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command performance

21 Jul


Thought you guys would like this Errol Flynn enters at 5.37 min. and there is footage of him through
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— daringthorpe

 
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  1. Gentleman Tim

    July 22, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Wonderful, daringthorpe. Thank you. I have never seen so much footage of Errol at the Command Performance of 1949.

    Btw, this puts the ever-rebellious Errol in England circa the time of Ireland deposing King George from his former position as King over Eire. Just a coincidence I’m sure. … From London, the Flynnster, Fu Man Shu in tow, trekked to India, where they too had relatively recently shaked the shackles of GB’s imperial colonialism. Flynnstant Karma perhaps.

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  2. Gentleman Tim

    July 22, 2015 at 5:24 pm

    From The Mercury of Hobart, for fans of Ladies’ fashions, a detailed account on who wore what at the Royal Command Performance of ’49:

    trove.nla.gov…

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    The Taylors

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  3. David DeWitt

    July 22, 2015 at 6:40 pm

    Thanks for this! Great fun to watch, those were halcyon days!

     

    • Maria

      July 22, 2015 at 9:03 pm

      You bet! I just finished reading the “Reluctant King” George VI -quite the man who rose to the challenge after the Duke of Windsor abdicated the throne. He loved the arts and I am sure loved the command performances. I was hoping for a mention of Errol (respect the Duke of Windsor) but nothing mentioned – Ok by me!

       

      • Maria

        July 22, 2015 at 9:32 pm

        And Richard Todd played Robin Hood for Disney I believe.

         

  4. daringthorpe

    July 23, 2015 at 9:40 am

    Yes those were the days. I also noticed how Mr Flynn seemed to be camera shy not trying to take up too much of the limelight

     

    • Maria

      July 23, 2015 at 10:10 am

      I think that Errol would have had tremendous respect for the Crown and behaved accordingly. It is in the blood! Errol had manners for sure!

       

  5. timerider

    July 23, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    Ahh the Rogue meets the Queen! Errol was perfect for Elizabeth and Essex. Imagine a boy from Hobart in Tasmania, born into an interesting but slightly dysfunctional family. Rebelling time and again. Adventuring much of half the world, Then becoming a prime actor to meet the Queen, King And Princesses of England in his Prime years of his 40’s. What a life written in so many facets! No wonder he’s such a legend and a match for Sir Richard Francis Burton!