CECIL B. DEMILLE AND LUX RADIO THEATER PRESENT
ERROL FLYNN AND JOAN BLONDELL IN
THE PERFECT SPECIMEN
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Flynn and…’ Category
A Day in the Life of Flynn – New Year’s Day, 1942
02
Jan
“Errol Flynn is a dashing Custer. How he rides, and how wonderful he looks in his uniform.”
– Louell O. Parsons
Playing on the bill with Boots at Warner Theaters was the Academy Award Nominated Rhapsody in Rivets.
Also playing was Water Sports (Film not found):
“Diving, swimming, surf-board riding and water skiing are the topics in the Technicolor short from Warners. Champion diver Ruth Nurmi demonstrates some of the dives which have won her championship titles, while Fairid Sumaika does the same for his gender. Comic diver Bill Lewin also appears.”
— Tim
“Errol Flynn, the Face of Adventure”
23
Dec
If you’re in, near, or plannin’ on tourin’ Turin, you can join in to see Errol Flynn, il volto dell’avventura” celebrating (Italian Style) collaborations of Flynn and Curtiz, commencing in January with Captain Blood.
Monday, January 8, 2018
“The first review of the year in the bibliomediateca offers four films with Errol Flynn, led by the genius director Michael Curtiz: on the bill some of the best action and adventure films made in Hollywood between the thirties and forties. The review “Errol Flynn, the face of adventure” will be inaugurated by the screening of “Captain Blood” by Michael Curtiz, the film that marks the beginning of the artistic association between the actor and the director.”
— Tim
Mail Bag! Rathbone! Audio Version of Michael B. Druxman’s One Person Play!
07
Dec
Michael B. Druxman writes to us:
The audio edition of Michael B. Druxman’s one-person stage play, RATHBONE, just became available on Amazon, Audible and, within a day or two, iTunes.
Jake Sanson delivers a terrific performance as Basil Rathbone.
And, Errol Flynn is definitely an unseen presence.
Thanks, Michael!
— David DeWitt
Quiz
02
Dec
The photo below was taken at a location where one of Errol’s relatives had a prominent connection. In fact, a geological feature there is named after one of Errol’s relatives.
Where is this location? Who was the relative? What feature is named after Errol’s relative, and why??
Clues:
1. It is enormously expensive to visit.
2. Very few people have ever been there.
3. It is a site of rare and spectacular beauty.
4. It’s the most remote location on Earth named after a relative of Errol’s.
— Tim
Lynne, Flynn & Hamilton @ The Victoria Palace Theatre
01
Dec
£50 million renovation incudes a “Lynne Promenade”:
“Pride of place will be given to a photograph of Ms Lynne, taken back in the day with an old beau by the name of Errol Flynn.” mobile.twitter.com…
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5134927/Victoria-Palaces-50m-revamp-ready-Hamilton.html…
— Tim
An Homage to Errol
27
Nov
“Wolverton is plainly an homage to the 1930s-1950s Australian actor Errol Flynn. He has Flynn’s flair, his womanising ways (having a hand chopped off would interfere in his removal of corsets, Wolverton quips), a Zorro-esque mask, and even Flynn’s pencil moustache. Only the épée is missing. Wolverton relies upon stealth, wit, and cunning, wise-cracking all the while.”
— Tim
Seventy Years Ago Safari
24
Nov
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.
— Tim
Kissing the Coloured Virgin
04
Nov
“Meet the man who knew and drew Picasso in Paris, Einstein and Churchill in London, and even lived with Errol Flynn in Sydney”
“Kerwin Maegraith, caricaturist, journalist and true Aussie larrikin, encountered the most famous people of his time from the 1920’s to the Sixties.”
“Well, one night Errol came home drunk. The old girl (the landlady) had lit the plaster statue of the Virgin with a candle at its foot. The statue was about five feet high and coloured. A big bunch of flowers stood at the foot of the image and Errol, thinking it was just another pretty girl, made a lunge. Both he and the statue, in a thousand bits, hurled down two flights of stairs. The enraged landlady, awoken from her slumber, tossed Mr. Flynn and his belongings right out on the footpath. But with his winning ways, Errol was back next morning and forgiven. He was about 17 or 18 at this time, as wild a young man as Sydney ever saw.”
— Tim
Flynn, the Play coming soon to Audio!
31
Oct
Michael Druxman writes to us:
Hello,
I just discovered your blog.
I thought you’d like to know that an audio edition of my one-person stage play, FLYNN, is currently nearing the end of production and, if all goes well, should be available for download before the end of November via Audible, Amazon and iTunes. Sam Burns plays the role of Errol Flynn.
In the meantime, paperback and Kindle editions of the play are available via the link below.
Michael B. Druxman
Thanks, Michael!
— David DeWitt
