End of October, 1935:
“Errol Flynn and ______ _______ are both being
considered for the leads in The Sea Hawk.”
He was in three Hollywood films with Errol.
Oh Boy!
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Behind the Scenes’ Category
Oh Boy! Quiz
28
Oct
Dinner and a Movie — At the Waldorf and Warners
26
Oct
October 25, 1939
Elsa Maxwell – “The Greatest Celebrity of All Time”
ALFRED DUFF-COOPER was 1st Viscount Norwich GCMG, DSO, PC (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author. In 1937 he was 1st lord of the admiralty and regularly appearing as one of the 3 worst warmongers’ in Nazi propaganda. He spoke in the United States during the late 30’s seeking to secure its entry into World War II. Like his (in)famous wife, “Darling Monster” Diana, he was quite an outspoken and often controversial character.
LADY DIANA COOPER was born into one of the richest and most socially prominent families in England, the daughter of a duke. Acclaimed “the most beautiful girl in the world”, “the only really glamorous woman in the world”, “the most celebrated debutante of her era”, and an actress of note, she was internationally renowned. In 1939, she met Errol in California and disliked him for, in her view, not being a proper loyal colonist and sufficiently supporting the Crown, not enough to spill oceans of American, Australian, English, or Irish, blood in Europe. Here they are at the Santa Anita Ball. Errol looks friendly; she does not. (Nor does it look to me like she was ever truly “the most beautiful woman in the world”.)
The Waldorf-Astoria
The Parraquet Suite
The former Warners by the Hudson
— Tim
Tribute to T. T. Flynn, Ph.D.
24
Oct
October 11, 1883 – October 24, 1968
Tasmania’s First Professor of Biology
Thank you very much to Philip for his previous posting of the audio above on the EFB.
— Tim
Did Errol Do It?
22
Oct
October 20, 1937
Did Errol really shoot this bobcat?
Was he arrested for doing so, as rumor has it?
Or, was it really Howard Hill who did the shooting?
If it was Errol, was he really aiming for that other, far more dangerous cat, Tiger Lil?
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— Tim
Viva La El Capitan Blood! Viva La El Capitan Blood!
19
Oct
October 19, 1957
Errol Arrested at the Ballyhoo Ball
Errol Being Questioned at the Lincoln Heights Jail
The Aspiring Irish Lassie/Errol Flynn Date
“The Hat Check Girl”/Policeman’s Wife/Errol Flynn Fan
Errol Flynn/The Usual Suspect
— Tim
Dr. Blood Hotfoots it to the Hospital
19
Oct
October 18, 1935
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
Errol Flynn hotfoots it to the hospital as soon as he finishes Captain Blood…
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Errol’s account in MWWW:
— Tim
Parties at Sardi’s
18
Oct
October 16, 1935
Jerry Hoffman
(PH for Louella O. Parsons)
Los Angeles Times
Lili Damita and Errol Flynn getting special attention from Eddie Brandstatter at Sardi’s
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Between 1932 and 1936, Sardi’s was the one of the most spectacular dinner clubs in Hollywood, ran by “Party King” Eddie Brandstatter, one of the most spectacular restaurateurs in Hollywood during the Roaring Twenties. His amazing history – including the fascinating history of restaurants in LA and Hollywood preceding Sardi’s – can be heard in the video below, with a detailed description of Sardi’s can be heard beginning at ~ 34:00.
Eddie Brandstatter; Party King of the Twenties
Preceding Sardi’s he owned the also-legendary Cafe Marmont, among a half dozen or so other high end restaurant nightclubs.
Here in all her splendor is the statue he infamously stole, which, before being convicted, he told the court he needed for a Warner Brothers party:
— Tim
Compliments to the Scheffs
17
Oct
October 17, 1938
Evening Herald Express
Bette Davis was preening herself in front of a mirror one day on the set of The Sisters, currently showing at Warners Hollywood and Downtown theaters, when Errol Flynn asked her why she was gazing at herself with such approval.
“Well, I like that.” Bette pretended to be put out. “I’m admiring my hairdress—don’t you like it? You should.” Bette replied, “because I copied it exactly from the hairdress worn by Fritzi Scheff in a picture made of her when she was at the peak of her career.”
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I sure hope Bette didn’t burst out singing Fritzi’s big hit “Kiss Me Again” to Flynn! Arno would have had to come to his rescue! (Song begins at 1:50)
— Tim
