A QUESTION FOR FLYNNOFILES:
WOULD ERROL HAVE MADE AS BIG WITHOUT HIS FAMOUS MUSTACHE?
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— Gentleman Tim
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59 years ago in 1959
In Like Flynn review: Errol Flynn biopic a tepid tribute to swashbuckling legend
14
Oct
A review of IN LIKE FLYNN
I have always said there isn’t any film director or actor that can capture the charm, spirit and lust for living that was Errol Flynn.
I tried to put together a project written by Tony Thomas, we were talking to Vince Sherman as director and I told them all that a younger Kevin Kline could pull it off. At the time Kline didn’t want anything to do with Flynn. My idea and Vince loved it was to copy Amadeus where you had the older Flynn in Jamaica talking with Conrad as Salieri talking to the priest. Then we cut to a young Flynn/Kline at differnent parts of his life but not in order. The idea was to show Flynn as one of the coolest guys to walk the earth. It would be an acting challange for Kline and I felt that was the only way to get him to play this part. I wanted to end the film with Tony’s narration from the CD Requiem for a Cavalier where Tony talks about remembering Errol Flynn and we show the clip of the end of Robin Hood. So the kids in the theater would see the real Errol Flynn at the end of the film.
I could never get the funds, then Vince passed away and two years later Tony passed away. Kline didn’t work in film for ten years and he jumped at the role of Flynn in the LAST ROBIN HOOD which he was the only real actor in the whole film. He somewhat captured Errol… I will probably see IN LIKE FLYNN but I’m not expecting too much.
Bung ho!
— Jack Marino
In Like Indiana Flynn?
10
Oct
“GOOD OLD-FASHIONED ENTERTAINMENT”
“A FUN FILM, CONSTRUCTED IN A SMART WAY”
“A DELIGHTFUL (FOUR-STAR) RAPID-FIRE ROMP”
— Gentleman Tim
Not In Like Flynn?
09
Oct
A Tepid Tribute? A Wishy-Washy Swashbuckler? A Faux-Flynn Flim Flam? A B-movie Bomb?
— Gentleman Tim
Supreme Court Justice
07
Oct
No, not that Supreme Court Justice. The justice being sought from the Supreme Court in the just-filed ODH v. FX.
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P.S. I’m not sure all the justices will be able to keep up with our Lady O.
— Gentleman Tim
The Case of the Curious Pneumonia
07
Oct
EIGHTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 1938
Los Angeles Examiner – Louella Parsons, October 4, 1938
Errol Flynn heard yesterday for the first time that he had pneumonia when he was so critically ill last week. So remarkable was his recovery that he is expected to go home today, and Lili Damita will sail Thursday on the Queen Mary. Errol’s doctors have ordered him to rest for two weeks, after which he is to report to Warner studio for Dodge City.
Don’t say “That’s where we came in,” for Hal Wallis really tried to borrow Ronald Coleman and Cary Grant for the remittance man who goes western. But when neither English accent was available, he went back to the original idea of putting Flynn in the role, postponing The Sea Hawk until early next year. Michael Curtiz, the director, who always favored Flynn, was rejoicing yesterday, for both Flynn and Olivia de Havilland were in Robin Hood Curtiz’ biggest hit.
Dodge City could-have-been cowboys, Coleman and Cary:
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Los Angeles Evening Herald Express – Harrison Carroll
October 5, 1938
Errol Flynn went from the hospital to Edmund Goulding’s house at Palm Springs. He wanted to take a trip to Mexico City, but doctors vetoed it.
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Los Angeles Evening Herald Express – Jimmy Starr
October 10, 1938
Lili Damita shushed those Paris divorce rumors by nixing her trip to Gay Paree with the Jack Warners and flying back to hubby Errol Flynn in Palm Springs.
Here they are in Palm Springs:
— Gentleman Tim
Silver telephoon fed
06
Oct
Dear fellow Flynn fans,
Jack Warner for sure wasn`t born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Matter of fact he had to toughen himself up as a street kid. These street smarts helped tremendously later on when he made Warner Bros. Studios a major force in film. Once at top of Tinseltown, he never looked back. His stick was that of a penny pinching, horny- corney jokes telling and lavishly living movie mogul.
He had a silver telephone in his office and a hand written register to go with it. Many flynntimos are on the pages shown.
Both items are on display at the American History Museum in Washington, D.C.
“If these torn pages could talk…!”
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
