December 6, 1937
Evening Herald Examiner
Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck and Mary Astor in These Three on Theater of the Air, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, tonight on KNX at 6 p.m.
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— Tim
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Setting the Beard on Fire
03
Dec
December 3, 1937
Harrison Carroll
LA Evening Herald Examiner
…Errol Flynn held up the Robin Hood company for half an hour when he accidently set fire to Basil Rathbone’s beard, then completed the damage by tossing a bucket of water in his face.
— Tim
A Parade of Stars — With Grand Marshall Errol Flynn
14
Nov
75 Years Ago
November 14, 1944
Hollywood Citizen News
ERROL FLYNN TO LEAD LOAN PARADE
Hollywood’s most famous horsemen from their major studios will be in the line-up of the Sixth War Loan Parade Saturday morning in downtown Los Angeles.
Errol Flynn has been appointed honorary grand marshall to ride with Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz, who will head the thousands of riders.
Following the Sheriff’s Posse will be the following film celebrities heading various groups: Lewis Stone, Prestin Foster, Roy Rogers, Bill Elliot, Don Barry, Bob Mitchum, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Bill Boyd, Leo Carillo, Charles Starrett, Johnny Mack Brown, Noah Beery Jr., and Mrs. Beery, Chris Pin Martin, Michael O’Shea, Big Boy Williams, Dick Foran, George Tobias, and Dennis Morgan.
Honorary Grand Marshall Errol Flynn (shown below at the Dodge City Premier Parade in 1939)
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LA County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz
Lewis Stone (pictured with Norma Shearer)
Preston Foster
Roy Rogers
Bill Elliot
Don Barry
Bob Mitchum
Hoot Gibson
Bob Steele
Bill Boyd
Leo Carillo
Charles Starrett
Johnny Mack Brown
Noah Beery Jr.
and Mrs. Beery
Chris Pin Martin
Michael O’Shea
Big Boy Williams
Dick Foran
George Tobias (pictured with Errol’s great friends, Ida and Olivia)
Dennis Morgan
— Tim
A Pig in a Joke
16
Oct
October 16, 1937
Hollywood’s Gabby Corners
Garbed in their Robin Hood costumes, Errol Flynn and Patric Knowles scared a farmer near Chico, Calif., where the company is on location, by asking him how to kill a pig – one they claimed they found. He took one look at their costumes and slammed the door in their faces.
— Tim
Swinging & Dancing in Chico
15
Oct
October 15, 1937
Harrison Carroll
LA Evening Herald Express
Must have been fun, the party that the Robin Hood location troupe gave at Chico Saturday night. Members of the cast, the crew and some outsiders were invited, but when they got ready to dance, it was discovered there weren’t enough women to go around.
So Errol Flynn invaded the kitchen of the hotel and drafted 11 waitresses to join the party. Danced with everyone of them himself, too.
Likely Site of the Party: www-chicoer-com.cdn.ampproject.org…
— Tim
Errol Flynn as Nathan Hale*
08
Oct
I only regret that he had but one show on Hale to leave, and it was not on film.
More of the amazing talent in Errol’s orbit and world:
October 10, 1941
Zuma Palmer
Hollywood Citizen News
Errol Flynn on the Kate Smith Hour from KNX at 9 will play the part of Nathan Hale in “Heritage,” an original drama by Jean Holloway. Johnny Burke as “The Original Draftee” and the Three Pitchmen will be other features. Miss Smith will close her program with “We’re All Americans.”
JOHNNY BURKE – One of the greatest writers of popular song lyrics in history. (With a later, second Flynn connection through the song for Nora, “But Beautiful”.)
THE THREE PITCHMEN – A Popular Novelty Musical Trio
KATE SMITH – Closed her show with Flynn with the crowd-rousing “WE’RE ALL AMERICANS”
Here’s one of great Kate’s contemporaneous versions of We’re All Americans (All True Blue), followed by three other spectacular songs that were “sang in the name of victory” for WWII.
* Not to be confused with Alan Hale
— Tim
It Was 30 Years Ago Today
07
Oct
October 6, 1989, Bette Davis died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. She lived 81 years. It was a bumpy ride.
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— Tim
Errol’s Little Clock Bellied Man!
18
Sep
His clock at Mulholland and at Pat’s ranch in Jamaica …
PORTLAND, JAMAICA – CIRCA 1980: Patrice Wymore Flynn is seen at her home, the Errol Flynn Estate, circa July 1980 in Portland Jamaica. (Photo by Bette Marshall/Getty Images)
— David DeWitt
I will be in the neighborhood? Olivia deHavilland!
09
Sep
Jan van der Vliet shares a note he got from Olivia deHavilland’s secretary back in 2010 when he was going to Paris on a trip and thought: why not write to Olivia and see if he could stop by … knowing his chance were slim to none she would say yes, he wrote a nice letter and received this reply:
Thanks for sharing, Jan!
— David DeWitt
