August 3, Off Catalina
“In August 1941 Peter Stackpole of LIFE Magazine joined Errol Flynn (1909–1959)—the swashbuckling leading man of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)—aboard Flynn’s yacht, the Sirocco, to photograph him for a story about his spearfishing skills. Also present were stuntman Buster Wiles, crew members, and three young women. One of them, fifteen-year-old actress Peggy Satterlee, later accused Flynn of raping her. The case, unsurprisingly, created a media storm.”
— Tim
TCM, August 17, 2019
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Captain Blood (1935)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Dodge City (1939)
Cry Wolf (1947)
— Tim
One of my favorites!
And in 2019 …
— David DeWitt
Errol and Princess Ghika selecting his wardrobe for Rocky Mountain. Her expression says: Did you see that actress Pat Wymore looking at you?
— David DeWitt
August 3, 1935
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
It seems strange enough to be recorded here.
Ten years ago director Michael Curtiz was looking for a particular type of girl for a picture, Puppies in Paris. His luck was poor until chance carried him to a performance of the “Follies Bergere.” In one of the specialty dancers, a girl glamorous and young, he saw the ideal type for the role. So he hired her — and that is how Lili Damita got her start in pictures.
Today, in the Warners Brothers film, Captain Blood, Curtis is preparing to give another untried player, Errol Flynn, his first big chance at film fame. Flynn is married to Lili Damita.
And some people don’t believe in coincidence.
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Lili in Poupee De Paris aka Red Heels aka …
— Tim
— David DeWitt
He was paid $50,000 … equal to about $890, 000 dollars in 2018 dollars!
— David DeWitt
