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Mail Bag! Errol Flynn’s Hobart with Ross Schnioffsky! Part 5

06 Jul

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Sorry for the delay folks, I got caught up with other projects.

Day Two (Part 4) of my Errol Flynn/Hobart Adventure – 10 Darcy St, South Hobart

From 1914 to 1916 the Flynns lived here. After the “you show me yours” episode in the back yard with the little girl next door the seven year old Errol got into heaps of trouble and consequently ran away. His mother wrote, “We suffered agonies of anxiety for days and nights. He was found miles away where he went and offered himself for work at a dairy farm. He only asked five shillings a week for wages, saying that would do him as he never intended to marry.”

Ross

— David DeWitt

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Errol Flynn Portraits!

04 Jul

Mail Bag from our Topper MacKay!

More Portraits …

1935 was a busy year for Flynn in front of the cameras. Not only was this his fourth portrait session of the year (shown here) but it was shot in the fall, during the filming of Captain Blood … along with some other activities!

— David DeWitt

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Errol Flynn On Screen, Stage & Cartoons?

27 Jun

During Flynn’s career at Warner Brothers he probably appeared in every type of feature, featurette and short subject possible. But little is mentioned of his career in cartoons. Here are three of them where references, or more, are made about Errol.

— Topper

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Mail Bag! Errol Flynn’s Hobart with Ross Schnioffsky Part 4!

24 Jun

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Day Two (Part 3) of my Errol Flynn/Hobart Adventure – 60 Duke Street, Hobart

As a child, Errol lived in a number of different houses and lodgings in Hobart, which reflects the unsettled and restless life of his parents. Over the next few days, I will post images of these various “homes” of the young Errol. The first one in Duke Street is a fine and fairly standard Hobart residence, and at the nearby junction of Duke and Parliament Street you can see a scattering of snow on Mount Wellington. Parliament Street is about 20 m from Errol’s home.
In 1919, the Flynns were living at this address. The small plaque shows the year that the house was built. The 10 year old Errol allegedly conducted his infamous experiment with “the living bracelet of ducks” in the backyard.

Thanks Ross!

— David DeWitt

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Mail Bag! Errol Flynn’s Hobart with Ross Schnioffsky P.3!

24 Jun

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Day Two (Part 2) of my Errol Flynn/Hobart Adventure – The Swimming Begins Here

When Errol was a little tot of about three years old, his mother would take him to the nearby sheltered beach or thereabouts where she taught him to swim. By his accounts, one of the few good things she did for him. The reserve is now a dog friendly area where dogs can be unleashed and run free. Errol would have appreciated this aspect of the reserve. The local council have marked this area with some appropriate signage, but it took a lot of effort by local Errol Flynn fans, particularly Steve and Genene Randall to make the signage happen. Steve and Genene were my guides on day two and more on them later.

The houses are opposite the small beach which is appropriately named Short Beach and little Errol would have seen and walked past them. The 1909 sign is actually part of a Hobart sculpture trail and celebrates Errol’s birth year

Thanks, Ross!

— David DeWitt

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Mail Bag! Errol Flynn’s Hobart with Ross Schnioffsky Part 2!

24 Jun

Mail Bag Part two from Ross Schnioffsky!

Day Two of my Errol Flynn/Hobart Adventure – Good Morning Hobart!
It’s so easy to see why Errol loved the sea. It was all around him and in his blood from the day he was born …

Thanks, Ross!

— David DeWitt

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Mail Bag! Errol Flynn’s Hobart with Ross Schnioffsky!

24 Jun

Ross Schnioffsky sends us news about his recent trip to the birthplace of Errol Flynn in Hobart, Tasmania … Russ says:

I thought it might be a good idea to celebrate Errol Flynn’s birthday in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. So here I am. Errol was born on this day, June 20 in 1909 and this afternoon I was standing in front of the building where he was born. It is now an apartment complex. Some sections of the original building still exist. The other buildings are nearby and in the same street. Already I am in love with Hobart.