A few rarely seen tidbits from the newspapers and magazines from Flynn’s pre-star days. Enjoy! — Topper
A few rarely seen tidbits from the newspapers and magazines from Flynn’s pre-star days. Enjoy! — Topper
Errol, along with Johnny Meyer, press agent for Warner Bros., begins his South American Tour that is sanctioned by Warner’s as a good will tour. Newspapers, fan magazines, telegrams and even radio broadcasts and shows provided a variety of times, places and events. A map is provided to try and consolidate the where and when of Errol’s visits. (you can… (more…)
The post will have several newspapers clipping and 2 pages of books. The available evidence: Danny Kaye’s account states that Errol met and snubbed Monroe Aug 19 1950 at a party Danny organized for Olivier Laurence and Vivian Leigh. That was the first time that they were introduced. Errol wasn’t in LA on Aug 19 1950, he was in France.… (more…)
— Selene Hutchison-Zuffi
“A well loved and always amazing SoCal event is the legendary Newport Beach to Ensenada Mexico yacht race now in its 72nd year. This race was hatched by old school die hard sailors at the Balboa Yacht Club on Bayside Drive, and the Newport Harbor Yacht Club.” “Humphrey Bogart was among the original instigators of the first official race in… (more…)
In the seventh year you shall set them free (Deut. 15:12) After spending 18 months in legal and professional limbo, de Havilland won the case and her free agency when, in 1944, the California Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Warner Brothers had appealed: The studio could not extend her seven-year contract. At 5’ 3” and scarcely 100… (more…)
Olivia’ s Memories of Chico Olivia de Havilland starred as Maid Marian in the 1938 “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” which was filmed in fall of 1937 in Bidwell Park in Chico. (Enterprise-Record files) Chico was charmed by Olivia de Havilland, and she by Chico. She graced Bidwell Park in the form of Maid Marian, but it was not Bidwell… (more…)
A New documentary about Errol’s years in Majorca, featuring Michael Douglas, et al Alucinante haber conseguido la colaboración de Michael Douglas… Un lujo participar en esta aventura con @roseramills @josemmaiz @BackstageProdu @IB3 pic.twitter.com…… — Tirso Calero (@TirsoCalero) September 22, 2020 Diana Dill in 1943, six months before she married Kirk Douglas. I believe Errol dated her in 1942. — Tim
This Weekend, Friday and Saturday, 6PM, September 18 and 19, 2020. It’s yesteryear once more out in Oregon! See Errol swashbuckle his way to victory over the Sheriff of Nottingham at the historic Granada Theater in The Dalles, 84 miles east of Portland. The theater is showing old movies in a new way: as dinner theater with food matching the… (more…)