— David DeWitt
Shelter from the Storms
08
Aug
[The storm at sea, and the storm on Lookout Mountain.]
August 10, 1938
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
Errol Flynn flew into town yesterday from his jaunt to the Cal-Neva Lodge and Reno. His yacht, the Sirocco, docked a few hours earlier at San Pedro. It ran into a storm after leaving Cape San Lucas, losing its mainsail and had to seek shelter until the wind blew itself out. Then, 100 miles south of Ensenada, it ran out of fuel and had to make a long tack out to sea to make the Mexican port. The overhaul will cost the actor a pretty penny.
— Tim
Change of Mind?
07
Aug
August 8, 1938
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
Players change their minds so rapidly. Errol Flynn said he was sailing down the Mexican coast and that night he decided to go to Reno instead.
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Was the honeymoon over for Mr & Mrs Fleen?
— Tim
Ringside with Bette & Errol
06
Aug
August 6, 1938
Harrison Carroll
Evening Herald Express
They are staging a prize-fight, vintage of 1905, for Warner Bros Picture, The Sisters.
Two old time fighters are in the ring and Bette Davis and Errol Flynn are sitting in the front row. Flynn plays a sports writer in the story and Bette is his wife. This is supposed to be the first fight she has ever seen and one of the boxers gets knocked out of the ring and practically into her lap. She is sickened and leaves the stadium.
Bette Davis isn’t a fight fan off the screen, either.
— Tim
Summer of ’41
06
Aug
August 3, Off Catalina
“In August 1941 Peter Stackpole of LIFE Magazine joined Errol Flynn (1909–1959)—the swashbuckling leading man of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)—aboard Flynn’s yacht, the Sirocco, to photograph him for a story about his spearfishing skills. Also present were stuntman Buster Wiles, crew members, and three young women. One of them, fifteen-year-old actress Peggy Satterlee, later accused Flynn of raping her. The case, unsurprisingly, created a media storm.”
— Tim
Errol Under the Stars 2019
04
Aug
TCM, August 17, 2019
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Captain Blood (1935)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Dodge City (1939)
Cry Wolf (1947)
— Tim
Master of Ballantrae at the Paramount Theatre NYC!
03
Aug
One of my favorites!
And in 2019 …
— David DeWitt
Errol Flynn and Princess Ghika Wardrobe for Rocky Mountain!
02
Aug
Errol and Princess Ghika selecting his wardrobe for Rocky Mountain. Her expression says: Did you see that actress Pat Wymore looking at you?
— David DeWitt
