“Errol Flynns” by the Third Coast Kings
— Tim
Author Archive
“Filling the Screen with Greatness”
25
Apr
“Beyond the Blue Sky” aka Dive Bomber
Filming began 75 years ago
— Tim
The French House
23
Apr
“Lights, Camera, Action!”
21
Apr
Rory & Errol @ The Pickwick!
17
Apr
One Month from Today for Showing of Captain Blood!
At the Legendary 1920s Landmark ‘Siskel & Ebert’ Theater Outside Chicago.
— Tim
Flynn in Barcelona
17
Apr
Oh, Olivia.
14
Apr
Attributed to Olivia, 1978, in a discussion about the most legendary drinkers in film history:
“During filming of “The Swarm”, 1978, a disaster film about killer bees, starring Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens and Fred MacMurray, definitely some guys who knew something about putting them down. One day they were joined for lunch at the Warner Brothers commissary by the quiet Olivia de Havilland. There were complaints that no booze was being served. “That’s because of Errol Flynn”, said de Havilland. “He used to get so drunk he couldn’t work, so Mr. Warner said no more booze.”
The men wanted to hear more about the famous swashbuckler. “Oh my God, that Errol Flynn was something. Do you know he once got so drunk he wagered a film crew $500 that he’d have his way with me.” The men could see she was a lady and the incident must have been embarrassing for her. Olivia grinned mischievously “Oh it was, it was. And you see that tree on the hill out the window. That’s where he won his bet!”
ca. 1939 — Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in a publicity shot from the 1939 film . — Image by ?? Bettmann/CORBIS
— Tim
