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A very rare shot of Errol…

03 Jan

Steve Hayes' book Googies, Coffee Shop to the Stars was read by a Canadian gentleman named Barry McMahon who sent Steve this rare pic of Flynn at the Vancouver Airport speaking to a reporter…

Tip O' the Hat to both Steve and Barry…

— David DeWitt

 
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  1. Anonymous

    January 11, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    That's rare indeed. Haven't seen it.
    Considering Errol would be dead shortly after this was taken, he's not looking particularly ill.

     

  2. Anonymous

    February 26, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    The reporter's name is John Arnett.
    Here's a link to a 2007 article about Mr. Arnett; there's a different photo of him with Flynn at the Vancouver airport:
    http://cache.zoominfo.com/CachedPage/?archive_id=0&page_id=1876891312&page_url=%2f%2fwww.sookenewsmirror.com%2fportals-code%2flist.cgi%3fpaper%3d32%26cat%3d23%26id%3d827680%26more%3d&page_last_updated=2%2f7%2f2007+11%3a50%3a19+PM&firstName=John&lastName=Arnett
    Whew! Quite the link.
    The photo above (reproduced in Backstage Vancouver) is available from the Vancouver Public Library:
    http://www3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca%2Fspe%2Fhistphotos%2F&TN=PHOTOS&SN=AUTO1134&SE=1421&RN=0&MR=5&TR=2000&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=briefweb&EF=&DF=Full+Photo&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=11813&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1
    That one's even worse! If it doesn't work, go to the Vancouver Public Library website and search the Historical Photo collection.
    (Backstage Vancouver also includes a 1978 photo of Ginger Rogers, taken by me. I asked her if she'd met Errol Flynn but she said she'd only met him casually, at parties.)
    Cheers, Fellow Flynn Fans!
    Dave B.