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New thrilling book! “The Ecuador Ulysses” by Roser Amills
19
Nov
Now many books have their trailer and here we bring you quite interesting shows. “The Ecuador Ulysses’ is the new novel byRoser Amills, and includes aspects never collected in a book about the exciting life of one of the great stars of Hollywood classic Errol Flynn, interpreter unforgettable films as ‘Robin Hood’(‘The Adventures of Robin Hood,’ Michael Curtiz and William Kieghley, 1938), ‘Edge of Darkness’ (‘Edge of Darkness’, Lewis Milestone, 1943) and “Objective Burma” (“Objective, Burma! ‘Raoul Walsh, 1945).
The book includes mostly Flynn stay in Palma de Mallorca, where he finished by chance due to a storm that caught him in the honeymoon trip with Patrice Wymore. There convert the Real Club Nautico de Palma in the center of operations -espectaculares orgies, forgiveness, the most diverse parties índole- over nine years until his death in 1959. The human side of the actor, with space for your cinematographic failures, fears and frustrations, alcoholism and family secrets.
There is more…………………
Errol Flynn came to Mallorca in 1950 by chance. He went to Gibraltar to celebrate their honeymoon with Patrice Wymore.
A storm surprised them in the Mediterranean. Marriage makes stops in Mallorca and Real Club Nautico de Palma in his headquarters along nine years.
1) A novel based on real events with an unprecedented argument: little known until now the general public of the Majorcan stage Errol Flynn.
Boundless globetrotters, stay in Mallorca for 10 years, from 1950 to 1959 had not been fictionalized before.
Errol left no one indifferent in Mallorca and there are many aspects of the last stage of his life to know:
a complex trail of scandals, parties, drunkenness and sympathetic extravagances Mallorca still have children and grandchildren of those treated with Flynn and other Hollywood stars on the island.
2) The secrets of Errol Flynn in the first person:
The most exciting is also the least known of Errol Flynn: discover personal details and implications on the development of his career.
Errol Flynn, through a Majorcan confident, sincerely share in this novel failure in Hollywood, your fears and frustrations, relationships, alcoholism, friendships and betrayals, their dreams, their childhood and adolescence revealing readings, hidden family secrets and contradictions.
The author gets to see an Errol Flynn of flesh able to have fun and joke even when you are playing your life plan.
3) The entertainment is assured.
The argument does not decay and no unexpected obstacles, twists of fate, amazing coincidences … that advance the plot fluently.
You go tying ropes as you advance in the novel.
10 years of passion and adventure: Errol Flynn is ruined, is abandoned by his late wife, do not get film work, he lives in Mallorca refugee in debt until they died, in 1959, in still unexplained circumstances.
4) You’ll meet other unforgettable characters well defined and documented:
Patrice Wymore, Ava Gardner, Robert Graves, George Sanders and Zsa Zsa Gabor, Tyrone Power, John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Aga Khan, Stephen Hawking, Brigitte Bardot, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco, Gina Lollobrigida, Olivia de Havilland, Beverly Aadland … Everyone has something very humane trapping.
You know little-known details about the psychology of all of them and their darkest secrets during its passage through Mallorca.
You will be thrilled, the hate or Love.
5) The true setting in Mallorca and in the 50s is one of the strengths of the novel.
The author, Mallorca, has rebuilt this stage from actual testimonies and experiences of his grandfather, Miquel, who opened a theater in Mallorca and treated with Errol Flynn between 1950 and 1959.
You feel you get into scenarios to dive.
You’ll be there: among movie stars and sailors of the 6th US Fleet, under the heavy snowfall that hit Europe in 1956, whooping international politics of the 50s and the slow recovery of the Spanish Civil War, local sophisticated drinks and Mallorca concert halls that turned the island into a paradise that attracted leading figures from the international art scene.
6) There is romance, intrigue and eroticism.
History is full of passion with several amazing love frames.
You will laugh, cry, be angry with you the characters will fight to help them overcome obstacles, you will love …
You feel close to the characters.
7) This novel is also a story of adventure and Mediterranean mysteries:
Was damn boat Errol Flynn? Few sailboats in the world are surrounded by mystery and legend over the Zaca, the last yacht Errol Flynn, and his last home.
Overcoming obstacles will teach us a great lesson of life and show us that, if you want to achieve your dreams, you must fight for them. A novel about the importance of believing in one’s dreams and the loss of innocence until the end.
After these 7 reasons, are you ready to read Ulysses Ecuador?
About the Author
Roser Amills (Algaida, 1974), Mallorca, mother of two boys, lives and works in Barcelona.
Very active in social networks, combines writing and journalism on & offline, coordinates the blog La Vanguardia “Digital Inspiration” and is a regular contributor to Catalunya Radio and worked in Onda Vasca, RNE Radio 4 and The Network, as well as The RTVE television 2 and 25TV and major publishing groups. It also manages to engage in communication and counseling, courses and workshops, recitals and, above all, to write: has test works, autobiography and poetry. This is her second novel.
— Don Jan
This is my kind of “Cirrhosis by the sea” where I live in Spain! Wondering if Errol and Niv had the same pleasure!
18
Nov
— Don Jan
More stamps and other items (collection) on Errol Flynn! First 3 images are from an original complete stamp album by Clipper in Barcelona for the first release in Spain. It contains 144 stamps from the The Adventures of Robin Hood film.
18
Nov
Through research I came up with this. Sorry, quality not that great but still interesting.
— Don Jan
Errol Flynn’s TV Appearances over the Years!
18
Nov
“I wonder if anybody has seen this and furthermore knows of equally little known TV appearances of our Hollywood hero. Blog away dates, titles, co-stars and most of all… memories!” — shanghenz
Karl Holmberg cites the following:
Errol Flynn TV/ Documentaries
Here’s at least some of the non-dramatic stuff that has appeared on TV over the years:
“The Colgate Comedy Hour”
In the early 1950’s, NBC welcomed Bud and Lou to their new hour long live variety show, as guest hosts. Abbott & Costello boosted the show’s ratings as they performed their staple of routines, including the still popular and in demand, “Who’s On First.”
“The Colgate Comedy Hour” 1/13/52 with Errol Flynn, Bruce Cabot, Rhonda Feming, George Raft
“The Name’s the Same”
An American game show broadcast by the ABC television network from December 5, 1951 to October 7, 1955. The show’s premise was similar to What’s My Line?, but the panelists here had to guess the name of the person, which also described something (e.g. “A. Lap”, “A. Table”, “Ruby Lips”, etc). Other contestants had the same names as well-known personalities of the past and present, such as Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Arturo Toscanini and Clark Gable. In a few cases, actors and other celebrities were brought out at the end of the guessing round to surprise the contestants who were their namesakes.54
“The Name’s the Same” Robert Q Lewis, Host, 8/20/1952: The first player is Errol Flynn. Panelists Jane Alexander, Abe Burrows and Bill Cullen.
NOTE: I ran into this crediting early on in my research but later, could not find Flynn anywhere in the celebrity credits of the various “historic logs” on the show. Therefore, the actor Errol Flynn DID NOT appear on this program, but a young Master Errol Flynn did (sharetv.com…}
“Toast of the Town”
Ed Sullivan’s show was straight out of old vaudeville; brief acts of every description, from slapstick comedy to operatic arias. At least once, he showed a film, the only known film of Anna Pavlova (doing her Swan Dance). The Muppets’ first TV appearance was on Ed Sullivan. Stiff and expressionless, with a peculiar voice and a talent for mispronunciation, Sullivan was at least as recognizable as Cronkite to early 60’s viewers. Panel show.
“Toast of the Town” playing “Himself” (episode # 5.36) May 11, 1952
“Toast of the Town” playing “Himself” (episode # 5.37) May 18, 1952
“Toast of the Town” playing “Himself” (episode # 5.39) June 1, 1952
“The Martha Raye Show”, June 7, 1955, with Errol Flynn] / NBC.
Regulars: Martha Raye, Rocky Graziano, Carl Hoff and His Orchestra, The Danny Daniels Dancers. Comedy/variety.
“The Martha Raye Show”, January 3, 1956, with Errol Flynn] / NBC.
Regulars: Martha Raye, Rocky Graziano, Carl Hoff and his orchestra, the Danny Daniels Dancers. Comedy/variety
“The Steve Allen Show”, January 6, 1957, NBC.
Steve Allen, Louis Nye, Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Dayton Allen. Announcer: Gene Rayburn.
Music director, Skitch Henderson.
Guests: Errol Flynn, Guy Mitchell, Polly Bergen, Alan Young.
“The Big Surprise”, February 5, 1957, NBC.
Mike Wallace: Host
Announcer: Jack Clark, Easy Question Girl: Sue Oakland, Hard Question Girl: Mary Gardner
Celebrity Guest: Errol Flynn
Answers $30,000 question 2/5/57
This show was intended as NBC’s answer to CBS’s enormously popular “$64,000 Question.” When it boosted the maximum prize, it became known as “The $100,000 Big Surprise.”
In this NBC primetime game show, contestants who were judged “worthy” because of good deeds or hardship answered a series of questions, worth progressively more from $1 to $100,000. If the contestant missed one of the first four questions, he or she was out of the game. Later, if they missed a question, someone else could answer a different question, in an early version of a “lifeline.” If that person answered correctly, they received ten percent of the winnings. The questions were unique in that they had to do with an individual contestant’s friends, family, hobbies or hometown.
The ‘easy question’ girl and the ‘hard question’ girl brought out the questions. If the contestant missed an easy question he or she would lose all the money; if a hard question was missed, he or she only lost half.
Later, after a format change brought newsman Mike Wallace on as host (in his TV game show debut), contestants answered encyclopedia-like questions in different categories.
Note: Flynn apparently made only this one appearance; subsequent TV listings and related news report nothing further. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NEWS whether he’d won or lost!
“What’s My Line?”, May 26 1957, CBS.
Moderator: John Daly. Mystery guests: Sammy Davis, Jr. Guest panelist: Errol Flynn. Panel show.
“Toast of the Town Panel Show” playing “Himself” (archive footage) (episode # 10.48) [August 25 1957]
“What’s My Line?”, December 1 1957, CBS.
Panel show. Moderator: John Daly. Mystery guest: Errol Flynn.
“The Steve Allen Show”, December 1 1957, NBC.
Comedy/variety. The Steve Allen Show (1956-1961). Steve Allen, Louis Nye, Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Dayton Allen. Announcer: Gene Rayburn. Music director, Skitch Henderson.
Guests: Martha Raye, Errol Flynn, Jimmy Dean, Jennie Smith, Don Adams, Army-Navy football team members.
“The Arthur Murray Party”, October 27, 1958, ABC.
Ballroom dancing, plus comedy, songs and dance contests on one of the few programs to air over all four major commercial networks. ABC premiered it on July 20, 1950 and it closed on NBC on September 6, 1960. It varied between a half-hour and one hour in length.
…. Himself – Guest aka “Arthur Murray Party Time” … aka “The Arthur Murray Show”
Jack Paar Show, 1/6/59 French singer Genevieve and American television show host Jack Paar (1918 – 2004) listen as Australian-born American actor Errol Flynn (1909 – 1959) talks about a bird during a segment of ‘The Jack Paar Show,’ New York, New York, 1959. And at one point Flynn is wearing the Cuban flag
Note: I have found neither an officiall date for this show nor any record of its having survived. There does exist some photos of the appearance and there was an item in the newspaper of 1/7/59 in which the headline reads “Actor Accuses Batista Forces” and that it was said the previous night, so likely it was during the Paar Show appearance as where else might he have been to have been quoted? In IMDB it is stated that not until 1/12/59 was the first Paar show videotaped… hence no surviving record?
“Front Page Challenge”: Jan. 13, 1959. Host: Fred Davis, Panellists: Pierre Berton, Toby Robins, Gordon Sinclair. Guest(s): Errol Flynn, Scott Young Errol Flynn became a guest on Front Page Challenge after producer Jim Guthro read in a newspaper that Flynn had been in Cuba during the revolution. When Guthro tracked him down in New York, Flynn agreed to appear on the show — if the CBC paid for his “secretary” (who was, in fact, his mistress) to fly to Toronto with him.
“The Red Skelton Show”, September 29 1959, CBS.
Comedy/variety. Red Skelton, Errol Flynn, Scott Engel, Beverly Aadland. Director, Seymour Berns.
Originally broadcast on CBS, two weeks before Errol Flynn’s death at age 50.
Summary:
In a sketch, Skelton portrays hobo Freddie the Freeloader and Flynn his friend, “The Duke.” After a group of beatniks (which includes Flynn’s teenage girlfriend Beverly Aadland) mistakes Freddie’s shack for a coffee bar, Freddie is informed by a policeman that all bums have been ordered by the city council to leave town by sundown. Freddie and the Duke decide that the only way they will be able to stay in town is to open their own beatnik coffee bar. Singer Scott Engel (who later went on to fame as Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers) sings “Paper Doll.”
“Hollywood and the Stars:
The Swashbucklers”, 1964. Fairbanks Sr. and Flynn, featured stories, with minor coverage of others. Joseph Cotton narrator. 25 minutes.
Hollywood Goes to War, 1964 Everyone from Astaire to Wayne (and of course…) . Joseph Cotton narrator. 25 minutes.
“The Hollywood Greats: Errol Flynn”, 1978. Barry Norman narrator. 50 minutes.
“HBO: The Legend of Errol Flynn”, 1979. Robert Vaughn narrator. 23 minutes.
“Errol Flynn: Portrait Of A Swashbuckler”, 1983. Christopher Lee narrator. 50 minutes.
“Australians”, 1988, Episode 12, “Errol Flynn”, Drama, 13 minutes.
“A&E Biography: Robin Hood – Outlaw of the Forest”,1995, (TV) …. Himself
“Secret Lives: Errol Flynn”, 1996 (Channel 4 of England), 50 minutes.
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998) (TV) (uncredited)
“It’s Only Talk: The Real Story of America’s Talk Shows”, 1999, excerpt from the Steve Allen Show with Errol and Steve Fencing (January 6 1957)
“Informal, El” playing “El Burlador Caliente” (archive footage) April 21 2001
Raoul Walsh and Errol Flynn, 2002, Documentary Short, French TV.
“A & E’s Hollywood Home Movies”, 2004. Brief snippets of Flynn: EF smoking/ talking with shirt off on Zaca in color (2 seconds); EF playing tennis in color (4 seconds); and Bogart, Kay Francis (?), and Flynn in gathering at private home, outside, pan shot, b & w (5 seconds).
“The Adventures of Errol Flynn”, 2005, Documentary (V & TV)
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn, 2007, TV Movie documentary
Cuban Story, The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution, 1959/2010, Documentary. 50 minutes
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, 2010, Documentary, 86 minutes
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