— Don Jan
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Errol is mentioned in a Genesis (English music group) song´s lyrics
18
Oct
Blood On The Rooftops Lyrics
from Wind & Wuthering
Dark and gray, an English film, the Wednesday Play
We always watch the Queen on Christmas Day
Won’t you stay?
Though your eyes see shipwrecked sailors, you’re still dry
The outlook’s fine though Wales might have some rain
Saved again
Let’s skip the news boy, I’ll make some tea
The Arabs and the Jews boy, too much for me
They get me confused boy, puts me off to sleep
And the thing I hate, oh Lord
Is staying up late, to watch some debate, on some nation’s fate
Hypnotized by Batman, Tarzan, still surprised
You’ve won the West in time to be our guest
Name your prize
Drop of wine, a glass of beer, dear, what’s the time?
The grime on the Tyne is mine, all mine, all mine
Five past nine
Blood on the rooftops, Venice in the Spring
Streets of San Francisco, a word from Peking
The trouble was started, by a young Errol Flynn
Better in my day, oh Lord
For when we got bored, we’d have a world war, happy but poor
So let’s skip the news boy, I’ll go make that tea
Blood on the rooftops, too much for me
When old Mother Goose stops, they’re out for 23
Then the rain at Lords stopped play
Seems Helen of Troy has found a new face again
— Don Jan
Quotes about Errol
18
Oct
- He was a charming and magnetic man, but so tormented. I don’t know about what, but tormented.
- Olivia DeHavilland, actress
- He was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy, animal package. I just wish we had someone around today half as good as Flynn.
- Jack L. Warner, studio boss
- He was one of the most poetic men I have ever met, and he could describe trees and flowers and the wonders of the ocean in the most beautiful language.
- Earl Conrad, journalist with Flynn’s autobiography
- Errol had the capacity to make everything an adventure – Even a quiet stroll through a simple country lane came alive either through a quick remembrance or a philosophical thought or a simple observation of the ecological patterns of the earth trees and flowers and their support system. His was a mind relentlessly searching.
- Patrice Flynn, wife
- He was a bit of a sadistic devil, was Errol, but it was done with such charm and sense of mischief that he was always forgiven.
- Stewart Granger
- He was one of the wild characters of the world, but he also had a strange, quiet side. He camouflaged himself completely. In all the years I knew him, I never knew what really lay underneath, and I doubt if many people did.
- Ann Sheridan, actress
- He had the charm of a mischievous small boy, humorous and impossible to dislike.
- Arthur Hiller, director
- I loved him anyway and he was, as everyone suspected, an endearing rascal.
- First wife Lili Damita
- He was an enchanting creature. I had more fun with Errol than everybody else put together…It was never ending fun.
- David Niven, friend and actor
- The only time he wasn’t living was when he was asleep, and even then I think he dreamt well.
- Second wife Nora Haymes
- I think Errol was a good actor, and there are not many who can do what he did. Not every actor can be a swashbuckler.
- Vincent Sherman
- Tonight I have lost my husband.
- Lili Damita felt she would lose her young husband after his success as “Captain Blood.” She revealed this to a young writer and later to director Delmer Daves at a party after the premiere of the film.
— Don Jan
