We are pleased to announce that Volker Knies has become our newest Author on The Errol Flynn Blog! Volker, we look forward to your posts very much!

                                  
                                   Sirocco, circa 1929

In addition to being a big Flynn fan, I'm also a fan of Johnny Weissmuller. Now I know Errol and ...   more »

This is a follow up to the tassie devil  post!
Here is the website to vote for a name - no - for THEEE NAME of this new hybrid tulip flower of Tasmania! What would be the most fitting name for this new hybrid bright red tulip of Tasmania!
Now blood is red - right! Therefore the name has to be none other then "Captain Blood"! 
Vote now! Would anybody disagree with this name?
http://www.vdqbulbs.com.au/index.php?option=com_sfg&formid=17
There are many reasons - think about it! Think hard! You maybe have even other vital points for this perfect fit!
I say: 1. Captain Blood



2. Blood is red - bright red as the tulip!
3. Errol was Captain Blood!
4. Errol was a son of Tasmania where this new bright red tulip emerges as Errol did!
5. Errol was the Tasmanian Devil - ah devil - ah hell - red as fire we are told!
6. Errol was a red hot blooded man! Any dispute?
7. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania and named it Anthoonij van Diemenslandt = Van Diemen's Land.
In 1803, the island was colonized by the British as a penal colony and named officially Van Diemen's Land. And what does a penal colony spells to you of those hard times experienced by so many and including none other than Errol's ancestors (maternal side) - BLOOD - sweat and tears!
8. What a coincidence - the nursery's name is Van Diemen! A first class fit! Wow!
9. Errol's number is 9 - the perfect number of success!  Captain Blood made him into an over night star and so will be the new bright red tulip of the Van Diemen Nursery if named "Captain Blood"!
"Captain Blood" is a natural for this tulip, a no miss affair, a seller of the highest caliber!
Join me in this vote - it's your duty if you are a true Errol fan!
A cheer to the Errol of the past, a cheer to Errol into the future and a cheer to Errol who will live on and on in a tulip flower called "Captain Blood"!
You know how much Errol loved nature, he could describe nature more vividly and better than any writer ever could!
This tulip would be his Oscar right from the land of his birth!
Join me and make it happen!
Tina

There is a tulip producer here in Tasmania that has produced a new variety of tulip that is a bright red and is one of the first to bloom in the season. However it has not been named as yet and we have sent in some names including Captain Blood for their consideration. I will actually be at this farm on a tour in another two weeks and will put some pressure on to honour Errol, I am a tour coach driver.

Now is your chance to enter your opinion on the new name, just go to this link http://www.vdqbulbs.com.au/index.htm and send them an email of your suggestion.

Steve and Genene

Please check out the article in the Promo Section! Nick asks a Quiz Question... can you figure it out?

This is what I found on Bes Mudi, Errol's cat and Zaca Mascot.....Errol was such an animal lover. Bes Mudi was the first cat ...   more »

Here are some ... honours Errol was given:

 

Please see the attachments for more.

Did you know that Stars were forced to charge their fans a fee for their fan-mail-pictures? Errol and Olivia's Warner mailing card do not bear their real signature, see for yourselves! What ever the case - wow - this is sure news to me! Maybe to you too?

http://www.things-and-other-stuff.com/11116/hollywood-studios-charge-fan-photos-beginning-1929/

Seems accurate - how sad!

"He went about with an inward readiness for disaster, probably the prime mood of his whole existence."
~Earl Conrad ...   more »