“10 favorite Western movies”
Number 1:
“They Died with Their Boots On” (1941): Friends of mine know how much I enjoy the old Errol Flynn movies, and this might be the best of them all.
— Tim
Olivia looks slightly bored … Robin Hood Candid!
08
Mar
Olivia looks just slightly bored in this great Robin Hood candid …
— David DeWitt
It Happened in Little Havana — — Errol Flynn’s Ghost @ The Tower Theater
07
Mar
Saw a premier of ‘Errol Flynn’s Ghost’ tonight at the Tower Theater on Calle Ocho, in Little Havana, Miami. It is a superb documentary, written and directed by an extraordinary talent, Gaspar Gonzalez.
Author and historian Megan Feeny is also sensational in this, drawing on her research from her new book, ‘Hollywood in Havana’.
Making everything about this film even better is the prominent inclusion of magnificent writer and Flynn biographer (and EFB Author) Tom McNulty, which adds very significantly to its caliber, credibility, and importance. Thank you, Tom.
Every fan of Errol and/or Hollywood’s Golden Age should see this fascinating, first-class documentary.
It’s playing one more time in Miami, this Sunday, 1 PM @ The Silverspot Theater.
— Tim
Writer, Explorer, Bicyclist
05
Mar
FLYNN QUIZ:
What famous writer and explorer bought a plantation from Errol?
CLUE:
In addition to writing and exploring, did a lot of bicycling, too!
— Tim
The Unsinkable Secret of Sherwood Forest
04
Mar
First emerging from medieval ballads in the 14th century, the legend of Robin Hood was expanded during Shakespeare’s day, and Sir Walter Scott took it up in Ivanhoe in 1820. Hollywood picked up the tale with Errol Flynn’s masterpiece in 1938, and later with Disney’s popular animated 1973 version, followed by more recent versions including a film by Ridley Scott.
Oklahoma has its own inspiring connection to this timeless tale. In 1943 a band of roughnecks in their teens and early 20s volunteered for a secret mission to go abroad to assist in developing an oil field located deep in England’s Sherwood Forest. Oklahoma-based Noble Drilling Co., along with Fain-Porter signed a contract to drill 100 wells to help fuel England, mired in World War II and desperate for oil, merely for costs and expenses.
England’s oil production had shot from 300 barrels of oil a day to more than 3,000 barrels of oil a day.
By the end of the war, more than 3.5 million barrels of crude had been pumped from England’s “unsinkable tanker” oilfields.
Today, The Oil Patch Warrior, a seven foot bronze statue of an Oklahoma roughneck holding a four foot pipe wrench stands near Nottingham England.
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— Tim
Errol Flynn In Town Tonight
02
Mar
New article on when Errol appeared on In Town Tonight BBC show humorously trying to convince host John Ellison to get his cheque book out to help fund the completion of The Adventures of William Tell.
www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hollywood/10219.shtml…
“In this light-hearted interview, swashbuckling Hollywood star Errol Flynn talks with John Ellison about the filming of his current movie, which recounts the story of folk hero William Tell, and explains that he is in London to see whether anyone can lend him the £50,000 he needs to complete it.”
As Flynnmates know:”Errol was unable to raise the money he needed for his William Tell project and the film was never finished.”
For more on Errol’s William Tell,see shangheinz’ superb posts.he’s the no tell errol tell authority.
The William Tell trail- Errol Flynn`s swashbuckling swansong
— Tim
Andre Previn (1929-2019)
01
Mar
A man not unlike the inspiration for this site…
The passing of a Flynn film alumnus who scored the rousing music for the film Kim among others…
Previn also made this recording:
“Previn Conducts Korngold: The Sea Hawk”
Suites from film scores. Andre Previn, London Symphony Orchestra. DG 289 471 347-2.
And finally, there is a charming little story involving Flynn and Previn on the Kim set that I can’t recall nor find referenced in the books at hand… perhaps someone else will come through?
— Karl
