Category Archives: Author Errol Flynn

Errol’s Wild Life — “There’s Never a Dull Moment When Errol Flynn’s Around”

A Sensational Series of Stories by Errol Flynn to be continued… — Tim

Flynn Being Flynn

September 28, 1935 Harrison Carroll One of the years strangest sites in Hollywood may be Errol Flynn acting in the story of his own life. The new Warner Brothers’ discovery, who’s also the husband of Lili Damita, wants to put the story of his adventures into a scenario and, if the studio accepts it, to play the leading role himself.… (more…)

Tony Thomas & “Huckleberry Flynn”

Born July 31, 1927 Tony Thomas – Preeminent Film, Film Music, and Errol Flynn, Historian — Tim

The Name’s Flynn, Errol Flynn — June 7, 1937

British Agent Errol Flynn – The Original Bond? Listening to Flynn introduce himself at 6:11 to Frances Farmer as “Locke, Steve Locke” leads one to wonder whether Ian Fleming heard and was influenced by Errol’s British Agent performance. — Tim

Errol Leaves India for Africa — May 28, 1933

After a side-splitting incident with a rickshaw boy on the island of Ceylon, Errol left with Erben for the mainland French Colony of Pondicherry. From Pondicherry they traveled an intolerably slow and hot five days on a train “jammed” with “Untouchables”, up the east coast of India to Calcutta, where they witnessed a ~ “dizzying spectacle of temples, beggary, dung… (more…)

测验

— Tim

Errol Gets Shanghaied — Voluntarily — Part 1 — Now for the loot, the jade, the daughters of the Mings, the treasures of ancient Cathay!

Hong Kong Volunteers Headquarters, circa Flynn’s time in China, including British, Asian, Scottish, Canadian, and the Australian volunteers. The Australians are wearing trademark ANZAC “slouch hats”. — Tim

Errol’s Malaria — Part 2 — Bitten in New Britain? … Or was it New Ireland? Or was it New Hanover? Or ….

Errol arrived at Raoul, Papua New Guinea (PNG), on October 1, 1927, at the age of 18. He came in search of gold and adventure. It’s not clear how many ounces of gold he found, but he certainly did find tons of adventure. For his first two years in PNG, Errol worked at a series of many different jobs and… (more…)

Errol Robbed in China – May 1933

MAY 1933 – “Can’t an honest man make port without being stolen from!” After being conned in Macao by Ting Ling O’Connor, Errol was robbed of his secret stash of diamonds. It was a big affair back in Hong Kong. — Tim

Off to Macao for Fan-Tan

Following Errol’s heavy losses at the Happy Valley race track, he decided to leave the British colony of Hong Kong for the Portugese colony of Macao in seek of better luck, especially at fan-tan, a Chinese game of chance he learned in New Guinea. He and Herr Erben hopped “the Fusham a small packet” to Macao, a 35-mile trip, an… (more…)

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