Monthly Archives: October 2015

Dive Bomber

Yes, I like this film and it should be restored on Blu Ray because it is an historic document of airplanes. Never seen a better film with mint condition planes like this. First time I saw it was several years ago and was amazed. The book “The Films Of Errol Flynn” is too hard on his films and should be… (more…)

In should`ve been Flynn 3

youtu.be/NTD9JQu8HLI… Dear fellow Flynn fans, the monumental “El Cid” was part of a package of proposed historheroes, when Errol extended his contract at Warners. If you have 3 hours of spare time you can watch it here now: youtu.be/LtuvHew1zi4… Ben heir of the role was Charlton Heston, who wears his armor well, but is not nearly as handsome as Flynn,… (more…)

Grand film!

— Don Jan

He sure was a man of observation when he said “I allow myself to be a colorful fragment in a drab world”!

— Don Jan

Deckhand for Errol

Who was Errol’s later-famous deckhand? Met the Master of Mulholland in Mexico City Deckhand for Him in Acapulco Helped Inspire the Sydney Opera House Knew Frank Lloyd Wright Seaside Home in Malibu Famous Architect Surfer – Water Skier “Movie Star Handsome” Husband of Noted Hollywood Actress Father of Noted Hollywood Actor Sinbad Farrelly Brothers Rod Stewart Marlon Brando Jack Northrop… (more…)

Robert Wagner meets Errol Flynn

I have started reading Robert Wagner’s memoir “Pieces of My Heart” and came across a little anecdote. Robert Wagner was totally driven to get into the movies – as a teenager the girls he dated were daughters of movie stars and he made many friendships in those early days. “One day I was hitchhiking on Sunset Boulevard when it started to… (more…)

Mailbag! New Novel with A Robin Hood Twist!

Thanks to author James Bradford Taylor for the news about his novel which has one of my favorite kinds of themes: time travel, finding yourself transported back to a much earlier era which leads to all sorts of complications, drama, comedy and action … Click the image to check out the free Preview on Amazon.com…… I’m told by the Author… (more…)

Errol stayed here in the Rock Hotel on Gibraltar, entry forms in the register listed previously!

— Don Jan

Kitty Blood

Dear fellow Flynn fans, here is an accurate account from the viewpoint of Michael Curtiz`daughter Kitty on “Captain Blood”. This German magazin article was released soon after her return to Europe and prior to the Errol Flynn legacy. THE FIELD COMMANDER OF FILM A journalist called my father Michael that way and it stuck- also acknowledged by Eisenstein when in Hollywood-… (more…)

Travellin’ in Avalon – Errol Flynn’s Catalina

A visit to Catalina confirms that Errol loved the island and the island very fondly remembers him. As great as it still is, Catalina hasn’t been the same since he last sailed away. www.thecatalinaislander.com…… Here are some images on exhibit at the Catalina Museum, where Errol is very prominently featured. Here is how Avalon Beach and Harbor look today, much… (more…)

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