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.
— Gentleman Tim
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.
— Gentleman Tim
The Fast, Furious & Flynntastic Life of Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
— Gentleman Tim
Features our late friend Professor Lincoln D Hurst, a film historian …
Special Thanks to Mirta Gonzalez!
— David DeWitt
Here is a nice poster from Huntington Hartford’s production of The Master of Thornfield, and below an audio recording made with Errol by Tony Thomas who interviews him in the basement of another theatre for the Huntington Hartford produced Jane Eyre … the usual recording length is 24.56 but the version I found years ago is some eight minutes longer.
Requiem for a Cavalier:
— David DeWitt
Eighty-Five Years Ago Today (Sydney Time), on March 15, 1933, Errol Appeared Live AND On Film at the Prince Edward Theater in Sydney.
Errol was paid £2 to stand on stage in what he later described as a bad wig and bizarre naval uniform, appearing more like “an elderly keeper at a [Sydney brothel] than Fletcher Christian. The Ides of March ended bad for Caesar, but great for Flynn. It signaled the birth of Errol’s acting career.
A superb assembly of contemporaneous news articles by EFB Author “Isabel Australis”:
An intriguing history with some Errol and errors:
And here’s the cinematic Flynn himself, just as he appeared at the Prince Edward Theater, eighty-five years ago today, March 15, 1933 – On the Ides of Flynn:
— Gentleman Tim
Reminded recently by Jack Marino of his friend, Tony Thomas’s, preeminent contributions to the history of Flynn here is a recollection of his great work:
THE FILMS OF ERROL FLYNN
“This book is a complete record of Errol Flynn’s career from his first starring role in Captain Blood until his untimely death at fifty. All of his 58 films are here, with synopses, casts & credits, reviews of the more important vehicles, and hundreds of photos.”
ERROL FLYNN:THE SPY WHO NEVER WAS
Author of 30 books about movies and movie stars, Thomas here defends Flynn (1909-1959) against the charge made by Charles Higham in Errol Flynn: The Untold Story (1979) that the Hollywood swashbuckler, who played Captain Blood, Robin Hood, the Earl of Essex and Don Juan, was a Nazi spy. Thomas’s detailed examination of Higham’s evidence (including interviews with many original sources) convincingly shows that Higham quoted documents selectively, twisted witnesses’ words and made a flawed case based on guilt by association.
— Gentleman Tim
Seventy years ago – during, prior to, and following the Thanksgiving holidays of 1947 – Errol was planning a major hunting expedition.
With what other person did Errol plan this safari, and in what country was it to take place??
¤ They planned to include about thirty (30) people.
¤ It was planned to last for about two months.
¤ They planned to record, ship, and broadcast clips of the expedition.
¤ It would involve big game hunting.
¤ The safari was to begin immediately after completion of The Adventures of Don Juan.
¤ It never happened.
— Gentleman Tim