Happy Birthday, Captain Blood!
December 1935: The Christmas Season Errol & Olivia Changed the Cinematic World.
And thank you, Rory & Sean! Much Success in Coronado!!
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Blog Authors’ Category
The Flick That Made Flynn
06
Dec
Errol’s Elephants
06
Dec
Star Wars Took Charge of Errol’s Elephants
We all know the Star Wars movies are a feast for the eyeballs, but when you think about it, they are also a special treat for the ears, too. According to Mentalfloss, legendary sound designer Ben Burtt got his star on Star Wars fresh out of the University of Southern California’s film school and “was tasked with coming up with a completely new and organic soundscape for the movie.”
Burtt created Chewbacca’s iconic voice by blending the vocalizations of a bear, a lion, a walrus and a badger. The beloved pint-sized droid R2-D2’s endearing chirps were made using loops on a synthesizer matched with beeps and boops modelled after baby coos performed by Burtt. The infamous deep breathing of the evil Darth Vader was created by putting a microphone inside the regulator on a scuba tank.
But our favourite iconic sound, the swooshing shriek of the film’s TIE fighter engines, are — brace yourselves for a shock — the sound of an elephant call mixed with the sounds of a car driving on wet pavement. According to the blog Unidentified Sound Object, Lucas had seen a documentary about the Battle of Stalingrad and told Burtt the sound of the Nazi rockets would make a great laser-gun noise.
That’s when Burtt stumbled on recordings of some stampeding elephants from an old Errol Flynn movie, which he mixed with recordings of cars speeding through puddles in a rainstorm. He slipped the sound in for a screening at the last moment, and everyone went wild. “I’d really put it in because I had no other alternative, but it got great reviews, so naturally it became the sound of the TIE fighters,” the sound legend said.
— Tim
The Bounty awakens
03
Dec
Dear fellow Flynn fans,
it all started here for Errol (and therefore us):
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
“A Knockout of a Show”
24
Nov
Gentleman Jim Still Making News:
Errol Lands Another Accolade: One of Hollywood’s All Time Greatest Boxing Films & Performances:
— Tim
Flynn in GENTLEMAN JIM on Maltin’s list of “Memorable Performances from A to Z”
24
Sep
I got my copy of the latest edition of Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide in the mail today and was pleased to find that Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim made the critic’s list of just 26 “memorable performances” (one for every letter of the alphabet). Maltin writes, “Errol Flynn is an indelible Robin Hood, but there is something special about his evocation of prizefighter James J. Corbett in Gentleman Jim that stands out in my mind.” Many of my faves are on this list as well — for instance, Marion Davies in The Patsy, Una Merkel in 42nd Street, Jean Gabin in Touchez pas au grisbi, and Lon Chaney in The Unknown, so Our Man Flynn is in very good company in my book.
The Classic Movie Guide covers the silent era through 1965 and is crammed with info on more than 10,000 movies, plus it has a decent index of stars’ filmographies. So far I’ve found it more convenient than trying to get IMDB to work on my phone. It goes on sale September 29.
— Paula
We Welcome New Author Bob Shaffer to The Errol Flynn Blog!
22
Aug
I’m pleased to announce our newest Author Bob Shaffer to The Errol Flynn Blog! Welcome aboard, Bob! We look forward to your posts and comments!
— David DeWitt
We Welcome New Author Suzanne Issa to The Errol Flynn Blog!
08
Aug
I’m very happy to announce our newest Author on The Errol Flynn Blog, Suzanne Issa! Her mother and father knew Errol well, and Suzanne tells me:
Yes, as a child we used to spend our holidays at Tower Isle and I remember Errol Flynn walking through the hotel, dressed in white slacks and and white shirt opened to the waist, looking very tanned and very handsome. I had a childhood crush on him.
He also was a frequent visitor at my father’s hotel in Kingston, The Myrtle Bank Hotel.
Another childhood Memory was, very late one night, a car was honking in our driveway at our Kingston home and it was Errol Flynn calling out to my father that he had broken his leg and asking if he could spend the night. I was thrilled to say the least.
His third and last wife, Patrice Wymore who passed away last year was also a great friend and continued to make Jamaica her home she lived and owned a large estate in Port Antonio with cattle. Her grandson, Luke inherited the property after her death and I believe it is now for sale.
If I come across any more recollections, I will send them to you, along with any photos I may find.
Best Regards,
Suzanne
Suzanne, we look forward to your posts and comments!
Welcome aboard …
— David DeWitt
Nat King Cole sings “When I Fall in Love” Istanbul, 1957
29
Jul
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— David DeWitt
Santa Fe Trail! Errol Flynn!
29
Jul
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— David DeWitt
