BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
FLYNN. WIFE TO N. Y. HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 13 (A. P.)— Errol Flynn and his wife, Lily Damlta, French film star, were en route to New York today to attend the the premiere of his new starring picture, “Captain Blood.”
“Captain Blood had its premiere on December 26, 1935 at the Mark Strand Theatre in New York City[18] and was released in the United States on December 28, 1935.”
— Tim
Reported December 3, 1936
HOLLYWOOD CITIZEN NEWS
by ELIZABETH YEAMAN
The highly publicized reunion of Errol Flynn and Lili Damita and their departure for a “second honeymoon” in Europe may all be called off. That is to say, the trip to Europe may be canceled. Warner’s will decide today if they shall summon Flynn back to take the adult male lead in The Prince and the Pauper</em. This picture is growing daily in budget and production plans. Some enormous sets have been built, and the studio expects the film to be one of its most ambitious efforts. Now Bobby and Billy Mauch, the twin child stars, have the leads, but the are little known to the public and can't be regarded as a box office lure. Errol Flynn is well established with the fans, and while the role for him is of far less scope and importance than any he has been given in the past, it could be built up a little and his presence would insure a certain fan following. The point is, a picture which costs a lot of money needs some star with fan appeal to insure return on the money invested.
Ian Hunter was mentioned frequently for the role now pending for Flynn.
Reported December 14, 1936
by SHEILA GRAHAM
Errol Flynn demanded— and received— a $20,000 bonus for cutting short his European reconciliation trip with wife Lili Damita, returning instead to Hollywood for the leading role in the kiddie story, The Prince and the Pauper*
* A “kiddie story” beloved by adults around the globe.
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BTW, I wonder if Errol ever read this advice from Mark Twain? I’d bet he did.
— Tim
THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER, 1936
EVENING HERALD EXPRESS
HARRISON CARROLL
You Asked Me and I’m Telling You!
[Question from] Ada Hefflin, Chicago:
Errol Flynn first met Lili Damita at a party in Paris and they met again on shipboard coming to this country. But the third time was the charm. Lili was lunching with Dolores Del Rio at the Warners Brothers Studios. Flynn stopped to speak and the romance dated from there.
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Here is a famous photo of lightning striking the Eiffel Tower in 1933. Did lightning also strike in 1933 for Errol and Lili in Paris?
Or was it in 1934 aboard the SS Paris?
Or was it later in ’34 at Warner Bros. with these two contintental cinestars ?
— Tim
THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER, 1936
LOUELLA O. PARSONS
LOS ANGELES EXAMINER
Errol Flynn and Lili Damita talking things over at Lucey’s Cafe.
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Lucey’s Restaurant (aka Cafe?) was at 5444 Melrose Avenue, across the street from Paramount.
— Tim
PHOTO FROM “NOVEMBER 23, 1946”
P.S. Rita turned 100 this year! Thank you, Rita, for all the beauty, talent, joy and love you brought the world!
— Tim
EVENING HERALD EXPRESS
HARRISON CARROLL
Errol Flynn’s Thanksgiving Present from Lili Damita was a long distance call from Paris. It was collect and cost $73.
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P. S. Though it wasn’t Lili, nor connected in any way to her Turkey Day call from 1938 Paree, here’s an interesting photo of an American woman using a mobile phone that very same year, 80 years ago! (Errol was probably very fortunate Tiger Lil didn’t have one!)
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— Tim
Third Week of November, 1936
LOS ANGELES EXAMINER
LOUELLA O. PARSONS
The Errol-Lili Damita marriage has gone on the rocks. For months rumors have been afloat in Hollywood that the matrimonial bark of Errol and Lili was having rough sailing, but to the outside world they denied there had been any serious troubles.
Yesterday, however, Errol was reported as having moved out of his Hollywood hilltop home and be staying with a writer friend, William Ullman, preparatory to moving into a fashionable apartment hotel. The final separation cane Saturday night when Lili followed her husband to a local cafe, where he was dining with a party of friends, and left shortly after in years.
Flynn’s much publicized trip to Borneo, the South Seas and England is definitely called off for the reason he will remain here and see the separation trouble through.
Neither Flynn nor Miss Damita would make any comment on their separation, but word of an impending divorce cane from a representative of the actor, who said that the court action would probably be filed by Miss Damita today or tomorrow.
— Tim
November 16, 1936
EVENING HERALD EXPRESS
Lili Damita, Errol Flynn Separated, Friends Report
Errol Flynn, star of Captain Blood and Charge of the Light Brigade , and his wife, glamorous Lili Damita of the files, have separated, friends said today.
Flynn is an outdoor man, while Lili likes to dance and attend the numerous affairs of the smart film set, said intimates of the couple, who explained that it was a clash of temperament and that no other persons were involved.
Flynn plans to leave for Europe in about a week and indications are that Miss Damita will then seek a divorce.
— Tim
November 8, 1935
HOLLYWOOD CITIZEN NEWS
CINEMANIA
By Edward Martin
“Around the Village:
Lili Damita and Errol Flynn taking in the show at Warner Brothers Hollywood.”
Movie unknown, but, as depicted below, Case of the Curious Bride played there April of 1935, and John Barrymore’s Don Juan almost a decade earlier.
A once-grand movie palace. It’s glamor has only slightly faded.”
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— Tim
November 3, 1938
Louella O. Parson
Los Angeles Examiner
“Errol Flynn has promised to be home November 11 from his Honolulu holiday.”
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November 4, 1938
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
Yesterday’s late editions carried a one-paragraph story from London that will lift eyebrows in Hollywood. It quoted Lili Damita as follows:
“I’ve retired from film work forever. I’m going to settle down and be a wife and a mother.”
Only one thing that would have tilted the eyebrows higher—if Errol Flynn had said: “I’m going to settle down and be a husband and father.”
— Tim
