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A “Thinly-Veiled” Film on Flynn

31 Dec

Starring A, A, and A

What was it called?

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8 years ago

The first one is Fabulous Finn-ey Albert, the actor of Tom
Jones fame, a very Flynn like flick:
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Am I right, Beagleye Tim?

8 years ago
Reply to  Gentleman Tim

Alexandra Hay so say the credits. I have never seen or heard of her. The other is a Joan Blondell lookalike to me. Happy New Year to all Flynnatics.

8 years ago
Reply to  Gentleman Tim

Robert Aldrich directed the classic “The Dirty Dozen” in 1967. The gorgeous blonde starlet is Ewa Aulin who co-starred with Donald Sutherland from “The Dirty Dozen” and Gene Wilder in the delightful and side-splitting hilarious parody of swashbucklers “Start The Revolution Without Me” (1970). Ralph Schiller

8 years ago
Reply to  rswilltell

Alexandra Hay is the blonde with Groucho Marx in “Skidoo” (1969) which was a complete stinker. The earlier photo is of Swedish starlet Ewa Aulin who looks pretty close.

8 years ago
Reply to  Gentleman Tim

Tim; You are correct. I browsed both similar-looking actresses and can see that both photos are of Alexandra Hay, not Ewa Aulin. Ewa has a more aquiline nose while Alexandra is very slightly pugged! Thanks Ralph Schiller

8 years ago

This is a fascinating thread. My first (obviously totally wrong) thought reading the clues was HIS KIND OF WOMAN, in which Vincent Price’s character is a caricature of Mr. Flynn. He redeems himself in the end. [imgcomment image[/img]

PW
8 years ago
Reply to  Gentleman Tim

I believe it was called The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969) and Peter Finch, who was quite Flynn-like in his disposition, played a down on his luck film director (as opposed to actor) living with a young girl. Finch was very keen on wife-swapping evenings and tried this on my father and his third wife. A veil must be drawn over the rest of this story.

PW
8 years ago
Reply to  Gentleman Tim

Finch and Flynn had similarities (apart from both being Australian). Finch had a scandalous affair with Vivien Leigh which greatly annoyed her husband, Larry Olivier. Vivien was already mentally ill and had a break down during the filming of Elephant Walk (1954), in which Finch played opposite as a heavy drinking planter, a role that Errol would have excelled at. Leigh was replaced by Elizabeth Taylor.www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-85WazNbRAhXH0RQKHcRUC5kQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alostfilm.com…

PW
8 years ago
Reply to  PW

Incidentally, I have some photos from my father’s albums that I would like to upload directly, but am having difficulty doing so. Or rather, I can’t do it at all. I am at heart a Luddite. Can someone be very kind and tell me how, when there is no url thingy involved?

PW
8 years ago
Reply to  PW

And yes, this island of mine is a wild place, but like the Curate’s Egg, in parts. I doubt you would find much louche living in East Sussex.

PW
8 years ago
Reply to  Gentleman Tim

Thank you GT! The actual quote was apparently coined by my father, see below, but I think Oscar Wilde said it first.
Woodrow Wyatt quotes“A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.”
Am not sure it it’s entirely true though. Artie Shaw got fed up with Lana Turner because she never read a book, same thing with his very short marriage to Ava Gardner, who went on to appear with Errol in The Sun Also Rises. Re that film, I heard a radio interview with Flynn in which he is asked how he feels about being Oscar nominated for the role. But he never was – shamefully. Was it withdrawn? Judging from the interview, his nomination seemed in the bag, which is very puzzling.
 

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