— Tim

 

Uncle Sam Needed Rubber for War

13 Aug

Errol & Olivia Help Out

Rubber for Boots

m.themillennews.com…

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— Tim

 

The Evolution of Don Juan

12 Aug

Spanish Monk to Mozart, Mozart to Lord Byron, then on to Hollywood – Barrymore to Fairbanks to Flynn & Beyond:

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3735545/The-monster-no-woman-resist-seduced-Don-Giovanni-thanks-Mail.html…

For French-speaking Fans of Flynn:

next.liberation.fr/vous/2016/07/21/don-juan-lover-has-been_1467695…

Here, as the trailer accurately attests, is “The Man Who Will Forever Be the King of Adventurers”

Sweet Talking Flynn

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Swashbuckling Flynn

— Tim