for sale on eBay from 1959, with a signature with an exaggerated upper loop on the 2 Es, as well as in the autographic style of possibly an earlier time.
Listing description:
ORIGINAL VINTAGE 8″ X 10″ PROMOTIONAL AUTOGRAPHED GLOSSY FINISH PHOTO BY. .ERROL FLYN ,DEDICATED TO CUBAN NEWSPAPER “EL DIARIO DE LA MARINA” IN HIS VISIT TO CUBA IN 1959
— Karl
Dear Flynnstones,
as soon as Errol set foot on italian soil he was treated like royalty. Contrary to Orson Welles whose escape act to Europe did not turn into a love affair with press and producers, Flynn felt right at home. His first film in Italy of course was “Crossed Swords”, filmed at Castello Lancelotti in Lauro roughly an hour`s drive from Naples.
More Commedia dell`Arte spoof than swashbuckler the secretive sequel to “The Adventures of Don Juan”, is mostly famous for the launch of Gina Lollobrigida`s career.
One of Lollo`s ladies in waiting became Welles new wife. O. Welles in turn was considered for the role of Gessler, the heavy (!) in the upcoming William Tell movie.
The Gulf of Naples is rich with historic landmarks and ripe with lemon groves.
The peninsula of Sorrento boasts the most 5 star restaurants per square mile worldwide. No wonder our Hollywood hero decided to prolong his stay to show Jack Warner how (not) to make movies back in 1953.
Errol Flynn resided at the Grand Hotel Vesuvio, which offers a splendid view of the namesake, who the people of Napoli respectfully refer to as “the sleeping giant”.
Over a million people live at the foot of the not yet extinct vulcano. Theirs is a state of mind very comparable to those in SF and LA, living passionately in the moment.
If you like me can`t afford the Grand Hotel, be a baron for a day at the Palazzo del Barone. The owner is a real one of the esteemed line of the Coluccis.
We know from his diary entries, that Errol went to to Pompeii, but the must see along the Amalfitanian Coast are the dome of Amalfi.
And on top of that, literally because it is situated high on the hills of the town of Ravello, the Villa Rufolo.
The Zaca went to Capri at least once, in 1949 when chartered by Rita Hayworth and husband Aly Khan.
There, if you feel like feeling blue, but in a good way, take a rowing boat and enter the “grotta Azzurra”.
It was in the province of Campania, that Flynn tried to resurrect his film career.
He was the toast of even the smallest of towns and never once did feel the night coming on.
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
Many of you are familiar with the app known as Twitch. Basically, it is a live streaming app popular around the world and one of its categories is live action electronic game streaming. You can download the app on their website to follow Errol Flynn’s grandson known professionally as Sean (Rio) Flynn in the TV series Zoey 101, Devious Maids, Hatfield and McCoys: Bad Blood, Return of the Killer Shrews, Scorched, Family Guy, Simon Birch, Sliders, and The Last of Robin Hood, among others. He also runs the social media related business Donatello Arm which creates 3D images using state of the art robotic arms to create high end product rotatable product images. You can learn more about that below. Today, he is introducing his new streaming gaming channel “SeanRio” on Twitch.
Check out the schedule and subscribe (it’s free!) to watch Sean Rio Flynn do battle live playing your favorite games! PLEASE SHARE THIS POST!
A message from Rory Flynn about Donatello Arm Published previously on the blog:
— David DeWitt
The maile brag brings us news about the new Jim Turiello book with “Many Flynn photos, and 536 pages!
Other books in this series …
Thanks, Jim!
I
— David DeWitt
Beginning at 8:00pm April 4 and thereafter every Monday evening @ 8:0pm in April, 41 of Flynn’s movies will be shown beginning with “Captain Blood” and ending with “Too Much, Too Soon” and all his best in-between. Check the TCM website for a more exact schedule.–A. R.
— ILIKEFLYNN
Yesterday after burning the midnight oil for three days I finished Robert Florczak’s superb and meticulous book “Errol Flynn: The Illustrated Life Chronology”, reading it from cover to cover as it was impossible to put down. At 320 large-size pages, with over 800 rare photographs, this is easily the finest, best written book on Flynn, that captures his heart and his very adventurous, restlessly, troubled soul, since Earl Conrad’s masterpiece “Errol Flynn: A Memoir”
For author Florczak this was a Herculean if not impossible task but he rose to the occasion. Yes, we see Errol Flynn the screen movie star whom we loved on the big screen but also the deeply caring and adoring father to his children. Unlucky in marriage to three of the world’s most beautiful women, the readers will come to admire Errol Flynn the man thanks,to this book. Robert Florczak, who acknowledges invaluable help from Flynn scholars Inga Klein and Josef Fegerel, has unearthed an enormous treasure of never before seen new material that will astonish the readers, including Errol Flynn’s lost (except for the first adventure) radio series “The Modern Adventures Of Casanova” and his ‘ghost’ film “Hello God”.
“Errol Flynn: The Illustrated Life Chronology” is both profound and brilliant and makes for unforgettable reading. One thing is certain, Errol Flynn’s first wife Lili Damita was the most gorgeous star in Hollywood then and now.
— Ralph Schiller
