“I found that he complemented me. He was an athlete, a roisterer like myself, and he could be canny too, very. He had his eye for the main chance.” —
Errol Flynn MWWW
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Flynn and…’ Category
Nanette Fabray, dies at 97!
24
Feb
Costarred with Dame Olivia deHavilland in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. She enjoyed a long and distinguished career in film, television and on stage.
— David DeWitt
The Olympiads
24
Feb
aka The Bundy Drive Boys and Hollywood Hellfire Club
John Barrymore
John Carradine
John Decker
W.C. Fields
Errol
Gene Fowler
Will Fowler
Sadahichi Hartmann
Ben Hecht
Norman Kerry
Thomas Mitchell
Alan Mowbray
Vincent Price
Anthony Quinn
Roland Young
— Tim
Tribute to Tony Thomas
20
Feb
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.
— Tim
Going Postal. A Quiz.
17
Feb
The fellows in these fine photos were reported to have endorsed a letter together in the Forties which gained a great deal of national attention.
What was the content, purpose, and possible postal controversy of that letter?
— Tim
Mail Bag! Schooner Zaca Painting by Dan Gilmore!
16
Feb
Received a nice email from “Schooner4” (award winning artist Dan Gilmore) about his painting of the Zaca with some fisherman nearby available right now for bids on eBay. Wow! It is beautiful work …
Thanks, Dan!
— David DeWitt
A Flynn-Related Quiz
10
Feb
What’s the two biggest things these two fellows had in common? Aside from:
· They both had Irish blood.
· They were both friendly with FDR & Eleanor.
· They were both on the cover of Time Magazine.
— Tim
