ERROL FLYNN'S Confession
“I Can't Fence Worth a Damn.”
from PIX ANNUAL Magazine – Winter 1958
By ROY BRITT
A MAN who enjoys a good laugh as much as a bad girl, Errol Flynn had the staid British in stitches recently with two letters to the editor of a weekly newspaper. A Scotch fencing instructor, arrested on fraud charges, tried to build up his standing as a solid citizen by claiming he had taught Flynn all he knew about sword play.
The Errol of Hollywood read about this testimony and dispatched this note to News of the World:
“I read with interest your article concerning a certain Donald Stewart who is now in the hoosegow and who reputedly taught me how to fence. Well! I have never met Mr. Stewart, which is a pity. If he had been in my company long enough to teach me how to fence, don't you think I would have been able to teach him how to stay out of jail?”
The paper then asked Flynn how he did learn the noble art of the foil, and the star thrust back this rapier retort:
“I really can't fence worth a damn. I just know how to make it look good.” •
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