Monthly Archives: March 2017

It Was Eighty Years Ago Today — 3/30/37

March 30, 1937 Hollywood Citizen News – Elizabeth Yeaman The Warner Bros. are sincerely worried over their failure to locate Errol Flynn, who was hastily summoned back to Hollywood when it was learned that he was planning to penetrate war-torn Spain. Errol was in Paris, and last Friday he told his wife, Lili Damita, he was leaving for Spain. He… (more…)

Flynn had a Cabin in the Garden of the Gods?

A Question, Not a Quiz. Flynnvestigating other matters, I came across claims and suggestions implying that Errol may have owned a lake and cabin/hunting lodge at the long now gone “TWIN LAKES PARK”, “Twenty-five miles from Hollywood”, aka “Southern California’s Garden of the Gods”. One site suggests, too, that he even built a dam at near his alleged lodge. Quoting… (more…)

Dr. Who?

Given the Green Light by shangheinz on “Errorol”: WHAT PROMINENT ENGLISH DOCTOR HELPED ERROL TREAT HIS SINUSES? He was a “Harley Street” practitioner. Early in his career, he pioneered and advocated the use of “truth drugs”. He famously advocated one such drug in a French murder case. Mid-career he was involved as an expert witness in a Hong Kong medical… (more…)

In should`ve been Flynn 13

Dear fellow Flynn fans, welcome to a new installement of a Flynn film Errol wasn`t in. The year of 1959 marked the death of Our Man Flynn, which brought the cloak and dagger genre to a full stop. Just when the Old Swashbuckler hung up his boots, the Caucasian Chin, Kirk Douglas, put on his sandals to plough the field… (more…)

EF TV- Playhouse 90

Dear fellow Flynn fans, here`s a little appeTVizer of Errol`s 1957 television outing “Without incident”, a back to the boots western starring Ann Sheridan, John Ireland and Julie London. Ann steals the scene chanting the English folksong “Greensleeves”, baiting the about- to- attack- Apaches. www.youtube.com…… Enjoy, — shangheinz

Traveling Time & World with the Errol Flynn Theatre

1000th Night of Don Juan (January 2, 1958) (On the Road from Venice to Padua) www.youtube.com…… Declasse (April 5, 1957) www.youtube.com…… Girl in Blue Jeans (February 22, 1956)(1950’s England) www.youtube.com…… Fortunes of War (October 11, 1956) (Revolutionary France) www.youtube.com…… Rescued (April 13, 1957) www.youtube.com…… The Duel (June 6, 1956) www.youtube.com…… The Kinsman (June 12, 1956) www.youtube.com…… The Sealed Room (January… (more…)

Eireann Errol?

How Irish was Flynn? Still widely regarded as an Irishman, even more so in his Hollywood hey days, how Irish was Errol in reality? Genetically and culturally? The name Flynn and his father’s apparent ancestral and professional connections to Ireland seem to indicate Errol had some significant percentage of Irish blood, but how much? He also seemed to treasure and/or… (more…)

Companion Piece

A QUIZ Adjunct to the “(Cooking) Out Like Flynn” post put up earlier today, I offer the following quiz: With what poet did Errol once share a steak and very-specially-boiled potato on the beach? Clue Numero Uno: A renowned travel and culinary writer raved about the potato. Clue Numero Dos: It happened in F.L.A. Clue Numero Tres: At least two… (more…)

(Cooking) Out Like Flynn

IT WAS EIGHTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 16, 1937, in the Los Angeles Evening Herald Express _______________ Green Light Hero Does His Cooking Best Outside In the opinion of Errol Flynn, cooking is best in the great open spaces. Flynn, the Irish actor, author, world-traveler and soldier-of-fortune now starring in the Cosmopolitan production of Green Light, which closes tonight at… (more…)

Errol’s Barman at “London’s Most Famous Hotel”

Here’s the story on Joe Gilmore, former barman at the Savoy Hotel’s “American Bar” in London. i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03550/gilmore2_3550591b.jpg… Flynn, Neil Armstrong, Lady Di, he served them all. For Errol, served rare Vodka with red pepper, as recounted in the article below. www.independent.co.uk/topic/errol-flynn… Errol at the Savoy in ’54, Joe’s first year at the “American Bar” media.gettyimages.com…… Here’s Errol at the Savoy,… (more…)

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