Monthly Archives: February 2014

Over the years the Gretna Green Wedding Chapel has moved locations around Yuma, Arizona, with at least one disappearing altogether. The actual chapel where Errol and Lili were married on June 19, 1935 still exists and is now a simple, unassuming private home. Because of the growth of foliage in the convening years, it was difficult to line up a… (more…)

— Robert

NEW DATE and TIME – SUNDAY, February 23, 2014 at 7PM PST & 10PM EST Jack Marino Warriorfilmmaker Show on www.latalkradio.com…… on Channel 2 TONIGHT – My guest is Steve Hayes, writer, actor, producer. Steve first came to Hollywood in 1949, stayed a brief time, then went back to Canada and returned in 1950 to stay. Errol Flynn had promised… (more…)

Saw tonight on TCM a terrific segment on the sound recording of Howard Hill’s extraordinary splitting of the arrow in Errol’s Adventures of Robin Hood, followed by a notice that the film will be televised at 8pm this Sunday as part of TCM’s Academy Award Month special programming. Here are some fascinating facts regarding Errol’s Technicolor masterpiece, the movie said… (more…)

For all of us who used to follow our author Robert Matzen’s E&O blog, here is his new blog and it’s likely he’s going to post some of his old Errol articles, too. robertmatzen.wordpress.com…… — Inga

Errol Flynn, Sid Ceasar & Mel Brooks!!! – plus two Cuban redheads!! How can anyone ever top that! articles.baltimoresun.com…… — Tim

Errol Flynn & Shirley Temple were never stars in the same movie, but they were certainly mega-stars in the same town – at the same time. While Captain Blood was sailing on the Sirocco, ruling the world as the greatest swashbuckler of all time, Shirley was singing On the Good Ship Lollipop and dancing with Bojangles, winning the hearts of… (more…)

Following the “Santa Fe Trail”, So to Speak, Senor Flynn Flew South to See the Sights, Fight the Nazis, and Meet Some Senoritas!!! Here’s Tom McNulty’s excellent glimpse at that amazing Latin American adventure, How about we all work together to identify countries, events, and news coverage of Errol’s unprecedented “flying tour” South of the Border?! Here are names of… (more…)

It was Fifty Years Ago Today, The Beatles Hit the USA* Before Beatlemania, There was Errolmania Before Sargeant Pepper, There was Captain Blood. Before Lennon, There was Flynn Before The Fab Four Sported Long Hair, The Fabulous Flynn Sported Long Hair Before “She was Just Seventeen”, There was “She was Just Seventeen” (If You Know What I Mean) Long Before… (more…)

Here’s some Superbowl Sunday shots of and from the location of Errol’s old secret hideaway in Boca Raton. The original and then-exceptionally-remote beach-side home in which he stayed is gone, but these photos will help reveal what a premier location it was, and still is. .. Extremely few people know that Errol stayed here, even, I can confirm, including people… (more…)