During the filming of THE SEA HAWK, which began on February 1st, Warner Bros. decides to take a break from production and present the premiere of VIRGINIA CITY in Nevada. A 17-car train with the film’s cast, along with reporters and guests leaves Burbank, Cal. about noon on March 15th. The affair is an outstanding success through the 17th. Then it is back to wok on THE SEA HAWK on Monday morning of the 18th.
— Topper
These two color photos are from a portrait shoot for Warner Bros. by famed still photographer George Hurrell. The shoot was about January 24th to 27th 1940. Both were part of a large series of pictures that would be released starting with EF-334 through to EF-363.
The first one was released as a French-Canadian magazine cover for Le Samedi (The Saturday), on November 23, 1940.
The second one was featured later on as a full page spread in the U.S. magazine, Screenland, August, 1943 issue (and later still in Errol Flynn, Movie Star).
Enjoy!
— Topper
Part 4 finale:
Flynn’s troubles with producing his film about William Tell continue. An Italian court and local police are now involved for non-payment of a large variety of bills. Flynn then begins his quest to find investors to complete the picture.
Errol’s most positive highlight of this year is the birth of his daughter.
He will continue for years to come to find a way to get his William
Tell story produced …but to no avail.
All that is left is approximately 25+ minutes of Cinemascope color film, with no sound, in storage in film cans in Boston, Mass.
“It would have been a great film,” commented actor Roddy McDowall after viewing the tranche of the picture.
— Topper
Part 3
Filming continues and construction of the village nears completion,
but the financing is becoming more of a problem everyday with the
Italian investors. Things are looking bleak…
(to be continued)
— Topper
Part 2
With all of the pressure to begin the filming of The Story of William Tell, other problems and dilemmas appear on the horizon for Flynn …both business and personal.
(to be continued)
— Topper
Part 1
Errol finishes one film and prepares for his next, most important, production …The Story of William Tell.
(to be continued)
— Topper
Dive Bomber begins screen tests on March 14th and Errol is in San Diego, California, on the 19th for location shooting to begin. (Remember, you can double click on a single page for more detail.)
Enjoy!
— Topper
Errol arrives in England on April 9th 1956 to begin his contract producing segments for The Errol Flynn Theatre for television.
— Topper
Errol Flynn is working on The Perfect Specimen which began filming on May 15th and will run thru June and into mid-July. On Errol’s birthday, June 20th, he enters his two Rhodesian Ridgeback ‘lion dogs’ in the Pasadena Kennel Club, Summer Dog show at Busch Gardens. Jimmy McManus of Ruggles Kennels will handle the two dogs in the competition. Errol does not attend and the dogs did not win, but received a lot of interest. Flynn is very proud.
Enjoy …
— Topper
