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The Man of Mystery & A Cast of Countless Thousands (Big Beyond Belief!)

13 Jan

In Her “Starring Errol Flynn” Interview on TCM Last Month, Rory Mentioned Remembering Her Dad in “Kim”. Here’s in Tribute to That Memory:

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— Tim

 
 

Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland Immigration forms!

12 Jan

Interesting Immigration forms for Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland:

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— David DeWitt

 

The Sea-Hawk: An Exploration of Similarities – Part One – Who’s Who

12 Jan

The First in a Series of 75th Anniversary Year Tributes to The Sea Hawk:

In Sabatini’s Magnificent Novel, He’s Sir Oliver Tresillian.
In Flynn’s Fabulous Film, He’s Geoffrey Thorpe
But He’s Really Mostly Sir Francis Drake.

How Did This All Come About? And Why?

Here’s A Superb Article by Rob Nixon of TCM Explaining It All:

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HISTORICAL DEPICTION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH KNIGHTING SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

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— Tim

 
 

Motown Legend Inspired by Errol

11 Jan

Legendary Motown DJ, Actor, Film Producer, Minister & Entrepreneur, “Leon the Lover” Kennedy, Credits Errol as His Inspiration in the Opening Sections of the Fun & Informative New (January 2015) Article & Video Below:

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— Tim

 
 

We Welcome New Author Benjamin S. Johnson!

10 Jan

We’re pleased to announce new Author Benjamin S. Johnson to The Errol Flynn Blog! Welcome, Ben! We look forward to your posts and comments!

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— David DeWitt

 

Robert Florczak’s Errol Flynn Life Chronology!

10 Jan

An update on Robert Florczak’s monumental work of research: Robert reports his book has advanced to 1,317 pages, 150,030 words, and approximately 6,500 images with the years 1909 up to 1954 covered so far. No date for the completion of the remaining five years yet, or a publication date. Well done, Robert! We will keep an eye on your progress!

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— David DeWitt

 
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From Down Under to Hollywood : Rod Taylor, In the Footsteps of Flynn

09 Jan

In Remembrance of the Great Rod Taylor: After Errol, the First Big Hollywood Star from Australia.

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Quoting Rod Taylor Regarding His Romance with Anita Ekberg (Who is Also Said to Have Dated Errol):

“It was Like An Errol Flynn Movie Everyday”

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USA San Francisco Anita Ekberg and Rod Taylor

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— Tim

 
 

5 Minute Captain Blood!

09 Jan

Yep, the Five Minute Captain Blood!

— David DeWitt

 
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Sir Errol of Locksley’s Leadership Principles

09 Jan

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— Tim

 
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January 2015 Rockitt Magazine!

08 Jan

As always, we bring you Pete Johnson’s The Rockitt Magazine because of it’s Errol Flynn pages and the dedication to Flynn’s memory of its editor:

Dear Rock-itt Readers

The January issue of The Rock-itt Magazine is now online. Please click on the link to read the first issue for 2015.

cheers

Pete 

 

 

— David DeWitt