— David DeWitt
Archive for the ‘Flynn-related’ Category
Behind the Green Light
06
Jul
“You’ve done it, Newell, you’ve found a vaccine.”
Before Covid-19, there was Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Before Dr. Anthony Fauci, there was Dr. Errol, I mean Newell, Paige.
“In the 1937 movie Green Light, Hollywood heartthrob Errol Flynn plays a doctor investigating a devastating new ailment plaguing a remote town in Montana. The story of a heroic doctor infecting himself with the disease to find a cure is fictional, but it’s based in truth. In the early 1900s, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a deadly tick-borne disease, was erupting. No one knew exactly what caused it or how to cure it.”
— Tim
A Common Quiz about Uncommon People
09
May
What did Errol have in Common with these Uncommon People?
Alexander the Great
Christopher Columbus
Hernán Cortés
Davy Crockett
Genghis Khan
Andrew Jackson
Lord Nelson
General John Pershing
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
— Tim
A Deuce of Bruces Quiz
04
May
Two notable Bruces have identical connections to this date, May 3. Who were they?
The first knew Errol in three decades.
The second knew him in two.
— Tim
