Was he Errol’s son?
All evidence and opinions welcome….
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Behind the Scenes’ Category
Errol’s First Child? …….Who was She?
17
Jan
It’s been reported that Errol had a daughter before he married Tiger Lil’. What was her name, who was her mother, and where was she born????
An island named after this island was involved…
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Her first name means “Lily” in Hebrew…
(This clue added Sunday morning, 8am, January 17, 2021)
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Her mother was from an island named on this map.
(This clue added Sunday morning, 9am, January 17, 2021)
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Humming this will help yield her name…
It’s by one of America’s greatest songwriters…
(This clue added Sunday morning, 11:48 am, January 17, 2021)
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The mother was from Selapiu Island, near New Hanover Island. (See the map above)
After the birth of the daughter, she went to Ranmalek Mission and disappeared during World War II.
(This above set of clues added Sunday evening, 6:30 pm, January 17, 2021)
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A man named Wilkie Wilkin is said to have cared for the mother and daughter at a copra plantation, apparently beginning after Errol left for England. He is thought to have been captured at Albatross Passage by the Japanese following their famous air raids on PNG during January 1942. His name is on the plaque above. …It is not nown to me, nor clear from the accounts I read, that Errol ever knew of the pregnancy, never mind that it allegedly resulted in a daughter.
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The daughter, _________, was said to have strikingly stood out in PNG because of her complexion and beauty.
(This above set of set of clues added Sunday evening, 6:45 pm, January 17, 2021)
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Years ago, super Flynn-researcher Tina Nyary published the below image, stating “Here is an image of what most likely could have been Tuperselai”. I am not certain, but, if Errol did have a daughter in PNG, there’s a good chance the mother would have been Tuperselai, who he very highly praises in MWWW:
(This above photo was added Tuesday morning, 11am, January 19, 2021)
— Tim
A Day at the Derby
16
Jan
January 15, 1937
Harrison Carroll
LA Evening Herald Express
Lili Damita and Errol Flynn dining at the Hollywood Brown Derby together on the day one had them separated.
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“The Hollywood Brown Derby opened on Valentine’s Day 1929 at 1628 North Vine Street played a great part in Hollywood history. Due to its proximity to movie studios, it became the place to do deals and be seen. Clark Gable is said to have proposed to Carole Lombard there. Rival gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper are recorded as regular patrons.”
“The rendezvous of the stars, the Brown Derby, Hollywood, California. The famed Brown Derby on Vine Street, Hollywood, with its adjacent distinctive Bamboo Room, is the acknowledged center of the smart social life of the movie colony.”
P.S. Flynn Fans!
“The building’s architect, Carl Jules Weyl, later became a noted art director and went on to win an Academy Award for art direction on the classic 1938 Errol Flynn-Olivia de Havilland film, “The Adventures of Robin Hood.”
— Tim
Where’s Waldo Theater?
14
Jan
The Waldo is in Waldoboro, on Main Street in Maine, of course….
The Waldo Theatre is a historic movie theater and performance venue at 916 Main Street in Waldoboro, Maine. Built in 1936 as a movie theater to a design by New York City architect Benjamin Schlanger, it was hailed at the time as one of the best-designed state-of-the-art small theaters in the country. It is now managed by a non-profit arts organization. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
January 12, 1939 – Movie at the Waldo
Virtual Concert at the Waldo, Tonight at 7, January 14, 2021
— Tim
Star-Studded Traffic Trial
13
Jan
January 13, 1939
Star-Studded Traffic Trial in Beverly Hills
LA Evening Herald Examiner
It will look like a roll call of Hollywood male stars in PoliceJudge Charles J. Griffin’s Beverly Hills court late today.
The occasion will be the hit-run driving trial of John W. Myers, former owner of the La Conga, Hollywood night spot.
Among those who have been subpoened as witnesses in behalf of Meyers are Errol Flynn, Bruce Cabot and Walter Pidgeon, all of whom either saw the accident or talked to Myers immediately after it occurred, according to attorney Richard Cantillon, representing Meyers.
Meyers is charged with having fled the scene of an accident involving his automobile and another car driven by George v. Tribe.
Tribe’s wife, Darlene, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Thorpe, all were seriously injured in the accident, it is charged.
— Tim
The Crimson Tide, the Green Arrow, and the Always Colorful Errol Flynn
12
Jan
With connection to tonight’s National Championship Game in Miami Gardens…
Errol Flynn and Alabama Football
— Tim
A Restless Soul – Errol in Early ’39
07
Jan
January 7, 1939
Jimmy Starr
LA Evening Herald Examiner
How Stars Relax
Errol Flynn is a restless soul who doesn’t know the meaning of relaxation, even on his holidays. He’s up early and off for a day of strenuous physical activity.
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A Real Day with Errol Flynn, Screenland, April 1939
— Tim
Xmas for Xenia in Zurich
07
Jan
The Twelfth Day of Christmas, 1939
Harrison Carroll
LA Evening Herald Express
Those who saw Errol Flynn knock out polo player Alden Roar should have seen him yesterday — talking for six minutes in stumbling French to a sick youngster in a Zurich sanitarium. It gave quite a different slant on the Irish star ….. Easy to picture, too, the thrill of the 12-year old girl at the other end of the line. Her name is Xenia Thorn and she has been in the Swiss sanitarium for two years, victim of a lingering illness.
About a month ago, Kelly Anthony, head of the hospital, wrote Flynn about the girl….saying Flynn was her idol and asking the star to arrange some time after the holidays to make the call. Enclosed was a check to pay for three minutes. Flynn doubled the time, paid the rest himself.
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I don’t know the name of the sanitarium, only that it was in Zurich, in 1938. Perhaps Trolley No. 55 passes by it during its zipping around Zurich is this film clip from 1938:
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— Tim
A Check for Woody’s
06
Jan
– aka Woody and Eddy’s, a longtime favorite restaurant in Pasadena…
January 5, 1945
— Tim
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas………..🎁x11
05
Jan
The Baron’s Left for Boca………..
January 5, 1940 (Eighty Years Ago Today)
Motion Picture Daily
“Errol Flynn left Hollywood yesterday for a two-week vacation in Boca Raton.”
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Boca Raton had only 723 residents in 1940. When in town, Errol occasionally hid from Warner Brothers at the beachfront home of his friend Fred Neilson, president of Sikorsky Aviation Corp. (The location of which I was actually at tonight.) He used Boca as his headquarters for excursions to Cap’s Place (Nightclub/Casino) in Lighthouse Point, the Delray Arcade (Nightclub/Casino) in Delray Beach, the Everglades for hunting, Fort Lauderdale for fishing, and, of course, the Boca Raton Resort and Club, across the Intracoastal Waterway from Fred Neilsen’s home on what is now called A1A.
— Tim
