Dear fellow Flynn fans,
here is a humorous account about that fightful night when the Baron squared off against the Huston.
Not even Lady Livvie knew what the fuss was all about- if Errol got nasty and John saved the honour of his maid of the hour.
What we know for sure is, that both didn`t pull any punches and sealed a life long friendship sending each other to the hospital.
The bout turned bond and the motive may forever remain a mystery.
What is your educated guess?
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
Dick (Richard) Erdman (born on June 1, 1925)
”Actor Richard Erdman Remembers Errol Flynn, An Interview” (March, 2010).
Interview:
Q: One of your most famous war films you made is ”Objective, Burma!” (1945).
A: Yes. That was one of the first really brutal war pictures; it broke a lot of ground. Raoul Walsh directed it.
Q; I like it because there’s not a lot of phony Hollywood drama crammed into it. It’s a very nuts-and-bolts procedural about infantry tactics and combat operations. You could almost run it for troops today as a training film.
A: I remember it was a miserable shoot. We did most of it during the summer up on that hill overlooking Warner Bros., and a swamp out in Pasadena on Lucky Baldwin’s old estate. We were out there, up to our necks in goddamn slime, carrying those guns through that swamp… it was awful. Two guys got killed on that shoot. One of them fell off a parallel, and another backed into—I can’t remember what—but it broke his spine and killed him.
Now Errol Flynn was a terrific guy; I liked him a lot. When that guy fell off the parallel, somebody said they should take his body to a hospital, but this unit manager we had—this son of a bitch—growled, “We’ll get this last shot, and take care of him when we go to lunch!” Errol said, very politely, “No, we stop shooting right now. Get that man to a hospital.” …and he walked off the set!
I remember the very first day, they brought us these awful lunches—powdered eggs and stewed tomatoes—just a shitty, awful lunch… and they served Errol the same thing! He took one look at that, and had it sent down to Jack Warner’s office, with a message: “We get decent food up here by two o’clock, or we stop shooting.” There was an actor named Frank Tang, who had a restaurant downtown called Tang’s. He said to Flynn, “You want Chinese food?” Thirty minutes later, they were unloading it for us. Flynn took the bill… and gave it to Warner!
Q;He took care of his men. Just like in the film. Thank you Mr. Erdman!
END
— Kevin Wedman
We Welcome New Author Sergio Dilorenzo to the Errol Flynn Blog! I’m very happy to have you with us, Sergio, and look forward to your Post, and Comments!
A grand yacht indeed!
— David DeWitt
Stuntman Dick Ryan “In “A Day at the Races”, “Gone with the Wind” and “All the Errol Flynn movies””:
Saved by Lieutenant Ryan?
A very well-researched alternative account regarding Hirohito’s horse(s), : www.lrgaf.org…
— Tim
In 1943 Errol Flynn was accused of statutory rape and made the front pages of not only the gossip columns but all news papers. He would be acquitted of all charges. His star status actually increased from the publicity. All 4 of his films in 1942-43 were highly successful earning over 2 million dollars per film. But, for the first time in his career his reputation became the bad boy of Hollywood and became the ‘butt of jokes’. Which was something new to him. Instead of resisting, he played along with the womanizing comments. During the filming ”NORTHERN PURSUIT”, he played a Canadian Mountie and ended the film by assuring his bride Julie Bishop that he has known many girls, but she is the only one he ever loved. Then, turning and confiding with the audience, he blurts out: ”What am I saying?” Everyone loved it. 
— Kevin Wedman
Charming
Handsome
Chivalrous
Gentlemen
Celebrities
Personable
Multilingual
Controversial
Well- Dressed
Very Intelligent
Runyan Canyon
Anti-Authoritarian
Very Good Fighters
Zorro & Robin Hood
Very Good Horsemen
Still Revered by Many
Legendary Ladies Men
Became Famous in California
One was Named Errol L. Flynn
— Tim
”He was one of the wild characters of the world, but he had a strange, quiet side. He camouflaged himself completely. In all the years I knew him, I never really knew what lay underneath and I doubt if many people did.”
–Ann Sheridan on Errol Flynn.
— Kevin Wedman
Of the A’s & B’s
The Gipper Fazed by the Popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev?
“Good Lord no, [he] co-starred with Errol Flynn once.”
— Tim
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cheers
Pete
— David DeWitt
