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New Errol Flynn Book

16 Dec

I recently had the opportunity to review Robert Florczak’s book, Errol Flynn-The illustrated Life Chronology.

In short, it is amazing.

It provides the reader an opportunity to go back in time and experience the life of Errol Flynn in a detailed, visual fashion allowing one to feel a connection to Flynn not previously attained from any other source.  This book is a solid, factual piece of work correcting all previous misinformation so often repeated by others.  For those of us with an unquenchable desire to learn more about this subject matter, prepare to be quenched.

Robert has worked hard for years to produce this bountiful repertoire on Flynn.  Like most works of art, those who benefit have no concept of the number of years and 1000’s of hours of painstaking and critically detailed work that is required to produce such a masterpiece.

This book shall serve as the bible for all Flynn fans going forward both young and old.  It also provides a clearer insight into the tragedy that was Flynn’s life and was the man.  It details the rollercoaster life of a true adventurer who had no idea what was in store for him, and, as each decade unfolded, it became apparent that this rollercoaster of a life with its drastic ups and downs, would end suddenly and way too soon.  Finishing the book, you may feel the glow of connecting to Flynn personally as if you have traveled back to see him on his terms and in his time.

You, my fellow Flynn fans, are in store for a real treat.

In conclusion, I am purposefully omitting details about the book allowing each of you to discover, as I did, Robert’s clear and unadulterated presentation of the life lived by Errol Flynn all on your own.

Thank You, Robert.

GJM

— Boss Boy

 
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Lili Damita vs. Clara Bow

12 Dec

Clara Bow was “The It Girl” and I recall reading once (but can’t recall where now as I’m writing this) that Errol implied that he regarded as very sexually attractive. So, based on the similar Bando Da Lua* music videos below, I wonder who Errol would have thought was the sexier between Clara and Tiger Lil’? If he had had a choice and opportunity, who do you think Errol would have preferred?**


* Bando da Lua was a very popular 1930s Brazilian band, often associated with Carmen Miranda.

** Errol did know Clara and her movie star husband, Rex Bell, and used to visit them at their famous 400,000-acre “Walking Box Ranch” off of Joshua Tree Highway near Searchlight, Nevada.

— Tim

 

Playing This Morning on TCM — December 12, 2020 – 6:30 AM — The Case of the Curious Bride

12 Dec

Monthly Schedule

Sat, December 12

6:30 AM

The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
1h 20m | Mystery | TV-G

Perry Mason helps a young woman whose supposedly dead husband suddenly returns to life.

Director
Michael Curtiz

Cast
Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods

— Tim

 

Eatin’ Like Flynn 🌏🌍🌎 Around the World

08 Dec

— Tim

 

Flynn the Foodie

08 Dec

For all Fans of Flynn who would enjoy the recipes for some of
Errol’s favorite international meals you may want to complete
and send to Modern Screen magazine the following coupon.*

*Or EFB Members may simply want to wait for
a posting planned here for later today.

— Tim

 

Custer’s Last Stand —They Died with Their Boots On — LIFE Magazine — December 8, 1941

08 Dec

— Tim

 

In Praise of Errol Flynn — December 5, 2016

05 Dec

The Lightness of Errol Flynn

Relevant Audio runs from about 16 to 25 minute marks (mixed with intermittent discussions regarding John Wayne, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, and Peter O’Toole.)

— Tim

 

Errol aliases?

04 Dec

Errol wrote “letters to the editor” and I guess a “column” under a Alias. Does anyone know what was the alias? Read the rest of this entry »

— Selene Hutchison-Zuffi

 
 

Columbus Discovers Errol and Sends Him to America

01 Dec

November 30, 1934

Jimmy Starr
Evening Herald Examiner

Irving Asher, Warners’ London laddie in charge of the foreign studio, played “Columbus” and discovered a handsome Irish chap by the name of Errol Flynn. The young newcomer proved himself in Murder in Monte Carlo. Asher figured Flynn had a better chance in Hollywood, and sent him to Jack Warner, who took a quick look at the English-made movie, snapped a contract under Flynn’s nose and gave him one of the featured leads with Kay Francis in A Present from Margate, her next film following the current Living on Velvet. Mr. Flynn, it seems has made quite an impression — and good leading men are scarce, you know.

Here’s Errol in 1934:


Irving Asher, an American, actually landed two great stars that year – the other being the lovely Laura La Plante ~ the Doris Day of her day ~ as his wife!


It was a big year for Irving! He also laid this stone:

— Tim

 

Errol Flynn and Gia Scala

27 Nov

I have just read the outstanding biography “Gia Scala: The First Gia”, as told by her younger sister Tina Scala to author Sterling Saint James. This is a compelling, haunting, page-turning book with many shocking revelations of behind-the-scenes Hollywood, which was already in decadent decline. Gia Scala quickly became a top film star and co-starred in major studio productions opposite Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford, Gregory Peck, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Rock Hudson, Richard Widmark, and even Doris Day.  So why did she suddenly drop out at the box office peak of her career?  The death of this accomplished dramatic actress in 1972 at age 38and still a ravishing beauty,  was labeled by the film industry and law enforcement as a ‘suicide’. However just like the death of George Reeves it was anything but.  Yes Gia Scala co-starred with Errol Flynn in the under-rate ‘film noir’ “The Big Boodle” (1957) and the authors tell a surprisingly wonderful story about Errol Flynn, who came to Gia’s and Tina’s rescue when they needed a guardian angel.

— Ralph Schiller

 
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