Hanging out with Helen Mirren, Rod Stewart, and a host of Hollywood and Rock ‘n’ Roll others …
See the show in Beverly Grove …
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Friends & Family’ Category
In the Wake of Hurricane George
16
May
With hurricane season rapidly approaching in Florida, here is a rarely seen photo of Errol and Nora arriving in Miami in the wake of “Hurricane George”, “one of the most powerful and largest storms ever to hit SE Florida.” www.wunderground.com…
1947 was the first year the U.S. Air Force officially assigned names to hurricanes. The worst hurricane that year was Hurricane George, aka “the Fort Lauderdale Hurricane”, because of the Category 4 havoc it caused in Fort Liquordale. It caused extensive damage in Louisiana and Mississippi, also.
“Errol Flynn and his wife, Nora, are pictured on their arrival here by plane from Jamaica. Their flight course closely paralleled the course of the hurricane. ‘Shocking and sad, ‘ Flynn said of storm-wrecked Miami.” Flynn and wife are shown on the stairs of an airplane.” September 20, 1947.
In October, the long-delayed filming of The Adventures of Don Juan began in California.
Orange represents Category 4 winds:
Man on Miami Beach, where there was major flooding and damage, including to 334 hotels:
— Tim
Traveling Time & World with the Errol Flynn Theatre
18
Mar
1000th Night of Don Juan (January 2, 1958) (On the Road from Venice to Padua)
Declasse (April 5, 1957)
Girl in Blue Jeans (February 22, 1956)(1950’s England)
Fortunes of War (October 11, 1956) (Revolutionary France)
Rescued (April 13, 1957)
The Duel (June 6, 1956)
The Kinsman (June 12, 1956)
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The Sealed Room (January 12, 1956)
Strange Auction (Ireland) (May 17, 1957)
Wife of the Czar (Russia) (September 16, 1956)
— Tim
Sunday at and about Sepy’s
19
Feb
Into Ye Little Wood, following in the footsteps of Flynn’s friend Sepy. Coconut Grove, Miami
Per the previous posts and superb Flynnvestigations of baronheinz:
Into Ye Little Wood we go ...
Ye Little Wood Metal Gate
Not fareth from Ye Little Wood hood, on Calle Oche, featuring the old culture of Errol & Sepy’s old Cuban stomping grounds.
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Across the calle, a restaurante featuring a painting of La Bodeguita del Medio, the epicenter of Errol & Sepy’s pre-Castro drinking grounds .
For the record, I was unable to get updated photos of Sepy’s fascinating “charging bull” manse because of new neighbors, fencing and security, but I did get to see most of it from a distance of about only twenty yards, and, quite surprisingly, it appears nearly exactly how it did on my last visit, with, as far as I could see, apparently little or no further construction in over two years!
— Tim
Sean the Athlete
15
Jan
Soccer, Football, Tennis (& Motorbiking)
Yesterday while at the Palm Beach History Museum, I had the great fortune and pleasure of meeting a Palm Beach contemporary of Sean’s and of George Hamilton, who funded and hosted the film and exhibit we were viewing. Out of our conversation spun some spontaneous research leading to the following confirmation that Sean played both flag football and soccer for his school, the Palm Beach Private Day School.
From the Palm Beach Post:
Soccer Begins
February 1957
“The Palm Beach Private School varsity teams and Ransom School of Miami played to a 1-1 tie in the local school’s first home soccer game of the season here Thursday. The one goal for Palm Beach was scored by Sean Flynn.”
Football
October, 1956
“Palm Beach Private Day School opens its touch football season today at 2 p.m. against Webster-Tufts School at Lake Worth. Line-up for the Private School: Bob Kolb, RE, Dale McNulty, C, Sean Flynn, LE, Nick Smith, QB, John Logsdon. RH, and ….”
Dad
Summer, 1956
And here’s Sean with Errol only a few months earlier, in the summer of ’56. He looks very happy and proud to be with his Dad, an occasion that surely helped inspire and enhance Sean’s athletic success that ’56/’57 school year.
Gigi Phillips, a schoolmate of Sean’s, recalls:
“I went to school with Sean at Palm Beach Private back in the 50’s. He was older than I was, but was always so kind to me. Once he left Palm Beach, he would return to the school on his vacation. I have fond memories of him helping me with my math homework.
“Sean was a fine teenager when I knew him. Friendly to everyone, even the younger students. Gave anyone who asked rides on his motorcycle. His mother doted on him. I’m sure she was devastated when he disappeared.”
And from the gorgeous Gita Hall, who was dating Errol during this time, in fact she and Errol were out on the town in the Big Apple quite a bit the very week of Sean’s soccer success in early February of ’57:
“I knew Sean through his father who was so proud of him. I watched him play tennis, got to spend some quality time with him on several occasions. What a rare outstanding young man and what a tragedy that he lost his life at such a young age.”
— Tim
Herr to Eternity
12
Jan
A Compelling Urgency
www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/compelling-urgency-elevates-herr%E2%80%99s-war-story-years…
‘Clung to the side of a hovercraft’: Mike Herr and Sean Flynn at Dong Tam Lagoon, 1968. Photo: Tim Page
— Tim
The Search for Sean Flynn & Dana Stone Ends …
25
Dec
I was contacted by Dave Hope this afternoon with some startling information: Sean Flynn and Dana Stone were executed within hours of their capture at dusk on April 6th, 1970. And he knows where they are buried.
To understand the full story you must read the full history of the event that took their lives, and the notes Dave provides. Click the image above for Dave’s detailed Facebook account. And the image below for his detailed notes.
Dave Hope tells me when the dry season comes around again he and his team will go to the location they have found for a very detailed examination of the burial area. This search has been an unending one for Rory Flynn and her family and Dave Hope has been tirelessly and patiently pursuing answers that have eluded others, most notably Tim Page, for decades.
Thank you Dave for your dedication and determination to get to the end of this decade’s long mystery …
Dave Hope points to the area where Sean Flynn & Dana Stone were executed just a few kilometers from where they were captured.
— David DeWitt
Mailbag! He Asked; She Said … Diana Barrymore!
08
Dec
Our great friend and tireless researcher Karl Holmberg sends us this fascinating Mike Wallace interview with John Barrymore’s daughter Diana and it’s fascinating …
Thanks, Karl!
— David DeWitt
Errol Flynn Adventures! The Board Game!
25
Nov
Rory Flynn tells me she just signed a contract to allow a new board game to be produced based on movie adventures of her father Errol Flynn! She sends us a copy of the proposal ad … No idea when the game would be available as yet but how exciting is this?
Thanks, Rory!
— David DeWitt
