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.
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
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
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 memory of the lost, but not forgotten! Sean Leslie Flynn–April 6, 1970!
— ILIKEFLYNN
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
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 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
Dear Flynnstones,
wasn`t it only a matter of time until Errol Flynn`s ill fated William Tell adaptation would be remade?
Now 72 years later the Friedrich Schiller epos about a devout Swiss father battling a tyrannic Austrian army, fittingly once titled “Robin Hood of the Alps” by this blogs very own Ralph, will finally see the light of the big screen.
Director Nick Hamm has his finger on the crossbow trigger.
Here is a first bite of the apple: WILLIAM TELL | OFFICIAL TRAILER | IN CINEMAS NOW | Altitude Films
Enjoy,
— shangheinz
For his podcast Saturday Night at the Movies Steve Rubin discusses the final years of Errol Flynn with Robert Florczak, writer of Errol Flynn, The Illustrated Life Chronology. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
youtu.be/4BAZfaZlvIw?si=AkeCzT3hsPCYWX_k…
— Debbyphielix
