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The King of Kingston

26 May

Dear Flynnstones,

here is a local coverage of Errol‘s State visit to the Myrtle Bank Hotel (jamaicahotelhistory.com…) from January 3, 1947.

Film fans mob Errol Flynn at the Myrtle Bank Hotel

Errol Flynn came ashore from his yacht at the Myrtle Bank Hotel at noon yesterday and nearly created a riot.  As the handsome, dashing screen star entered the lobby, a waiting ‘army’ of female hotel fans, who had impatiently been awaiting his coming ashore, mobbed him in traditional style.

Since news of his arrival spread throughout Kingston and St Andrew yesterday, local cinematics have been concentrating on the Myrtle Bank Hotel in an effort to secure autographs snapshots, or just look at the daring he-man lover of the screen in the flesh.

Gathering yesterday morning, a battery of woman fans filled the lobby and from the verandahs of the hotel.  ‘Bobby-soxers’ were a lot of grownups, too.  Impatiently, they looked out across the hotel lawn to the pier, and beyond it, where the Zaea rode at anchor on the quiet Caribbean Sea.  Came at 12 o’clock and still no sign of the tall hero of Captain Blood, Elizabeth and Essex and other screen successes which have thrilled local audiences.  The now-retired movie actor, who arrived here on Wednesday, stayed aboard his yacht all forenoon, along with party members.

THE WORD GOES UP

Suddenly, there was a sensation.  The word went up that he was coming.  Large as life, as handsome as he appears on the screen, Errol Flynn walked into the lobby.  Something like a cross between a scream and a sigh issued from a hundred lips.  The actor smiled at the demonstration.

When they crowded around him, however, he decided that it was too much of a good thing.  Quickly getting into a waiting motorcar, he left the hotel and did not return until the evening.  The fans, torn between partial satisfaction and partial disappointment, went away.

The presence of the popular actor, whose exploits on and off the screen have won him wide mention, has made the Myrtle Bank Hotel the focus of local attention. The busiest switchboard in town is the PBX at Myrtle Bank Hotel, where the telephone operator spent half the day yesterday saying, “Yes, he is here.  No, he hasn’t come ashore yet”

CLERKS KEPT BUSY

No less busy has been the desk where the clerks have been equally engaged in answering queries as to the whereabouts of Flynn.  Autograph books and baby cameras have been greatly in evidence, while the staff have been kept on their toes coping with the extra demand on their time and attention as a result of the increased number of visitors to the hotel.

So far, Flynn’s plans are to remain in town for a week and then go out in the country, perhaps to Montego Bay.  His yacht is due to go on drydock for overhauling while he stays ashore and identifies himself more closely with local social life.

Last night, Flynn and his party were guests at a private cocktail party in St Andrew. They later went to the Colony Club where he was entertained with a specially prepared native floor show, featuring leading local entertainers.

Enjoy,

 

— shangheinz

 

In the spotlight

20 May

Dear Flynnstones,

surely you recognize this pirate debutante in a publicity shooting prior to her role in Captain Blood?

More pics: www.theerrolflynnblog.com…

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

Tell lost and found

12 May

Dear Flynnstones,

when Errol ran out of money for his ambitious apple shot „The Story of William Tell“, an angry albergo (hotel) owner of Courmayeur appropriated some of the film material for the unpaid bills.

Tell-escope

72 years on the reels have finally been developed and shed new light on the missing master shot.

Here the Errol Flynn stunt-in Jock Easton rehearses with an unknown Italian starlet.

The scences now reside at Cinecittà for the world to see.

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

Later Lil

07 May

Dear Flynnstones,

take a peek at Lil in later years.

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

When in Rome

02 May

Dear Flynnstones,

with the world waiting for a new pope to be elected, Rome these days again is caput mundi.

Also Errol was very much in focus, once he arrived at Stazione Termini, visiting St. Peter and doing as the Romans do…(1:20 min.)

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

Farewell Maid Mariandl

23 Apr

 

Dear Flynnstones,

shortly after Easter, Mrs. Waltraut Haas passed over at age 97.

She was to play Maria, the second female lead, in Errol‘s ill fated Will Tell.

Never ill willed and always a good sport, she told us all about it: www.theerrolflynnblog.com…

She is an Austrian actress icon and will forever be remembered as Mariandl, a role that made her famous at the tender age of 17:

She enjoyed 80 more years on screen and stage alongside stars like Curd Juergens, Heinz Ruehmann and Karlheinz Boehm.

Although Flynn missed the appleshot and she never got paid, she spoke about our Hollywood hero fondly.

Enjoy,

— shangheinz

 

In Remembrance!

12 Apr

In memory of the lost, but not forgotten! Sean Leslie Flynn–April 6, 1970!

— ILIKEFLYNN

 
 

Sean Flynn (Rio) has a New Collectible Trading Card Game coming out!

14 Mar

Rory Flynn called me today to let me know her son Sean Flynn (Rio Amir) and his business partner Matt Cisneros have a new project together that is quite inventive and fun!

Sean Flynn writes:

We met in Atlanta, GA. in 2017 while working as scenic artists on an ABC television series, striking up an instant friendship. After working on various film/tv projects together, a creative partnership took shape and we have been honing our creative skills ever since.

We’ve written multiple scripts, composed a musical album, though our creative passions truly came together in 2021 with the creation of Micro Dudes, a collectible trading card game.

We have been cultivating this vision ever since, and we won’t back down! This world has become our obsession, and we hope that you will “squad up” with us …

Welcome to the Microarchy!

Check it out on Youtube and their Kickstarter

Please share to be part of this project and get some great perks!

 

— David DeWitt

 
 

DVDS Warner not working

02 Mar

Hundreds of your Warner Bros DVDs probably don’t work anymore

Hi all if you are like us we are of the old school and have DVDS of Errol now we cannot play them. We even got the perfect specimen and the quality is shocking. a long read but worth it if you have DVDs. I love the perfect specimen but alas cannot see this film. Genene and Steve

— tassie devil

 
 

Errol Flynn at the End of April 1942 to near End of July

25 Feb

Errol is still changing the title of his next book, Charlie Bow-Tie, as he prepares to get ready for his next film, Gentleman Jim, along with his usual occurrences.

Enjoy

— Topper