Q & A with Mr. & Mrs. Flynn:
— Tim
Author Archive
Hollywood’s Happiest Couple
14
May
A Stay at Palm Beach, with the Jell-O Queen
12
May
One of Errol’s first visits to Palm Beach:
Visiting with Lili at Southwood, the Palm Beach Cottage of Eleanore Emily Woodward Vietor, Jell-O Heiress.
… I wonder what they had for dessert? You can never have enough Jell-O royalties.
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And here’s an interesting twist, Mrs. Vietor, the Jell-O heiress, later appears to have become Mrs. Cernadas, apparently related in some way to Freddie McEvoy’s daughter/Charles Wrightman’s granddaughter. Alfredo Cernados is a ranch baron from Argentina, who lived in Palm Beach and Gstadd, Switzerland. Haven’t put all the pieces together yet. This is in shangheinz territory!
— Tim
What Actor?
11
May
What Actor was:
1) In Multiple Errol Flynn Movies?
2) In More Movies Nominated for Best Picture Than Any Other Actor?
3) In More Films on the AFI 100 Greatest Films List Than Any Other Actor?
Clues:
A Great Athlete
Think Four-Letter Words
In Two of Errol’s Greatest Movies
In One of Errol’s Greatest Scenes
Worked Extensively with Another Iconic Hollywood Star
Once Portrayed a Very Famous Movie Director
Errol Once had a Famous Fight with Him
Became a Big TV Star
He has a Star on Hollywood Boulevard
— Tim
Where is Flynn’s Folly?
10
May
Prompted and invigorated by zacal’s great find – “Let’s Hunt for Treasure” – I would like to ask all of our authorities “Where is Flynn’s Folly?
Given reports that it was a mountain only about 300-miles NW of Fairbanks, with an 8000-ft-plus peak, even “on the Geodesic Survey”, it should be rather easy to pinpoint. I, however, have not been able to do so. Anyone know? Or, was this a mountainous exaggeration by Errol and/or Ernst?
If accurately described by Errol and Ernst, I believe it may be in the Brooks Range, in or just outside what is now Gates of the Arctic National Park – perhaps near the Koyukuk River or Nolan Creek, perhaps further west in or near the Noatak National Preserve. There is a range of possibilities.
— Tim
Marital Disagreement
08
May
Notwithstanding the outstanding expert opinions previously posted on the EFB, there appears to be some remaining conflict perhaps as to whether or not Lily (with a ‘y’ in ’25) ever actually married Michael Curtiz (also with a ‘y’ somewhere in one of his multiple hard-for-me to spell Hungarian handles – Mihaly Kertesz, perhaps?). I believe the current weight of authoritative conclusion is that there was no such marriage, and possibly not even a romantic or sexual entanglement, though a player like Curtiz must have certainly longed for one of some type. Still, the historical record on the blog contains and references dissenting opinions on this question, as in the link immediately below, for instance.
So, in order to update and clarify this matter of matrimony “once and for all” (until further evidence is unearthed):
(1) Is there any one out there who can prove Lily & Mihaly were NOT married, as so many (perhaps regurgitated) reports claim they were.
(2) When was this first reported – in the 20’s?, 30’s?, … 80’s? And by whom? Where?
(3) Is there any evidence of any kind that Flynn and Curtiz were at odds over Miss Dynamita, or that she used her history with Curtiz to annoy Fleen?
Though not in the particular link above, I note that shangheinz has done outstanding research on this, also. Hopefully, he will weigh in on these questions in his always amazingly-informative and ever-entertaining way, even more especially so with there potentially being some Austrian aspects to this.
Here’s Diva Damita in the Film That Got Goldwyn to Give Her a Gig in Hollywood – Das Spielzeug von Paris , directed by Mihaly Kertesz, aka Michael Courtese.
— Tim
