A Superb Site on “In the Wake of the Bounty”:
www.ozmovies.com…
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Flynn and…’ Category
Making In the Wake
28
May
Mail Bag! Early Australian Film History: Marelle Flynn!
25
May
Dear David DeWitt
I am working on some early Australian film history and wondered if you or your blog associates might have some information particularly concerning Lily Mary (Marelle) Flynn.
According to another source she was an extra in a 1925 silent film, filmed at the Savage River in Tasmania and in Melbourne, entitled “Jewelled Nights” produced by Louise Lovely and based on a novel by Tasmanian writer Marie Bjelke Petersen. I have only found one mention of Marelle Flynn as an extra and would really like to know if there is more substantive evidence and whether she was filmed in the Tasmanian setting or in the Melbourne society setting.
Given that it was 1925, Errol Flynn would still have been in school at the Hobart High School. Further given that his father, Professor Theo Flynn was a great hiker, also wonder whether he and Errol might have ventured to Waratah, Savage River in NW Tasmania for the filming.
I’ve ordered up the books on Flynn to see if there is any mention, however, thought that you and your associates might have information.
Kind regards
Anne Sanders
Braidwood NSW Australia
Jewelled Nights starring Louise Lovely
— David DeWitt
Cocoanut Grove
21
May
Errol & Olivia on their first date, at the Coronation Ball. The Coronation Ball was in celebration of King George’s ascension to the British throne on May 12, 1937, after his brother Edward’s scandalous affair with Wallis Simpson compelled his abdication.
“Electrifying Homage to thr Cocoanut Grove”
History of the Coconut Grove:
Fiction at The Grove, with Flynn, Hepburn & Hughes:
— Tim
Whose Hand is Errol Kissing?
19
May
And What’s the Occasion?
Photo below added Thursday, 6:33 EST:
Posted at 8:44 PM EST, Thursday:
— Tim
You Can See Him at the Newseum
07
May
The New Catalina Museum Opening in June!
Avalon is an Especially Fun & Wondrous Place for Fans of Flynn.
Our Last Visit on the Blog:
— Tim
Stealing a Kiss & a Badge at the Ballyhoo Ball
06
May
Errol Arrested for Being Errol at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, 1957
Pacific Palisades Country Club<
The infamous Lincoln Heights Jail, featured in many films and music videos since Errol’s involuntary visit, including in LA Confidential, where, shown below, they depicted the “Bloody Christmas” riot of 1952.
— Tim
