Monthly Archives: October 2018

Snappy Errolween

Young Errol Hood “It’s the Errol Flynn Robin Hood version complete with mustache. We used brown fleece, a long sleeved green shirt and green pants, fleece tunic, leather belt cut to fit, complete with bow and arrow, leather boots with brown fleece sewn at the tops, and to top that off, a feather in his cap!” www.costume-works.com…… Lovely Lady Robin… (more…)

(Not So) Confidential

www-wsj-com.cdn.ampproject.org……   “We all read it,” Marlene Dietrich said, “not because it was any good . . . but to find out if we were in it.” Errol Flynn came to Los Angeles in hopes of testifying against the magazine. Many stars fled the town and country.   — Tim

Flyin’ Flynn – October 1937

“Warners have fired Errol a red-hot telegram, ordering him to discontinue flying lessons on the Robin Hood location. Studio nearly had a fit when it learned Flynn and Patric Knowles have been renting a plane at a Chico airport and making night flights. Knowles, a licensed but comparatively inexperienced pilot, was in the role of teacher. Flynn, of pupil.” –… (more…)

Cutting the Cake in Monaco — October 23, 1950

Cutting the Cake in Monaco International News Coverage trove.nla.gov…… cdnc.ucr.edu…… The Hotel de Paris www.youtube.com…… — Tim

Walking the Hall of Justice — October 22, 1942

In this October 22,1942 AP file photo, actor Errol Flynn is flanked by his attorneys Robert E. Ford, left, and Jerry Giesler, right. — Tim

Yours Truly? Fake News?

QUOTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES REPEATED BY TCM www.tcm.com…… “Character actor James McCallion began his performing career as a child in the 1920s and acted on screen until the 1970s. He began acting on Broadway as a 9-year-old, opposite Errol Flynn in “Yours Truly.” His film career began with several roles in 1939, including one in the drama “Pride… (more…)

Sailing On The Cheerio II — October 20, 1937

— Tim

A Year for Paternity? — — 75 Years Ago Today

Did Errol conceive two children in 1940? Sean, and Marilyn?? Shirley, or Shirley Not?? === Oct. 18, 1943: Los Angeles is in the middle of a paternity suit brought by Shirley Evans Hassau, 21, against Errol Flynn. Hassau charged that Flynn was the father of her daughter Marilyn, who was 3. Hassau was seeking $1,750 a month child support, $10,000… (more…)

Was the Mustache a Must?

A QUESTION FOR FLYNNOFILES: WOULD ERROL HAVE MADE AS BIG WITHOUT HIS FAMOUS MUSTACHE? ALL “HE WEARS IT/HE WEARS IT NOT” PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE WELCOME! — Tim

In Memory of Errol

< 59 years ago in 1959 — Tim

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