March 27, 1958
JET Magazine
— Tim
Archive for the ‘Newspaper & Headlines’ Category
Another One for Olivia
24
Mar
Olivia holding her two Oscars following the Academy Award ceremonies on March 24, 1950. She won for her performance that year in “The Heiress,” and in “To Each His Own” in 1946.
— Tim
A Novel Idea
24
Mar
March 23, 2021
“The Movie Adventures Of Eva Jordan” by Jan Hill.
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“As she sits daydreaming in her seventh-grade classroom one September afternoon in 1937, Eva Jordan finds a curious note from her friend Ned. He hints that a Hollywood crew is about to descend upon their small northern California town to make a movie about Robin Hood, the legendary medieval archer who robbed the rich to help the poor. Eva, who has not yet been allowed by her parents to attend a movie, suspects Ned is joking or has his facts wrong. But within a short few weeks, she is watching the filming of The Adventures of Robin Hood. She realizes that Ned, who has suddenly and confusingly become more than a friend, is changing, is growing up, as she is, even though he still sometimes acts like a “dumb boy.” The two pal around Chico together more and more as the autumn days unfold, and together they try out as “extras” in the movie-and to their surprise, are chosen. Meanwhile, their much-admired teacher has started talking at length about a civil war raging in Spain. He explains that the socialist forces, who are mostly poor, are currently fighting the fascist forces, who are mostly rich, and who have illegally seized power. Eva sees parallels to the Robin Hood story, and then suddenly, their teacher is gone, accused by the school board of being a communist. Bewildered and worried, Eva learns that Errol Flynn, who plays Robin Hood in the movie, recently traveled to Spain to see the war firsthand, and returned with a call for peace. Along with their school friends, Eva and Ned devise what they know is a crazy plot to surprise Flynn on the movie set, introduce themselves, and beg for his help in their teacher’s cause by appealing to his “Robin Hood” side. Things don’t go exactly the way they planned, but in the end, chaos returns to order, and Eva and Ned sit happily with their classmates watching the movie they not only saw being filmed, but actually appear in.”
— Tim
In Memory of Patrice
22
Mar
BIRTH: December 17, 1926
Miltonvale, Cloud County, Kansas, USA
DEATH: March 22, 2014 (aged 87)
Portland, Jamaica
The Last Mrs. Flynn discusses Errol
— Tim
End of An Era – Errol and Warner Brothers
21
Mar
New York Times
March 20, 1954
ERROL FLYNN ENDS PACT AT WARNERS; Actor and Studio Agree to Part
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 19 — Errol Flynn and Warner Brothers have agreed to an amicable termination of their twenty-year association. VIEW FULL ARTICLE IN TIMESMACHINE »
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WARNER BROTHERS’ FEATURE FILMS WITH FLYNN, with costs and earnings:
Murder in Monte Carlo (1934) – cost and earnings not available
Case of the Curious Bride (1935) – cost and earnings not available
Don’t Bet on Blondes (1935) – cost and earnings figures not available
Captain Blood (1935) – cost $995,000, earnings $2,475,000
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) – cost $1,076,000, earnings $2,736,000
Green Light (1937) – cost $513,000, earnings $1,667,000
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) – cost $858,000, earnings $1,691,000
Another Dawn (1937) – cost $552,000, earnings $1,045,000
The Perfect Specimen (1937) – cost $505,000, earnings $1,281,000
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) – cost $2,033,000, earnings $3,981,000
“Four’s a Crowd” (1938) – cost and earnings not available
“The Sisters” (1938) figures – cost and earnings not available
The Dawn Patrol (1938) – cost $500,000, earnings $2,185,000
Dodge City (1939) – cost $1,061,000, earnings $2,532,000
The Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) – cost $1,073,000, earnings $1,613,000
Virginia City (1940) – cost $1,179,000, earnings $2,120,000
The Sea Hawk (1940) – cost $1,701,000, earnings $2,678,000
Santa Fe Trail (1940) – cost $1,115,000 earnings $2,533,000
Footsteps in the Dark (1941) – cost and earnings not available
Dive Bomber (1941) – cost $1,204,000, earnings $2,613,000
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) – cost $1,358,000, earnings $4,014,000
Desperate Journey (1942) – cost $1,209,000 earnings, $3,980,000
Gentleman Jim (1942) – cost $972,000 earnings, $3,842,000
Northern Pursuit (1943) – cost $1,290,000 earnings, $3,252,000
Edge of Darkness (1943) – cost $1,653,000 earnings, $3,669,000
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) – cost $1,560,000, earnings $3,621,000
Uncertain Glory (1944) – cost and earnings not available
Objective Burma (1945) – cost $1,592,000 earnings, $3,961,000
San Antonio (1945) – cost $2,232,000, earnings $5,899,000
Never Say Goodbye (1946) – cost $1,011,000, earnings $2,603,000
Cry Wolf (1947) – cost $1,461,000, earnings $2,690,000
(The Lady from Shanghai – uncredited cameo appearance)
Escape Me Never (1947) – cost $1,900,000, earnings $1,569,000
Silver River (1948) – cost $3,204,000, earnings $3,484,000
The Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – cost $3,408,000, earnings $4,772,000
Montana (1950) – cost $1,589,000, earnings $3,647,000
Rocky Mountain (1950) – earnings $2,000,000 (North America)
Maru Maru (1952) – cost and earnings not available
The Master of Ballantrae (1953) – earnings $2,000,000 (North America)
Too Much Too Soon (1958) – cost and earnings not available
— Tim
Partners at LaMaze*
18
Mar
* The “cafe”/restaurant/nightclub, not the natural childbirth technique.
The partners were:
Errol and Lili
Dolores and Cedric
Marlene and Gilbert(?)
Howard and Frances
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March 18, 1936
Louella O. Parsons
Los Angeles Examiner
Errol Flynn, Lili Damita, Gilbert Roland, Marlene Dietrich, Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons at the Cafe LaMaze in a party; at a nearby table Howard Hughes and Frances Drake.*
* The actress, not the explorer.
— Tim
Ides of March, 1933 — Errol’s First Public Screening
15
Mar
March 15, 1933
Sydney Morning Herald
EXPEDITIONARY FILMS LTD. “BOUNTY” PICTURE LAUNCHED!!
To-day, at the Prince Edward Theatre, the film, “In the Wake of the Bounty,” which Mr. Charles Chauvel produced recently, with Tahiti and Pitcairn Islands as the principal backgrounds, will be given its first public screenings.
At the Australia Hotel yesterday, the directors of Expeditionary Films Ltd., under whose auspices Mr. Chauvel has made the film, entertained members of the Press and the motion picture Industry at luncheon.
Mr. S. Utz (Chairman of Expeditionary Films, Ltd.) presided. COL. M. P. Bruxner, who is a member of the company, outlined some of the difficulties which Mr. Chauvel had to face In making the film; difficulties of transport; difficulties of organisation; and, finally, difficulties of censorship. The members of the company, being amateurs in the film business, had been amazed, and then appalled, at the amount of obstinacy and pugnacity which had to be displayed, before a film finally reached its public.
Mr. C. Brunsdon Fletcher spoke of the essential soundness and solidarity of the British Empire, in a world where every other nation was reeling beneath the shock of disaster (the depression). After all, it was human character, as expressed in national outlook, which remained the predominating factor. The producers of this film had done something decisive and valuable to make their country known elsewhere.
Mr. Hec C. MacIntyre (Managing Director of Universal Films – Aust) said that his Company considered it was only doing Its duty in trying to establish Australian films abroad. The launching of the Australian product In England, was no easy matter, either. The English exhibitor was conservative. He preferred to concentrate on English and American productions. Some of the earlier Australian films had been extraordinarily difficult to market. In Mr. Chauvel’s picture, however, he was confident that he had something to appeal to the tastes of the whole world.
Mr. H. Saxton (Secretary of Expeditionary Films) also spoke.
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— Tim
Florida Spring Break for the Flynns
13
Mar
March 12, 1938
Louella O. Parsons
Los Angeles Examiner
Lili Damita leaves for Palm Beach shortly to meet Errol Flynn and come back through the Canal with him.
— Tim
