Amaknak Island, Unalaska, Alaska – December 4, 1943
— Tim
Errol aliases?
04
Dec
Errol wrote “letters to the editor” and I guess a “column” under a Alias. Does anyone know what was the alias? Read the rest of this entry »
— Selene Hutchison-Zuffi
“He Was Born For This” — December 2, 1859
02
Dec
Errol’s Cinematic Connection to One of the Most Consequential Events in American History – The Hanging of John Brown on December 2, 1959 – Which Resulted in the Election of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and All the Race-Related Controversies and Conflicts that have Ensued in the United States, to This Very Day.
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— Tim
Behold Errol Minus Hokum
02
Dec
December 1, 1934
Behold Them Minus Hokum
by Peter Pry
Errol Flynn, newly arrived Irish actor, will have to call out the police reserves for protection when the local gals discover he’s independently wealthy and doesn’t need to act for a living. Flynn has lots of that appeal too,, and is a husky specimen. He hewed a fortune out of a gold mine in New Guinea, he represented Ireland as a boxer in the Olympic Games in 1928, he has braved cannibals, is 25 and has never been married! He has only been acting for two years. And he refused the role of Oberon in A Midsummer’s Night Dream because he didn’t want to start his career playing the king of the fairies.
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Errol, goldmining:
— Tim
Columbus Discovers Errol and Sends Him to America
01
Dec
November 30, 1934
Jimmy Starr
Evening Herald Examiner
Irving Asher, Warners’ London laddie in charge of the foreign studio, played “Columbus” and discovered a handsome Irish chap by the name of Errol Flynn. The young newcomer proved himself in Murder in Monte Carlo. Asher figured Flynn had a better chance in Hollywood, and sent him to Jack Warner, who took a quick look at the English-made movie, snapped a contract under Flynn’s nose and gave him one of the featured leads with Kay Francis in A Present from Margate, her next film following the current Living on Velvet. Mr. Flynn, it seems has made quite an impression — and good leading men are scarce, you know.
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Here’s Errol in 1934:
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Irving Asher, an American, actually landed two great stars that year – the other being the lovely Laura La Plante ~ the Doris Day of her day ~ as his wife!
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It was a big year for Irving! He also laid this stone:
— Tim
Who?
30
Nov
In late November 1934 a leading Hollywood writer reported that the new Irish actor, Errol Flynn, somewhat resembled another Hollywood actor, only younger. Who was the actor they referred to?
— Tim
U.S.S. Sirocco?
30
Nov
November 28, 1940
Jimmy Starr
Errol Flynn has offered his boat, the Sirocco, to the United States Navy and promises to maintain the running expenses (about $50 per day.) A nice gesture which Uncle Sam probably will accept.
— Tim
Happy Tanksgiveen Fleen!
29
Nov
Thanksgiving, 1938
Errol Flynn’s Thanksgiving present from Lili Damita was a long distance call from Paris. It was collect and cost him $73.*
Here’s Lili hosting a cocktail party at the Hotel Plaza Athénée in Paris, November 1938. Her guests include Ann Warner, Marlene Dietrich, Anderson Lawler, and Vera Matzouki.
* $73 in 1938 = $1348.11 in 2020
— Tim
Errol Flynn and Gia Scala
27
Nov
I have just read the outstanding biography “Gia Scala: The First Gia”, as told by her younger sister Tina Scala to author Sterling Saint James. This is a compelling, haunting, page-turning book with many shocking revelations of behind-the-scenes Hollywood, which was already in decadent decline. Gia Scala quickly became a top film star and co-starred in major studio productions opposite Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford, Gregory Peck, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Rock Hudson, Richard Widmark, and even Doris Day. So why did she suddenly drop out at the box office peak of her career? The death of this accomplished dramatic actress in 1972 at age 38and still a ravishing beauty, was labeled by the film industry and law enforcement as a ‘suicide’. However just like the death of George Reeves it was anything but. Yes Gia Scala co-starred with Errol Flynn in the under-rate ‘film noir’ “The Big Boodle” (1957) and the authors tell a surprisingly wonderful story about Errol Flynn, who came to Gia’s and Tina’s rescue when they needed a guardian angel.
— Ralph Schiller
