The Errol Flynn Blog

Flynn’s screenplay, with co-author William A. Ulman, was accepted by Warner Bros. in early 1936 with all kinds of promises. But Errol’s career took off and he became busier and more popular than anyone ever imagined. The White Rajah kept popping up again and again … over a dozen different years there was an article about Errol and the making of the picture. Thee last time was a letter from Flynn to Jack L. Warner on May 20, 1947, that it would be a good time to make the film.

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 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)

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 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

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.

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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