Monthly Archives: March 2021

¿Dónde diablos está Errol?

March 30, 1937 Elizabeth Yeaman Hollywood Citizen News 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 left,… (more…)

WOW! What a Show!

March 29, 1945 Indianapolis Times … History of the Handie Talkie … — Tim

Suislide Freddie

Dear Flynnmates, here is another accurate account about Errol Flynn`s best man Suicide Freddie McEvoy. When together, they could meow the birds from the trees. www.numismatics.org…… But his panache got the playboy literally in deep waters. The circumstances of his drowning a few meters off the coast of Morocco are as murky as his past. He supposedly died trying to… (more…)

Flynn Digs Quiz

Errol rather notably stayed at a home where two Hollywood megastars later lived, one fictionally, one in real life. Where was that home? … Three photos below added Monday, March 29, 2021, ~2:30 am: Below photo added ~ 11pm, Monday, March 29,,2021 — Tim

Another Slap in the Face

March 28, 1952 New York Times The Case of a Slap in the Face — Tim

Les Racines du Ciel — Kiss from a Star

March 27, 1958 JET Magazine — Tim

AKA GHOST MOUNTAIN

In 1950 a car pulls up to an historical marker in the desert on the California-Nevada border. The marker reads: ROCKY MOUNTAIN, also known as Ghost Mountain On March 26, 1865, a detachment of Confederate cavalry crossed the state line into California under secret orders from Gen. Robert E. Lee to rendezvous at Ghost Mountain with one Cole Smith, with… (more…)

Diary of an Actor-Adventurer as a Young Man

“Beautiful spring day, warm sunshine, country beautiful. How can people fight a war in this lovely weather? Four hours train journey from here the most savage cruel patricidal war is being waged.” So begins Errol’s Spanish Civil War Diary, eighty-four years ago today, on March 26, 1937. Further, Errol wrote: “Everyone is armed – some with large knives plus revolvers,… (more…)

A Garden Variety Check? — Or was it for Judo Lessons?

Errol and the Judo Master/Prominent Nursery Owner, Sego Murakami On March 24, 1947, Errol signed the check below to Sego Murakami, a Japanese-American Hachidan-ranked Judo legend. Why? Well, probably not for judo lessons, but, rather, for items and services for Mulholland Farm purchased from Sego’s landmark nursery, still in business and still in the family! Errol’s Check to Sego …… (more…)

Another One for Olivia

Olivia holding her two Oscars following the Academy Award ceremonies on March 24, 1950. She won for her performance that year in “The Heiress,” and in “To Each His Own” in 1946. — Tim

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