Here is the wonderful Richard Erdman interview from Jack Marino’s Warrior Filmmaker Show on LA Talk Raidio: Thanks, Jack for letting us post it!
Richard Erdman appeared in Objective Burma!
— David DeWitt
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Olivia looks slightly bored … Robin Hood Candid!
08
Mar
Olivia looks just slightly bored in this great Robin Hood candid …
— David DeWitt
Jim Turriello’s The Quest for the Oscar!
25
Feb
The mailbag rings news that Jim Turriello’s book The Quest for the Oscar is now out in Hardback. And, he notes, his idea for a museum dedicated to Oscar films and related material such as costumes and props is basically being built now dedicted to all films produced by Hollywood. His main concern was, is, and always will be their policy about awarding deceased actors Oscar recognition. The Academy said it would be immposdible to fund such a Museum. Jim’s idea was to award actor an honorary Oscar on the tv show and display it the next day in the Museum avoiding their concern that the family might sell off the Oscar to a collector. He was surprised to hear actress Laura Dern announce the construction of a big new movie museum!
— David DeWitt
Jan van der Vliet notices Errol Says MARVELOUS!
13
Feb
Jan says in the Adventures of Robin Hood, he notices Errol says MARVELOUS! And notes this is a word stemming from the 1300’s and not from 100 years or so previously (Robin Hood is said to have been born in 1160 …) And the word did not mean “splendid, very nice” (beginning in 1924 onward) but meant “causing wonder” as in a miraculous event. I am sure there are many other incidents like this in other films where the language used did not exist, but is used, and this one is caught by the eagle “ear” of our own Jan van der Vliet!
— David DeWitt
Robin Hood Hat! And Rory Flynn!
10
Feb
Rory Flynn showed me a hat that her father had given to her from the film Robin Hood, and has told me that the costume department had made two of them. Errol gave one to her and her sister, Deirdre, and Rory still has hers. Sitting on the couch in her office area at her home in North Carolina, she brought it out and let me try it on … The feather is long gone, but the hat fit us both! Here it is on Flynn’s head in this great looking candid …
— David DeWitt
Mail Bag! Errol Flynn Film Grosses in North America!
12
Dec
The Mail Bag brings this from our member RobJack …
Hi all,
I’ve been a big fan of EF for over 40 years and regularly check your site and make a few comments from time to time …
One thing that has interested me is the box office grosses of EF’s films in the North American market from the mid 1940s onwards. Some of these figures in the attachment are from the references sources on Wikipedia (ie Variety and some Journal articles); others (Cross Swords & Big Boodle) are sourced from the greenbriar picture show website.
There are some that are missing – would any of the contributors to the blog have any information on the missing ones??
Thanks!
Thanks for your question …
— David DeWitt
