Australian Women’s Weekly
Comeback for the Fabulous Flynn
— Gentleman Tim
Archive for the ‘The Last Years’ Category
Viva La El Capitan Blood! Viva La El Capitan Blood!
19
Oct
October 19, 1957
Errol Arrested at the Ballyhoo Ball
Errol Being Questioned at the Lincoln Heights Jail
The Aspiring Irish Lassie/Errol Flynn Date
“The Hat Check Girl”/Policeman’s Wife/Errol Flynn Fan
Errol Flynn/The Usual Suspect
— Gentleman Tim
Errol’s Femmes Carry On
16
Oct
The Kid from Kitsilano
14
Oct
Is Vancouver writer John Gleeson a reincarnation of Errol?
John Gleeson – not to be confused with Jackie Gleason
— Gentleman Tim
Errol Flynn—Voyager Quiz
14
Oct
A Tribute to Errol – Eternal Voyager – June 20, 1909 to Infinity
What is the indirect connection between “The Golden Record” that went into space with Voyager in 1977
and Errol’s death in Vancouver, 1959? (Focus on the brilliantly-played music)
— Gentleman Tim
When, Where, and Why Quiz
03
Oct
When and where was this photo taken, and why is he acting like that???
Added Saturday, October 3, 9 pm EST:
Added Saturday, October 3, 9:15 pm EST:
Added Sunday, October 4, 12:30 am:
The identification of “the Garden” (i.e. the Garden of Allah) in the World Wide Photos caption above is incorrect.
— Gentleman Tim
The Baron Plays The Duke — Errol’s Last Live Show
29
Sep
September 29, 1959
The Red Skelton Show
Filmed at (CBS) Television City, at the famed Studio 33, the home of the Red Skelton Hour and Show, the Carol Burnett Show, I Love Mama, the Mary Tyler Moore Hour, the Price is Right, Match Game, Hollywood Squares, the Steve Allen Comedy Hour, and many, many others. With it’s massive studios, and other favorable conditions, Television City very powerfully signalled and helped make possible the relocation of television’s epicenter from New York to LA.
~ “Red Skelton portrays hobo Freddie the Freeloader and Flynn his friend, “the Duke.” After a group of beatniks, including Beverly Aadland, mistakes Freddie’s shack for a coffee bar, Freddie is informed by a policeman that all bums have been ordered by the city council to leave town by sundown. Freddie and the Duke decide that the only way they will be able to stay in town is to open their own beatnik coffee bar. Singer Scott Engel (who later went on to fame as Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers) sings Paper doll.”
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— Gentleman Tim
Errol’s Last Adventure? — In Majorca? – ¿De Verdad?
27
Sep
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.
— Gentleman Tim
“A Tawdry Tale from Tinseltown”
14
Aug
“In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America’s first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood stars’ (alleged) secrets, misdeeds, and transgressions in gritty, unvarnished detail. Deploying a vast network of tipsters to root out scandalous facts about the stars, including sexual affairs, drug use, and sexual orientation, publisher Robert Harrison destroyed celebrities’ carefully constructed images and built a media empire. Confidential became the bestselling magazine on American newsstands in the 1950s, surpassing Time, Life, and the Saturday Evening Post. Eventually the stars fought back, filing multimillion-dollar libel suits against the magazine. The state of California, prodded by the film studios, prosecuted Harrison for obscenity and criminal libel, culminating in a famous, star-studded Los Angeles trial.” Errol was one of those stars. He and others, including Maureen O’Hara, won via settlement, helping to eventually financially bankrupt the morally bankrupt gossip rag, which was said to be the largest read magazine in America (mostly read in grocery store lines, I suppose.)
“Actor Errol Flynn puts his fingers to his nose as he passes opinion on “Confidential Magazine” on arrival in New York City from Paris on Aug. 14, 1957. Flynn is scheduled to testify as a witness in the criminal libel trial of the magazine in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)”
And here are a couple of photos of Francesca de Scaffa and her ex-husband Bruce Cabot – who she divorced the day before! – out on the town with Errol and Pat in 1951. De Scaffa was secretly paid by Confidential for providing information about Errol. Some friends those Cabots.
De Scaffa Dining with/Spying on Flynn
— Gentleman Tim
