ERROL’S EIGHT DOUBLE ‘O’ FILMS
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Has any actor ever had a higher percentage of double ‘o’ films than Errol?
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Eight of Errol’s films have ‘oo’ words in their titles.
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That’s approximately 14.8% of all his movies.
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Here are Errol’s “Double O” Eight:
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CAPTAIN BLOOD (1935)
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK (1941)
THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (1941)
NEVER SAY GOODBYE (1946)
THE BIG BOODLE (1957)
TOO MUCH TOO SOON (1957)
ROOTS OF HEAVEN (1958)
— Tim
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1957 Crime drama noir style film starring Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Rossana Rory, and Gia Scala, set and filmed on location in Cuba. Once Errol’s grittier performances, at times a bit disjointed, in his reactions, is nonetheless fascinating for its locale. Flynn spent a lot of time in Cuba and some of it is controversial. Here are a few shots towards the ending of the film filmed on the famous El Morro Castle. And a shot of this location as it today, in 2018.
The shots above were made at this location and below we see the same location as it looks today in 2018.
— David DeWitt
“Take DC Comics’ ‘Green Arrow’ and drop him in medieval times and you have a fairly accurate description of what the newest Hollywood take on the bow-wielding legend looks like.”
““Robin Hood”, starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx and Jamie Dornan, makes the hero-robber into a high-adrenaline action flick.”
“This fall’s “Hood” coincides with the 80th anniversary of “The Adventures of Robin Hood” starring Errol Flynn, who provided classic swashbuckling derring-do in the fight against oppression.”
“This “Hood”, though, is more of an alter-ego to set up Lord Robin of Locksley as an medieval superhero: the precursor to DC Comics’ Green Arrow, the masked secret identity of Star City billionaire Oliver Queen.”
What would Robin do?
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— Tim
Audie writes back!
Thank you David,
Interestingly enough, my husband and myself have become fans of Portuguese bull “fighting” or rather harassing the bull rather than killing the beast. The main characters in the ring is not the bull but rather the magnificence Lusitania horses that are Haute Ecole trained and seemingly love their faire. The “Suicide squad” is something you don’t see in Spanish bull fighting and dangerous but quite entertaining.
I found this on Open Culture with a blurb about our Boy:
“Another speech, however, passed without a murmur. After Errol Flynn’s character discovers the bodies of his friends, mutilated after hideous tortures by the Japanese, a newspaper correspondent spits out, “They’re degenerate, immoral idiots. Stinking little savages. Wipe them out, I say. Wipe them off the face of the earth.” Flynn says nothing in response.*
*Screenwriter Alvah Bessie, of later Hollywood Ten fame, had written a reply for Flynn’s character that said the violence was fascist, not inherently Japanese. But producer Jerry Wald cut it.
and below: then click the link “wrote a letter to a Jesuit priest”
— David DeWitt
There are more than 400 events scheduled for the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, including most famously the Running of the Bulls. This year’s festival began today (July 6), running to July 14.
See Senor Fleen at the San Fermin Festival, including in the Running with the Bulls, from about 1:01 to 1:10:
— Tim
“It’s officious”, I mean “official”! According to experts of Rottingham, (probably descendants of their shire’s infamous Sheriff of Rottingham), Errol Flynn was NOT the Best Robin Hood. Connery was, Sean Connery.
Yes, you read correctly. Next, we may also learn that Errol was also not the best Captain Blood, George Armstrong Custer, Geoffrey Thorpe, or Gentleman Jim. The Experts have Spoken.
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“The Best Robin Hood”:
Also-Ran Errol Flynn:
— Tim
“On October 15th, 1938, Warner Brothers opened The State Theatre as a test market for new films. The state-of-the-art cinema was built in record-time — just four months — for a whopping $70,000. “The Sisters” starring Errol Flynn and Bette Davis was the film on opening day. Adult admission was 30 cents for matinees, 35 cents after 5 p.m. Children’s tickets cost just 15 pennies.”
“As it approaches the 80th anniversary of its opening, the State Theatre has been recognized as a State College historic site.”
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— Tim
“OPENING NIGHT FILM & PARTY (IN LIKE FLYNN) 29 June 6.30pm”
@ The Royal Open Air Theater, in Winton, Queensland, Australia
The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival in Winton, central-west Queensland, from June 29-July 7.
“The main venue is the Royal Open Air Theatre (pictured), celebrating its 100th birthday and the pride of a town that claims Waltzing Matilda and Qantas among its creations.”
“Kicking off the program will be In Like Flynn, a new film by Russell Mulcahy (Razorback, Highlander) about Errol Flynn’s adventures in Australia before he left for Hollywood in the 1930s and became a movie swashbuckler. Thomas Cocquerel stars as Flynn.”
“The Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival, Winton, Queensland.
9 days / 30 films / A zillion stars”
“Winton’s Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival is a film festival like no other. It celebrates Australian film and culture under the stars of Winton in Outback Queensland. The Festival combines an incomparable program of classic and contemporary Australian films with special events, conversations and masterclasses with film makers, directors, actors and actresses, kids club and special events.
Join the stars on the red carpet for the Opening Night, or tour to the sites where major feature films were made.”
— Tim
