November 8, 1950
— David DeWitt
Archive for the ‘Flynn and…’ Category
Whoopie for Sir Hubert
20
Aug
August 19, 2019
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
So many faces were red over an incident that occurred during the visit of Sir Hubert and Lady Wilkins to the Dawn Patrol set at Warners. The explorer and his wife came to visit the movie troupe on the invitation of Basil Rathbone.
They were introduced around and Errol Flynn pulled up his own chair for Sir Hubert. The explorer sat, then jumped up in amazement, for the cushion in the chair had burst in a loud buzzing.
The cushion was a rib that David Niven had prepared for Flynn — never expecting that Sir Hubert would sit in the chair first.
Regarding the remarkably beautiful and talented Lady Wilkins:
— Tim
Adventure is Calling
16
Aug
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August 13, 1936
Harrison Carrol
LA Evening Herald Express
Adventure is calling again to Errol Flynn.
Instead of sailing to Europe in a de luxe suite as other movie stars do on vacation, the young Irish actor is headed for the wilds of Borneo, where he and a friend will photograph background shots of The White Rajah, Flynn’s own story, in which he will star for Warner Brothers.
The unusual holiday will begin as soon as he finishes one more picture declared the actor yesterday, and will take him away from Hollywood for a period of three months.
As the expedition will penetrate into uncivilized country, the star’s wife, Lili Damita, will not accompany him.
His partner in adventure will be Dr. Hermann Erben, with whom Flynn once sailed up a savage infested river in New Guinea. At that time the thought of Hollywood never enter the actor’s mind. He was the owner of a pearling schooner that Dr. Erben chartered for the expedition.
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August 17, 1936
Harrison Carrol
LA Evening Herald Express
Errol Flynn calls up to say he still has not given up hope of persuading Lili Damita to brave the wilds of Borneo with him.
— Tim
Lord’s Office, Flynn Calling
12
Aug
August 11, 1938
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
Best rib of the week was pulled off by producer Robert Lord on Warner Casting director Steve trilling. The day Errol Flynn was supposed to report for Dawn Patrol, Lord called Trilling and said the Irish star was on the phone from New York saying he had flown there and was taking an added week’s vacation. Then they pretended to transfer Flynn’s call to Trilling.
It was the perfect gag because Hollywood believes that Flynn would do anything.
Trilling’s blood pressure soared 20 points before the ribbers finally revealed that Flynn was sitting in Lord’s office.
— Tim
Ringside with Bette & Errol
06
Aug
August 6, 1938
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
They are staging a prize-fight, vintage of 1905, for Warner Bros Picture, The Sisters.
Two old time fighters are in the ring and Bette Davis and Errol Flynn are sitting in the front row. Flynn plays a sports writer in the story and Bette is his wife. This is supposed to be the first fight she has ever seen and one of the boxers gets knocked out of the ring and practically into her lap. She is sickened and leaves the stadium.
Bette Davis isn’t a fight fan off the screen, either.
— Tim
Summer of ’41
06
Aug
August 3, Off Catalina
“In August 1941 Peter Stackpole of LIFE Magazine joined Errol Flynn (1909–1959)—the swashbuckling leading man of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)—aboard Flynn’s yacht, the Sirocco, to photograph him for a story about his spearfishing skills. Also present were stuntman Buster Wiles, crew members, and three young women. One of them, fifteen-year-old actress Peggy Satterlee, later accused Flynn of raping her. The case, unsurprisingly, created a media storm.”
— Tim
Errol Flynn and Princess Ghika Wardrobe for Rocky Mountain!
02
Aug
Errol and Princess Ghika selecting his wardrobe for Rocky Mountain. Her expression says: Did you see that actress Pat Wymore looking at you?
— David DeWitt
A Puppy in Paris
02
Aug
August 3, 1935
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
It seems strange enough to be recorded here.
Ten years ago director Michael Curtiz was looking for a particular type of girl for a picture, Puppies in Paris. His luck was poor until chance carried him to a performance of the “Follies Bergere.” In one of the specialty dancers, a girl glamorous and young, he saw the ideal type for the role. So he hired her — and that is how Lili Damita got her start in pictures.
Today, in the Warners Brothers film, Captain Blood, Curtis is preparing to give another untried player, Errol Flynn, his first big chance at film fame. Flynn is married to Lili Damita.
And some people don’t believe in coincidence.
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Lili in Poupee De Paris aka Red Heels aka …
— Tim
