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Not Cabot
26
Feb
Robbin Hood on the Big Screen
25
Feb
Sunday, February 27 at 4:00 p.m. at the R/C Kill Devil Hills Movies 10
The Adventures of Robin Hood Returns to the Silver Screen
By Submitted Story on February 22, 2022
Bryan Cultural Series
Action, romance, political intrigue, the righting of wrongs with no moral ambiguity—Warner Brothers magnificent 1938 film “The Adventures of Robin Hood” has it all. And now it’s returning to the silver screen thanks to the Bryan Cultural Series.
Featuring the Oscar Award winning score by Erich Korngold, every Robin Hood film that has followed pales by comparison. Directed by Michael Curtiz, who would win an Oscar for “Casablanca” three years later, “The Adventures of Robin Hood” stands the test of time remarkably well. Perhaps it is how clear-cut what is right and wrong in the world of Robin Hood that has kept audiences intrigued by the movie for over 80 years. Here is Robin and Lady Marian talking about justice.
Lady Marian: You’re a strange man.
Robin Hood: Strange? Because I can feel for beaten, helpless people?
Lady Marian: No. You’re strange because you want to do something about it. You’re willing to defy Sir Guy, even Prince John himself, to risk your own life. And one of those men was a Norman!
Robin Hood: Norman or Saxon, what’s that matter? It’s injustice I hate, not the Normans.
Or perhaps the sword play and unerring accuracy of Errol Flynn’s archery, or the the chance to cheer for the good over evil—whatever it may be, the movie is truly a classic.
Errol Flynn was at the height of his powers in 1938 and Olivia de Havilland is radiant and perfect as the Lady Marian. Throw in the insidious evil of Basil Rathbone as the Sheriff of Nottingham and the rousing score by Eric Korngold that tells its own story, and a true movie classic comes to life.
With an introduction and discussion of the film and its score by Dr. Chris Palestrant, Professor of Music Composition at ECSU, “The Adventures of Robin Hood” is a must see film for the whole family.
The Bryan Cultural Series will screen the film on Sunday, February 27 at 4:00 p.m. at the R/C Kill Devil Hills Movies 10, 1800 N. Croatan Highway, Kill Devil Hills.
To watch a trailer and to order tickets visit www.bryanculturalseries.org…
Tickets are $10 per movie and may also be purchased online at the RC Theater website or at the theater anytime the it is open:
Friday 3:30pm – 10:00pm
Saturday 12:30pm – 10:00pm
Sunday 12:30pm – 8:00pm
Monday – Thursday 3:30pm – 8:00pm Love Genene.
— tassie devil
…then he took Berlin #2
12
Feb
Dear Flynnstones,
this week saw the opening of the 72nd German Film Festival, the so called Berlinale.
Errol Flynn attended once in 1957 and was in full swing.
See for yourselves:
www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de/video/584238…
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
…then he took Berlin.
12
Feb
Dear Flynnstones,
here are the Good, the Bad and the Lovely.
When Errol was trailblazing the Berlinale in 1957, even Goldfinger couldn‘t help but smile at cheeky Flynn getting kissed by a young Romy Schneider.
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
Mail Bag! Errol Flynn, Shirley Hassau & The Black Dahlia?
04
Feb
Tony Mostrom a writer of LA History for the LA Times and other publications writes us with a question: Having seen the pics on your Errol Flynn pages, I wanted to ask about the possibility, which is quite credible based on what I’ve dug into myself, that Shirley Hassau – through her husband Henry Hassau – knew Elizabeth Short “the Black Dahlia. Shirley’s husband Henry (they divorced in ’44) had some connection to Short’s small circle of friends in Hollywood. Has anyone, I wonder, (Lynn McCormick, for example?) asked her mother if she’s heard anything about this?
There is a book on the Dahlia case which claims that Elizabeth Short knew “Hassau’s wife” (first name not mentioned. The book is Severed by John Gilmore, see pp 181-86. I am a columnist, as mentioned, and I’m working on a new edition coming out. You can see my writings at tonymostrom.com….
Many thanks!
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia
New Edition for 75th Anniversary of Slaying
Seventy-five years ago, on January 15, 1947, the Black Dahlia murder hit post-World War II Los Angeles like a bombshell. In the seventy-five years since her murder, the Black Dahlia has become a magnetic icon in American pop culture, a mythical symbol of noir Hollywood.
The question of who killed the Black Dahlia stands today as one of the most intractable mysteries in all of true crime. The Black Dahlia murder—unlike such earlier headline-grabbing cases as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and the Lindbergh kidnapping—was the first case to command the attention of post-war America with its stark carnality. Author John Gilmore plumbs to the dark core of this terrifying story that he argues can never be truly solved. Here is the real Elizabeth Short—the enigmatic Black Dahlia.
In Severed’s hard-boiled yet haunting prose, Gilmore evokes some of the spookiest corridors of old-time Los Angeles, the wartime world of Hollywood bars, dance halls and rooming houses where, as the author says, “no one remembers the names,” a place of “substance and shadow” where people left no trace. Severed also unfolds the tangled inside story of the police investigation and the remorseless Hearst-stoked press hoopla that paralleled it.
Severed remains the first and only non-fiction book to offer a documented exploration of the Black Dahlia case as endorsed by law enforcement and forensic science experts. Gilmore reveals the twisted psychology and down-and-out life story of the murder suspect including transcripts of his taped “indirect confession.” In his book The Cases That Haunt Us, legendary FBI profiler John E. Douglas (author of Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit) states that “Gilmore has done extensive research into the Short case. . . Had Detective St. John had the opportunity to interview Arnold Smith, the outcome might have been different.”
Through Gilmore’s relentless spade work, the spectral luster of this most spectacular “unsolved” murder in American crime history seems not diminished but enhanced. The updated third edition of Severed includes Black Dahlia-inspired poetry by the author, new foreword and afterword, expanded photo section, index and never-before-published corroborating evidence and forensic material from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Ultimately, John Gilmore boils down its undying allure to this haiku-like equation: “The pale white body severed in two and left for the world to view, and her name: Black Dahlia.”
John Gilmore
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Praise for Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia
“The most satisfying and disturbing conclusion to the Black Dahlia case. After reading Severed, I feel like I truly know Elizabeth Short and her killer.” —David Lynch
“The best book on the Black Dahlia ― in fact, the only reliable book.” ―Colin Wilson
“Delves deeply into one of Hollywood’s most celebrated murder cases.” —Publishers Weekly
“The most uncanny evocation of L.A. during and after the war; I’ve read it seven times. When I was in L.A., I went to the locations he cites in the book—all the fleapit hotels, the place where the Dahlia was murdered . . . The ghosts are still around. His portrait of Elizabeth Short as a strange, unknowable somnambulist sleepwalking through that unique junction of time and space is permanently haunting.” —Gary Indiana
“My god this is a frightening tale . . . The most famous murder in L.A., and we suddenly see that we knew nothing before, only the glitter and red of blood. This is now a Pandora’s Box.” —Kenneth Anger
About John Gilmore
It is truly fitting that author John Gilmore should be the one to penetrate the multi-layered mystery of this archetypal Los Angeles murder. Described by the Sydney Morning Herald as “the quintessential L.A. noir writer,” John Gilmore has been internationally acclaimed for his hard-boiled true crime books, literary fiction and Hollywood memoirs and biographies. Gilmore’s father was an LAPD officer at the time of the Dahlia’s murder and was involved in the citywide dragnet that immediately followed the discovery of her corpse. His mother was once a would-be starlet under contract with MGM Studios; and Gilmore himself was a rebel-type young actor in the ’50s, carousing with the likes of James Dean, Dennis Hopper and Vampira. His works include The Garbage People, Laid Bare, Cold-Blooded, Live Fast, Die Young, Fetish Blonde, Inside Marilyn Monroe, L.A. Despair and have been translated into numerous languages. John Gilmore died in Los Angeles in 2016.
Contact:
Stuart Swezey
Publisher, Amok Books
ss****@***oo.com…
— David DeWitt
More On The Mystery Sword!
01
Feb
JANUARY 30 2022 – 12:00PM
Errol Flynn sword mystery takes a turn
• Chris Michaels
Local News
MYSTERY SWORD: Errol Flynn Society of Tasmanian Inc president Steve Randell.
The myth of the mysterious sword held at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery has taken another turn, with the founders of the Errol Flynn Society of Tasmanian Inc throwing new light on an old story.
Steve and Genene Randell started the society after a family tragedy as a way of coping with loss.
“We lost a child to SIDS and we were obviously down and out and one night [Genene] woke up in the middle of the night and she watched an Errol Flynn movie on television, Captain Blood,” he said. “Watching it brought her back to life. It got her out of that misery and back into society again. We have followed Errol since then and both were living in New South Wales at the time. We then moved to Tasmania and did some research on Errol and decided we’d start up a society ourselves.”
Recently the QVMAG senior curator of public history, Jon Addison showed off a sword purported to have been owned by one of Flynn’s ancestors.
“There is a story that the museum holds a sword supposedly owned by Errol Flynn, which had been inherited from his mother.” Mr. Addison said. “We are more or less certain that we don’t have Errol Flynn’s family’s sword here. At best, it’s unlikely, and it is very unlikely to have been the sword we have here.
(Thanks to Karl Holmberg for finding this image …)
Mr Randell shed new light on the mystery.
“The story goes that Errol played with that sword, and he refers to that in his autobiography,” he said. “Then his father gave it to the army navy club in Tasmania and they had it up on the wall and then it went missing. Nobody has actually said that Dudley Ransom stole it, but when I was up at the army barracks and talking to a museum curator, they definitely knew about him. It was said that Mr Ransom actually tried to steal one of the guns located on the gates at the army base.”
In 1972 Dudley Ransom, a Second Lieutenant in the 12th Australian Infantry Battalion, donated various army and navy items to the QVMAG.
City of Launceston mayor Albert van Zetten said myths or not, the QVMAG was a fascinating place to explore Tasmania’s vast and unique history.
“Wherever you look in Launceston there are stories just beneath the surface, and they’re often absolutely fascinating,” he said.
— tassie devil
An Editorial Written about the Sword Errol Played with as a Boy ?
27
Jan
Below is a piece written about the sword. There are So many mistakes in this piece that Steve and I are taking the writer to task about it. As yet like with anything these days leave me a message and I will get back to you. And they never do so another phone call is warranted ASAP. I hate that so called un authorities can write such trash. Living in Hobart for many years we got to interview and talk to people that knew of Errol’s younger days. Just read the piece and see the mistakes for yourselves
JANUARY 22 2022 – 5:00AM
Captain Blood’s sword a thing of myth and legend
• Chris Michaels
Local News
OH ERROL: City of Launceston mayor Albert van Zetten and QVMAG senior curator of public history Jon Addison show off the sword. Picture: Phillip Biggs
Myths surrounding secret tunnels and a British military sword from the 1820s supposedly belonging to Tasmanian-born Hollywood star Errol Flynn have been well and truly busted by the diligent team at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.
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Well, almost.
City of Launceston mayor Albert van Zetten and the Art Gallery’s senior curator of public history Jon Addison were on hand on Friday at the QVMAG to show off the sword purported to have been owned by one of Flynn’s ancestors.
“As we head into 2022 there was a recent discussion in the office about what we’d like to see come to an end this year,” Mr Addison said.
“Obviously, the pandemic was a popular answer, as was conflict, poverty, and Channel Nine’s Married at First Sight.
“I have some historic bugbears that consistently get my goat that I’d like us to be well and truly rid of in 2022.”
Mr Addison said the myth surrounding the sword had grown over the years, but there was very little factual basis to the yarn.
“There is a story that the museum holds a sword supposedly owned by Errol Flynn, which had been inherited from his father,” he said.
“We are more or less certain that we don’t have Errol Flynn’s family’s sword here. At best, it is very unlikely to have been the sword we have here.
“Mid-shipman traditionally had a shorter sword called a dirk, and even though mid-shipman Young may have been promoted and gained himself an infantry officer’s sword, it’s very unlikely that’s what we would have ended up with.”
The story goes that the sword may have been owned by one of Flynn’s ancestors, a man called Young, who had been one of the soldiers who arrested Governor William Bligh in the 1808 Rum Rebellion.
“The sword that is claimed as being his is of the wrong type and date, and while the soldier named Young was part of the arresting party, there’s little evidence to show Young was related to the Flynns,” Mr Addison said.
“Still, some people continue to insist that QVMAG has Errol Flynn’s sword in its collection, and that the sword was used to arrest William Bligh.”
Apart form the sword, Mr Addison and Cr van Zetten were also on a mission to debunk myths on secret tunnels underneath Launceston, fountains and the famous convict Dicky White.
“One of the most pervasive myths we encounter is the tale of the alleged secret tunnel linking the courthouse building to the old Launceston gaol site,” Mr Addison said.
“Who doesn’t love a secret tunnel? It’s easy to see why this myth continues to be popular, but alas, it isn’t true. There is also a persistent story that the model for Johnnie Walker’s famous ‘Striding Man’ logo was one of Launceston’s most infamous sons, the former convict Dicky White.”
Cr van Zetten said the QVMAG was a fascinating place to explore Tasmania’s vast and unique history.
“Wherever you look in Launceston there are stories just beneath the surface, and they’re often absolutely fascinating,” he said. “We see myths crop up about aspects of the city’s past that seem to linger and live on, even when they’ve been disproven.
“One of the great things about the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is that it is a hub for historical research in Launceston, and it provides us some wonderful opportunities to find out more of the facts about the city’s past.”
— tassie devil
