The Mail Bag brings an interesting question from Mike Harwood. Whst is the 4 letter word Errol Flynn and Frank Sinatra were obsessed with?
Hi there,
— David DeWitt
What final title did this film have when it eventually reach theatres?
Hotel Prince De Galles, Paris, France
— David DeWitt
What person that Errol greatly admired had once taught fencing?
Clues:
Fencing is not what he’s famous for.
It’s not certain whether he taught Errol.
He was very accomplished and respected in his profession, in which fencing skills were not required.
The below photo is not him. It is Aldo Nadi, who Errol also knew, but did not admire in the way he admired this quiz’s mystery man.
Photo below posted Wednesday, April 29, 1:23 pm:
Photo below added 1:45 pm Friday:
Photo below sdded at 4:44 pm Friday:
— Tim
Errol rather notably stayed at a home where two Hollywood megastars later lived, one fictionally, one in real life.
Where was that home?
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Three photos below added Monday, March 29, 2021, ~2:30 am:
Below photo added ~ 11pm, Monday, March 29,,2021
— Tim
February 8
Was filmed largely in a city where Errol once lived.
Two of the stars knew Errol personally, but in very different ways.
One first met him in the 1930s. The other first met him in the 1950s.
One starred in movies with Errol. The other did not.
Both also knew Lili, but in very different ways.
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Images Added Wednesday, ~ 3:33 PM EST US
— Tim
February 1
He was a close friend of Franklin and Eleanor.
His name is sometimes brought up in connection with Errol’s.
— Tim
She was famous, and so was her husband.
On the evening of January 23, 1942, she had dinner with friends and watched “They Died with Their Boots On” and found it very thrilling. They also watched news reels.
Who was she?
— Tim
It’s been reported that Errol had a daughter before he married Tiger Lil’. What was her name, who was her mother, and where was she born????
An island named after this island was involved…
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Her first name means “Lily” in Hebrew…
(This clue added Sunday morning, 8am, January 17, 2021)
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Her mother was from an island named on this map.
(This clue added Sunday morning, 9am, January 17, 2021)
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Humming this will help yield her name…
It’s by one of America’s greatest songwriters…
(This clue added Sunday morning, 11:48 am, January 17, 2021)
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The mother was from Selapiu Island, near New Hanover Island. (See the map above)
After the birth of the daughter, she went to Ranmalek Mission and disappeared during World War II.
(This above set of clues added Sunday evening, 6:30 pm, January 17, 2021)
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A man named Wilkie Wilkin is said to have cared for the mother and daughter at a copra plantation, apparently beginning after Errol left for England. He is thought to have been captured at Albatross Passage by the Japanese following their famous air raids on PNG during January 1942. His name is on the plaque above. …It is not nown to me, nor clear from the accounts I read, that Errol ever knew of the pregnancy, never mind that it allegedly resulted in a daughter.
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The daughter, _________, was said to have strikingly stood out in PNG because of her complexion and beauty.
(This above set of set of clues added Sunday evening, 6:45 pm, January 17, 2021)
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Years ago, super Flynn-researcher Tina Nyary published the below image, stating “Here is an image of what most likely could have been Tuperselai”. I am not certain, but, if Errol did have a daughter in PNG, there’s a good chance the mother would have been Tuperselai, who he very highly praises in MWWW:
(This above photo was added Tuesday morning, 11am, January 19, 2021)
— Tim