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Glamour of Garmisch

02 Oct

Dear Flynnstones,

Errol visited the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in April of 1953 tongueincheekishly claiming to be looking for a yodeling teacher for his next movie „William Tell“. He was accompanied by his new wing man, the former RAF pilot Barry Mahon and Nato De Angelis, a small part time Italian film producer.

At night they all went to the open air nightclub, the legendary Casa Carioca. Built by the AFRC (American Forces Recreation Center), it opened in March of 1946 and boasted a Mauritanean architecture centered around a year round open ice rink, where nightly revues with up to 40 performers on skates took place.

Once the skaters were done with their show, a tractor pulled in a wooden dancefloor putting it on top of the ice.

Lobster tails, steaks and hamburgers were on the menu, initially for Americans only. But not because the American army held a grudge against Germans, but because German customs shut out their locals from this tax free heaven. The staff from local stock rapidly found their way around to good food and drinks nonetheless. The waiters were instructed to pour the left over cocktails in a bucket attached to a long tube which collected the high octane alcoholics on the other side. The Long Island Iced Tea may have originated right there and then.

Unfortunately the venue burned down to the ground for reasons unknown on November 5 of 1970 and was restructured into a bowling alley and a movie theatre complex.

Enjoy,

 

— shangheinz

 

São Paolo Summit

01 Oct

Dear Flynnstones,

when two barflies with bowties met in Brazil, they surely had a swell time.

therake.com…

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

Nice

30 Sep

Dear Flynnstones,

this is a silent movie about Errol‘s wedding to his third wife Patrice Wymore in Nice.m.youtube.com…

Enjoy,

 

 

— shangheinz

 

The Plunge

29 Sep

Dear Flynnstones,

this picture was taken only minutes before take-off.

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

Errol Royal

28 Sep

Dear Flynnstones,

here is a video clip about the Royal Command Film Premiere of “That Forsythe Woman“ from November 17 of 1949 in London with the late Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret exchanging glances with Baron Flynn the One and Only. m.youtube.com…

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

Flynn`s Footsteps- Sloping and Sliding in Switzerland

26 Sep

Dear Flynnstones,

Sankt Moritz is another great storytelling venue Errol Flynn set foot on.

His best man Freddie McEvoy was a regular guest at the famous Badrutt`s Palace Hotel with is first wife, the oil heiress Beatrice Cartwright.

Even though “Pleasure was his business”, Suicide Freddie was not idling his time at the terrace of the luxury hotel all the time.

After winning the gold medal in the Four Men Bobsleigh event at the 1937 World Championship of St. Moritz, he set his sight on the Cresta Run.

He came in second to US war hero Billy Fiske in the 1937 Curzon Cup, the most important race of the season from Junction (abbreviated track).

Our man Flynn tried his luck and risked his looks once there also on January 26th of 1953.

Trained by veteran competitor Colin Mitchell he managed a (respectable for an actor) time of 119.40 seconds from Junction.

Jokingly he addressed the press and said he would have arrived earlier had he not exited the course to sip champagne with a blonde curvier than the notorious Shuttlecock corner.

At Hotel Steffani there is a whole bar dedicated to the icey race.

Barbara Hutton and flynntimo Count Troubetzkoy (A bus line back one century in time « The Errol Flynn Blog) dinned at restaurant “Le Lapin Bleu”

At the foyer, unlike an apple impossible to miss, is an imposing statue of Swiss national hero William Tell which may have given our Hollywood hero the ultimate spin to ditch “The Story of Farouk” for “The Story of William Tell” as his next film.

Banzai,

— shangheinz

 

Hey Hey Nora…

16 Sep

Dear Flynnstones,

the next line in an old song goes like this: … I want to marry you…

This picture may be the earliest testimonial, maybe at a sort of coming out party, of Errol and his future wife, Nora Eddington.

If I am not mistaken, it dates right after Flynn‘s acquittal at „the trial“.

It can even be taken in the immediate aftermath, since our Hollywood hero wears a pinstripe suit and the exact tie as at the verdict’s proclamation.

You see him talking to the press, obviously relieved and back to his daredevilish attitude again.

Enjoy,

PS: Miss Blanca Rosa Welter meanwhile probably had an appointment at the dentist.

 

 

— shangheinz

 

A Wider Shade of Hale

07 Sep

Dear Flynnstones,

as this picture shows, Rufus Edward Mackahan could have held his own as Robin Hood. Billed Alan Hale, he instead got to play Little John in film on three occasions and for the respective generations. A whale of hails to Errol’s most trusted side-, back- and frontkick.

Enjoy.

— shangheinz

 

Lil Sean

25 Aug

Dear Flynnstones,

here is one of the earliest photos of Tiger Lil and son Sean.

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

Danish Delight

24 Aug

Dear Flynnstones,

here is Errol with Miss Denmark Krete Hoffenblad (center) from when he served as connaisseur at various beauty contests all over Europe.

Figures,

— shangheinz