Art Directors Guild Film Society & American Cinematique Present:
(Errol Flynn’s) The Adventures of Robin Hood
Featuring the Production Design of Carl Jules Weyl
— Tim
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Colonel Blood
18
Jun
Colonel Thomas Blood – The Irishman Who Stole England’s Crown Jewels.
This extraordinary historical figure was an “almost certain influence” (together with Captain Morgan – the pirate, not the rum) behind Raphael Sabitini’s “Captain Blood”
In this week’s news:
www.express.co.uk/news/history/583208/Crown-jewels-Tower-of-London-Colonel-Thomas-Blood…
See, also:
— Tim
Sirocco Missing at Sea!
16
Jun
Great First Hand Account of the Sirocco Gone Missing in December 1940. By Skipper Bill Keil.
“Old Father Neptune played a bit rough.”
Contemporaneous News Reports:
Photos Between California and Hawaii
Errol with Skipper Bill Keil, 1946
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Errol Flynn on his yacht / Photo
Flynn, Errol
US film actor,
1909-1959.
– Errol Flynn at the helm of his yacht
‘Zaca’ (next to him Bill Keil, member of
the ship’s crew). –
Photo, c.1946.
— Tim
New & Improved Jell-O Presents: Drs. Benny & Flynn in Dive Bomber
15
Jun
Very Funny. 10/26/1941. Six weeks or so later Benny could have never aired this Navy farce.
Benny turns down the role of Dr. Flynn, and flies the skies of the Pacific searching for the cure of aviation “Errolembolisms”.
— Tim
Happy Baz-Day
14
Jun
Dear fellow Flynn fans,
Errol`s congenial counterpart`s birthday shan`t be forgotten. Yesterday he would have turned 123.
In the book “Basil Rathbone: His Life and His Films” a vintage Errol-on-a-role episode is recalled:
The Rathbones gained a reputation for throwing lavish (and expensive!) parties, which the biggest stars in Hollywood attended. At one such party Errol Flynn got drunk, followed a young lady home and passed out on her living room sofa. Later that night, the woman’s father brought the unconscious Flynn back to the Rathbone’s house and dumped him on the lawn. “The next morning, Basil and Ouida were having breakfast on the patio, when the gardener turned on the sprinklers. Who should spring up from the grass, but a hung-over Errol Flynn. The Rathbones sat–mouths agape–as Errol bid them a cheery ‘Good morning,’ then departed for home.”
Here is another worthwhile recount of their encounters:
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
Caesar’s Wife with Errol Flynn
14
Jun
Twice it was to be, Errol in Caesar’s Wife. Once with
Talulah Bankhead, in 1936. Once with Geraldine Fitzgerald, ca. 1943. Talulah was replaced by Kay Francis, leaving just Another Dawn. Then, in “43, Errol was said to have been replaced by Cary Grant, but Caesar’s Wife” was never made.
— Tim
Where is Errol’s Targa Florio?
14
Jun
With shang “time will tell” heinz so recently and marvelously tracing Errol’s William Tell Mercedes to Yankee Slugger Reggie Jackson, perhaps our own team of heavy hitting All Stars can determine the history of the Master of Mulholland/Ballantrae’s spectacular Fraser Nash Targa Florio Gran Sport. Anyone know where it is and how it got there??
— Tim
Oh Errol, won’t you buy ye a Mercedes Benz…
13
Jun
Dear fellow Flynn fans,
ever since learning that Errol purchased a Mercedes Benz while filming in Italy of 1953
(see: www.theerrolflynnblog.com…),
I wondered where this custom made car had ended up.
Now we know, in the very capable hands of New York Yankee Reggie Jackson!
From the swashbuckler on the brinks to the straw that stirred the drinks, so to speak.
In 2006 it was resold for $ 264.000.- at an auction in Palm Springs.
I am sure it was the apple of Will Tell`s eye.
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
