Here is the magazine coverage of Bing Crosby’s birthday party from Movie Life magazine, August, 1953. The party was actually held in Cannes, France and put on by Flynn, with Gary Cooper and friends. The celebration was a double party for Bing’s 50th birthday and the announcement of Flynn’s wife, Patrice Wymore, about their expected baby.
(remember…you can double click to blow up the pictures…enjoy)
— Topper
Warner Brothers was spending more for ads in the fan magazines to promote Errol’s films. Here are three samples from June, 1937. Money well spent, of course …
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Here are a pair of seldom scene publicity photos of Flynn at the Warner Studios during the week of November 9, 1936. They are staged photos of Flynn reading … or maybe just looking at … two distinctly different documents. Both pictures are WB numbered with an EFPuBA68 and 69. The first publication, titled DIRALI, is an Armenian magazine, meaning “They said”. The second one is a newspaper from India in the Gujiarati language, one of the 28 states, similar to Hindu.
Perhaps he is looking for openings of Captain Blood, since it began showings in Europe in April and May.
Hmmm…?
— Topper
A friend found this photo in the last page of a photo album and sends it to us! Can anybody tell us what is going on here?
— Topper
With Errol’s popularity starting to gain momentum, some ads began to appear in 1936 newspapers and magazines. Here are a couple to enjoy.
The 1st is a 1/2 page ad in the from the Chicago Daily Tribune on Jan. 22, 1936 and the 2nd is Motion Picture magazine, May , 1936 issue.
— Topper
Just a couple of items, seldom seen covers for Robin Hood. The 1st is the Screen Romances issue for December, 1937,
the first one to advertise the upcoming film on a cover…and the other is the MOVIEPIX magazine back cover of the Feb. 1, 1938, large size issue (11″ X 14″).
Have fun ….
— Topper
Here is an article and some screen grabs of Flynn playing in a tennis tournament. Lily went to the club with him as a spectator. He played in the singles tourney and was eliminated, but he continued on in the doubles matches and won.
Enjoy!
— Topper
A lot of goings-on in that short period of time. A hectic time for Flynn and still he performs in front of the production cameras.
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Here are the pre-trial events leading up to Errol being accused of three counts of rape, with the first trial date set for November 23, 1942.
(to be continued)
— Topper
Errol gets ready for his next picture, The Edge of Darkness, with some vacation time to late August. Then it is location shooting and on to the studios, plus the usual get togethers along the way … but … this one will turn out to be the time he will never forgetotgether.
(to be continued)
— Topper
