No sooner Captain Blood hit the cinemas Errol dabbled already in Texas Gold! Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea!
January 22. 1936
Hurray, I did it! Finally!
— Tina
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Where it all began!
27
Sep
In An Ascot at Alta
25
Sep
“Only Errol Flynn could pull off wearing a short-sleeve shirt and ascot while skiing at Alta”
“The coolest ski lodge in the US is a 78 year old building in Utah that resembles a 1940s prep-school dorm with a few added Bauhaus touches. Imagine cement-block walls, mid-century industrial Bertoia chairs, and floor-to-ceiling windows with eye-popping views of the slopes. Then imagine that it’s booked solid for much of the ski season with Park Avenue families and well-heeled West Coasters who’ve been coming for generations.”
“It’s called the Alta Lodge, and it has the catbird seat at Alta Ski Area, famed for the 500 plus inches of champagne powder that falls from the skies above the Wasatch every winter.”
“Errol Flynn and Claudette Colbert used to visit back in the day, and Alfred Hitchcock used the lodge as a location in his film Spellbound.”
— Tim
Tassie members to visit the USA
23
Sep
Hi all
This may seem a bit silly but Genene and I are hoping to holiday in the States in September next year and need some guidance. as we have not been there before we dont really know what to do and see. At present we would like to spend time in L.A. and New York with side trips to other areas such as Vegas and the Grand Canyon, you know, the tourist spots.
We are hoping that some of the members would like to make our holiday a bit more enjoyable by suggesting where to go and what to see as well as those places that we should not go to especially if they would be a waste of time and money. Of course anything Errol should be on our list, that would go without saying!
If you would like to correspond to our private email it is errolflynn@aapt.net…
If anyone could put us in contact with Karl Holmberg and Brian Twist that would also be appreciated.
Steve and Genene
— tassie devil
Flynn Falls in and forJamaica
18
Sep
A Series Look at the History of Errol’s Landfall On and Falling In Love with Jamaica:
— Tim
Go Get ‘Em, Livvie!
14
Sep
We’re in your corner!
The Feud Over Feud is Not Over: Livvie Scores an Early Knock Down!m.economictimes.com…
— Tim
A Lone Wolf Quiz
13
Sep
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Which of the following did Errol refer to as “a lone wolf”?
Doris Duke
Ralph Bellamy
John Garfield
Warren William
Louis Hayworth
Hermann Erben
Freddie McEvoy
King Farouk
Orson Welles
Fidel Castro
Howard Hughes
Rex Long-Innes
Barbara Stanwyck
Talullah Bankhead
Generalisimo Francisco Franco
— Tim
“Bosum Buddies”
13
Sep
“Blown Off Course”
10
Sep
Legend has it Errol was “blown off course” by a hurricane in 1946, causing him to dock The Zaca in Jamaica, leading him to discover and soon move to Port Antonio. If this is true, which hurricane was it? Officially, per the charts below, there were seven Atlantic Ocean hurricanes in ’46. By my calculations, it appears No. 7 would have been most likely. Earlier that year, during all the other official hurricanes that could have forced Errol into Jamaica (except possibly “extratropical” No. 6), it appears to me that Zaca was exclusively in the Pacific – San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexican islands & waters (filming Cruise of The Zaca), Acapulco (filming Lady from Shanghai), et al. Anyone out there know for sure? If any of this is not accurate, please let us all know!
Here’s a Jamaican-written history:
“1946: Actor Errol Flynn’s schooner Zaca docks in Kingston for repairs, Flynn discovers Port Antonio and then sails there, beginning his lifelong love affair with the area and reviving Porty as a secluded destination for the rich and famous.
Christopher Columbus arrived in Jamaica in 1494 and claimed it for Spain. He liked the island so much he returned four times. In 1655 the British took control, turning it into a colony. It was Errol Flynn, however, who really turned the international spotlight toward Port Antonio. The swashbuckling actor was a social swashbuckler in real life, and to this day the people of Porty love to tell tales about Flynn – many of them taller than the Blue Mountains.
No doubt, the hard-living, high-sporting Flynn enjoyed women, drinking, gambling, sailing, fishing and being a prankster. He was dead serious, however, about his love of Port Antonio and its prospects. Flynn’s very presence in Port Antonio in the 1950s helped attract celebrities and international attention.”
— Tim
