Monthly Archives: June 2019

Was there to have been an Errol and Olivia reteaming and…

possible Oscar nod? I assume Flynn would have been the Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift) romantic interest role as opposed to the Dr Austin Sloper (and father to Catherine: Olivia) as played by Ralph Richardson. Clift didn’t get an Oscar “nom” but Richardson DID… (You may recall that the other lost opportunity being A Tree Grows in Brookyln and a DEFINITE… (more…)

Baby Talk

June 24, 1935 Film Flam with Sidney Skolsky Hollywood Citizen News Lily Damita has told intimates that the reason she got married is that she wants a baby (Flynn). ******* June 30, 1935 Louella Parsons Movie-Go-Round Los Angeles Examiner The real story behind the marriage of Lily Damita to handsome Errol Flynn is that the gay Damita has a yen… (more…)

Wedding Dinner Like Flynn

June 22, 1935 Louella Parsons Los Angeles Examiner Lily Damita and Errol Flynn entertaining twelve of their intimates at a wedding dinner. ******* June 24, 2019 Reine Davies Hollywood Parade Lily Damita and Errol Flynn’s honeymoon house atop Lookout Mountain was the “location” for high revelry last Thursday night, when the entertained at a formal dinner, not only to celebrate… (more…)

Le Hollywood Honeymoon

June 21, 1935 Harrison Carroll Evening Herald Express Honeymooners Lily Damita and Errol Flynn showed up at the Trocadero only a few hours after their marriage in Yuma and got a royal reception from the stay-up-laters. ******* “Cafe Trocadero was an upscale nightclub that opened on the Sunset Strip in 1934 and immediately became the place where Hollywood stars went… (more…)

Always Time for ARNO!

— David DeWitt

Who Tops Errol?

Born in Tasmania 110 years ago, Errol Flynn is still phenomenally famous and popular around the globe. Indeed, he may be the most internationally famous and popular Australian of all time. If not, who tops him? — Tim

Flynn Cottage at Sandy Bay

Welcome to Errol’s “circa 1915” childhood home at 60 Duke Street in Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, www.realestate.com…… ‘A beach, Sandy Bay, was not far away and I was often there, swimming from the age of three. The beach was of hard brown sand, the water freezing cold. Mother was a good swimmer, and she took me there very often.’ –… (more…)

One After 109

gfycat.com…… — Tim

Captain Cary

June 19, 1935 Lloyd Pantages I Cover Hollywood Los Angeles Examiner Cary Grant is being tested for the lead in Captain Blood at Warners. If he gets it, it will be the second time he has been loaned from his home lot, Paramount, since his advent into the cinema. His only other loan was to Twentieth Century for Born to… (more…)

Damita Flim Flams Flynn

Marriage Makes News Around the Globe U.S.A. June 17, 1935 Evening Herald Express Flim Flam with Sidney Skolsky Lili Damita and Errol Flynn have made plans to elope to Yuma this week. June 19, 1935 Evening Herald Express Lili Damita, Errol Flynn Flying to Yuma to Wed It took a handsome Irish actor, Errol Flynn, to lead the elusive Lili… (more…)