When we move The Errol Flynn Blog to WordPress which will be soon... there are some things to consider, according to Domainmonger Support. Please read this over carefully! There will be some difficulties to overcome and we will overcome them... There is both good news and bad in the support reply I received.
The worst bad news is that it is difficult to move comments over to our new home at WordPress! Since this is an essential part of our blog's lifeblood, we are going to move them, irregardless. Please read through this reply to see what difficulties lay ahead and we will figure out how to overcome them before we put an oar in the water or a unfurl a sail...
This is what I received from support:
What
content can be migrated from Blogware to WordPress? All Articles and posts from your Blogware blog can be
migrated to your WordPress blog. Photos in Photo Albums are migrated. Photo Albums become
Categories of your WordPress blog . Comments can also be migrated. However, a bug in the
Blogware export file causes the author information for a comment to not be
retained. So all the comments when imported into WordPress are attributed to
“Anonymous”.
The problem is with the Blogware export file unfortunately so this
issue would happen whether you move your Blogware site to WordPress or any
other hosting service. Therefore, you can request, and in fact we suggest, that
we do not migrate comments from your Blogware blog to your new WordPress-based
blog.
URL Redirection – You are currently hosting on your own
domain name, so, we will be able to redirect your original Blogware URLs to
your new WordPress URLs so not only will all your old links continue to work,
but you will main your current Google ranking.
All files uploaded to your blog’s File Manager will be
migrated. So if you have uploaded images to accompany your blog articles for
example, we’ll move those images to your new WordPress account. What will not be migrated? The layout or Color Scheme for your blog will not be
preserved. The WordPress Theme format is completely different from the Blogware
Color Scheme format, so you will have to choose a new look for your blog. The
good news is that in WordPress there are thousands of free themes available at
the WordPress Themes Directory, or you can create your own custom theme.
Sidebar components are not migrated. If you have created
any custom components for your blog sidebar, you would need to recreate them on
your new WordPress blog using WordPress’ Widgets feature. Neither custom
components nor Favorites components are migrated.
Attachments are not migrated unfortunately as they are
not exposed by the Blogware migration tools. If you have added attachments to
your articles, they will not be migrated to your new account. Trackbacks are not migrated.
Blog Settings are not migrated. Since the Blogware
system and WordPress system are so different, it is not possible to take any of
the settings for your Blogware blog and simply migrate them to your new
WordPress blog. Please check out this excellent guide to WordPress
Administration Settings for information on configuring the Settings of your new
WordPress blog.
Web Pages are not migrated. If you have any Web Pages, a
special type of post which is not dated, you will need to re-create them using
the analogous Pages feature in WordPress.
Permissions are not migrated. Category settings and
permissions work very differently in WordPress, and we are unable to apply any
of the permissions in your Blogware blog to your WordPress-based PressHarbor
account.
User accounts are not migrated. So if you have users
with permissions to your current Blog, those user accounts will not exist on
the new WordPress site. You will need to reconfigure your site using the
WordPress Roles and Capabilities framework.
- Domainmonger Support
This means that all current members will have to rejoin The Errol Flynn Blog, once it has been moved. You will be able to find the blog using the same URL as it has now: http://theerrolflynnblog.com when it has been moved and is ready for shipmates, again!
At this point, I am as new to all of this as you reading this. I hope there will some expert advice over at WordPress about how to reassign comments to their original owners! And about how to keep our attachments which are so vital to some of our posts!
I will be writing to WordPress for some advice regarding all of this! Nothing is happening immediately, but it will happen soon from the sound of things...
A very rare copy of Errol Flynn's novel "Showdown" exists which was signed by Errol Flynn to his parents in May of 1946. The book was a gift to Marguerite Gauron of Port Antonio, Jamaica, by Flynn's widow, Patrice Wymore and is now about to be sold privately.
My friend writer and editor Dennis Mullen who recently returned from a trip to Jamaica and met both Pat Wymore and Marguerite Gauron while working at the Errol Flynn Marinadoing some rebranding and editing work has been given the go ahead to offer this extremely rare autographed book for sale and he expects the book to sell for up to ten thousand dollars...
I found this news and I thought I post it for all to know!
Sean Flynn - IN LIKE FLYNN: "RETURN OF THE KILLER SHREWS'
CASTS A NEW GENERATION OF HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY
Coal Train Productions and Generic Filmgroup announced today that former
Teen Idol SEAN FLYNN, fresh from his long-running role as Chase on
Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101," will be co-starring in his first adult role
in "Return of the Killer Shrews." Flynn's role as Derek will utilize
his comedic skills first honed on the popular Teen TV series and provide added
thrills to his large TV fan base. "Return of the Killer Shrews," set
on a mysterious island in the gulf of Mexico, places Flynn in a modern-day
horror setting, but with a touch of blood-drenched comic mayhem ala "Shawn
of the Dead" and the slightest flavor of retro Tiki exotica ala the great
Drive-in horror flicks of the 1950s and 1960s. And Flynn even gets a chance to
use his considerable charm, like his famous Grandfather, ERROL FLYNN.
"Return of the Killer Shrews" goes before the cameras in May, with
release scheduled for next year. --- This should be 2012 unless somebody has better information than me?
This is the link to the website I found and Sean is speaking in a video contained on this website. Interesting information I thought I share. I wish him all the luck in world to make it big like his grandfather!
I just saw a fabulous one and an
half
hour documentary of Jack
Cardiff as an
introductory of him being
honored as the star
celebrity of the month.
He
also spoke of Errol, but no mentioning
of the ill-fated
movie of
William
Tell. He was the cinematographer
for 'The Master of
Ballantrae
1953' and 'Crossed Swords 1954', it
must have been during
this
time
that
they became friends as
later
Errol chose him to be his
director
for 'William
Tell', with which
Errol would have given
him
his
first
chance
to direct a movie and
with his
most fabulous cinematography
expertise it
would have been a fantastic
movie. Apparently
and as stated in
the documentary Jack
Cardiff
was
very interested to
direct
movies and as it
looks like Errol maybe saw
the talent in
his
capacity and
wanted
for Jack a start
of
a 'dream
come true'. What a great
pity that it
didn't
fly! Jack, although
went
into directing
from 1960 to 1974 and directed
eight
movies and
was
behind
the camera from
1936 to 2000. He speaks of Errol collapsing
on the set
during
the filming
of 'Crossed Swords' at which
time
the doctors told
him
his
liver is
gone and
he is on his
way
out or so to say. Not Errol -
he came back
with a tumbler
full of Vodka in
his
hand. We all
have
read
that
Errol was hospitalized in
Naples
for that liver
problem, but
not during what
movie, now we know - it
was
'Crossed Swords'.
Taken from the Jack Cardiff website - Errol resting during 'Crossed Swords'
Jack'
s movie credits as a cinematographer are incredible!
He worked with
Marlene
Dietrich,
Marilyn
Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine
Hepburn,
Deborah Kerr, Sophia Loren, Ingrid
Bergman, David
Niven,
Humphrey
Bogart,
Kirk Douglas,
Charlton
Heston, James Mason just
to name a few
and of course with our Errol! Jack
Cardiff
was
quite a man and
to be
admired for his
great contribution
to the movie industry
(if
you are
interested read all about
him jackcardiff.com
and therefore it is
not surprising
that
Hollywood gave him
an honorary Oscar
for his accomplishments. As
we
all know they are quite
stingy
with
them. Apparently and
please correct me if I am
wrong, I am
not up to par with
Oscars, cinematography is
not one of the Oscar
awarding
category
or was not in
his
time.
Whatever
the case he received
one, although late in
his
life,
for serving the movie industry a
lifetime
most outstandingly! Errol,
would he have lived
to see it
would have been very pleased about it!
Our great friend Karl Holmberg shares his research into Errol Flynn's Lost Radio Recording in the attached Word document! Great work, Karl!
Ahoy David-
I
read with keen interest the various exchanges on Flynn radio
appearances at the blog. 2 "lost" related programs came up in your
discussion to which I can highlight with some additional information and
then conclusions (since you never know what is gonna turn up to either further support or refute) of a few years back . I also attach some additional info on the "other losts" if you are so inclined to share them because remember...
A whole INTENDED (8-21 programs) series of “THE MODERN ADVENTURES OF CASANOVA” - circa 5/22/52(based on information contained in a letter, with MGM letterhead, for sale on internet). Only
one episode was made or has survived entitled “THE MISSING ARM OF VENUS
DE MILO”. Also referred to as “JAMACIA” under University of Memphis
radio archives. Flynn apparently headed for Europe sometime after
recording of this program in NYC (in addition to 3 Toast of the Town
appearances) where Crossed Swords, illness, and William Tell were to
ultimately face him. And, given the events of the aforementioned, I do
not believe that Flynn had the "inclination" to come back and complete
the terms of his Casanova contract (dated 11/15/51) and record any
additional programs.
“Bill Stern Sports Newsreel”NOTE: Announced for next 4 weeks beginning on 7/02/48, #453, John Garfield subs, thenF.Sinatra, W.Powell, andErrol Flynn. (Following
the order- Garfield: 7/2, Sinatra: 7/9, Powell: 7/16, and Errol Flynn:
7/23. BUT- extant recordings say for show # 456, 7/23/48, Jimmy Stewart
subs, and NO OTHER LISTINGS FOR FLYNN- not even as guest. Therefore, Flynn never substituted.
Our 100th issue of The Rock-itt Magazine is online. Featuring the Art of Robert Florczak! We are very proud of this issue, so please log on to www.therockittmagazine.com.au and enjoy. Happy New Year!
As I am combing my records for the information of the bronze statue on Errol's grave I came across of the full sentence Jack Warner spoke and how right he was!
In the famous words of Jack
Warner: Lets remember him for the good years! "When you see a meteor stab the sky, or a bomb explode, or a fire sweep
across a dry hillside, the picture is vivid and remains in your mind. So
it was with Errol....he was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy,
animal package....he showered an audience with sparks when he laughed,
when he fought, or when he loved. I just wish we had someone around
today half as good as Flynn."
I was on the IE9 browser in response to Tom McNulty's email that no browser he has tried yet shows him any articles or photos of the EFB - and absently right clicked in the big grey blank space of the article page I was on and noticed I had Bing translator available so for kicks as Errol might say, I clicked on translate this page and damned if it didn't result in that page's articles and photos appearing! English was auto-detected for the page and translated into English, as well... if you view the two pages side by side, the first window shows the blank page until the translator finishes turning it into English, too! What is going on here is so weird... Just sayin'...
An email I received today from someone in Los Angeles who I have known with great affection for several years. Suzy refers to me as Mr. DeWitt despite our years of friendship when she adds my name to photos! She has been a wonderful pen-pal...
She writes:
We were visiting my parents' graves today. Afterwards we visited Errol Flynn's.
His grave looked deserted when I got there, no Christmas wreaths, no poinsettias.
I laid today's newspaper on his grave so you would know the pictures were freshly taken from today
by me. I put 3 tiny cheesy decorations on his grave, that is all I had with me...
A long and monotonous drive from the
Whitsundays to Rockhampton. The only thrill is whether you run out of gas or
not. But eventually Rockhampton was a highlight. Remember EF mention the “Gresham
Hotel”as one of the many places his “journalist friends” abode? Well, it’s
still there. Today it’s an Irish Pub. They still operate a B&B on first
floor. Strangely exciting to go in there and walk up the stairway knowing, that
EF has done the same. It was like a time travel. Wish I have had more time to
stay a night. But it was cool!
Next “port of call” Gladstone & Bundaberg
p.s.:
Hi David, something wrong with the excerpt function?
Did you read the autopsy report? If you read it then is that any different than viewing a morgue photo? I felt very sorry for Patrice and EF to have his very personal health findings detailed and even published in a book. I am curious about the photo but not desperately searching the web for it. If it were here I would view it. I personally will always remember him as he looked in Captain Blood, Sea Hawk, Robin Hood and up until his early 40's. Could the morgue photo be any worse than the airport photo? I can only momentarily look at that one!
Beam Ends Revisited: a travel diary from along the australian eastcoast & beyond Dec 16th – 18th, 2011, Hichinbrook Island – Townsville/Magnetic Island – Bowen - Whitsundays
Halfway between Cairns and
Townsville there is Hichinbrook Island. There is a narrow passage between the
Island and mainland. EF describes “steep green hills on both sides”. Well, I’d
say steep hills are only at the Hichinbrook side. Anyway, looking across to the
island from the little town of Cardwell on the landside, I dare to say…nothing
has changed on the island’s side since the last 80 years. It almost felt like
anytime the Sirocco might appear out of the blue.
On to Townsville with Magnetic
Island. A lot of the old buildings are still there on Flinders St. Conditions
vary.
“The great shaggy bluff”, which “rises
like a fortress sheer into the sky” of course is Castle Hill. Still very
impressive to behold, although since EF’s time some ugly highrises block a even
better view from the old CBD. However, Castle Hill still gives excellent views
on Magnetic Island where EF & his mates tried to make some dollars
transporting passengers to the island.
Next stop Bowen. Not much to say. A
boring little town. The old jetty is still there. The Sirocco lay at the jetty
for not even 2 hours due to “doctor absent” (EF lay down with a bout of
Malaria)
My next stop at Airlie Beach /Shute Harbour as
the “gateway” to the Whitsunday Islands is not so much inspired by EF, but by
my own interest to see the beautiful islands. However, EF and the Sirocco
sailed through the Whitsundays and to me it seem this was the part of the
journey EF liked most. At least I think so from the “enthusiastic” way EF
described the passage and the nature experience. Therefore I have attached a
photo from Whitehaven Beach at Whitsunday Island to give you an impression of
what the area looks like (then and still today).
There is a new widget available for your webpages called The Errol Flynn Blog Widget from Widgetbox... you can copy this widget to your blog or webpage and enjoy instant access to all of our content!
And I have no desire to view it! I don't want it posted on this blog, for that matter... I have never made this kind of statement but feel strongly that I want always to think of Errol in life and not see his dead face or body posted here. I hope you will all agree with me. I hope I never see any of these photos in my entire life...
I got a nice email from Steve Hayes today, wishing me a Happy Thanksgiving and bringing me up to date with things in LA. Steve and his sometime English collaborator writer David Whitehead are busy with new books and David updated Steve's website at SteveHayes.org recently. Steve and his lovely wife Robbin were literally headed out the door to spend some time in Palm Springs. Steve is writing westerns and two new mysteries, he says - working out on the treadmill and enjoying life!
When I grow up, I want to be just like Steve Hayes!
Lets remember him for the good years! 
