Errol & Greer at the Odeon Theater, Marble Arch, for a Royal Command Performance.
Here’s a great description of the event, and their performance together in the featured film.
King And Queen Meet The Stars (1949): youtu.be/SUdAU0920Mk…
— Tim
Errol & Greer in Londontown
12
Mar
Very nice, thanks for the link.
Your very welcome, twinarchers. The Odeon Marble Arch was quite the movie palace in those days. Three Wurlitzers, I believe!!! Adolph fly bombed it in ’45 – but it survived. (Or, perhaps he really was aiming for Speakers Corner!?)
Anyhoo, Errol came in from Kim for a Command, and commanding, performance of The Saga. The Royals loved Robin Hood.
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Lovely. I’d never seen this, thank you!
My pleasure, Paula. Isn’t that a wonderful assessment of Errol’s great acting talent.
Here was his date/fiance for the evening:
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Thanks for posting this, Gentleman Tim! I liked seeing the above newsreel footage of Errol meeting the King and Queen — awesome stuff! :-)
Flynn next to Fairbanks!!!! Thank you for this, Tim!!!
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With Ann Neagle in the same royal queue, this happening marks the first rehearsal for “King`s rhapsody”.
Jean Simmons was there that night too. She of course got together with swashbuckler 2nd in command (www.theerrolflynnblog.com…) and then it was their turn for a Royal Night in. First with Young Bess in `53 and then with the big one, Beau Brummel in 1954: www.youtube.com…