From Olivia’s childhood home in beautiful Saratoga, California:
A fun and very informative circa 1990’s interview of Olivia from Saratoga, including some very humorous references to “touching bases” (and not touching bases) with Errol. (At ~ 12:00 and briefly at very end of interview.)
— Tim
The Cheerio II, purchased by Errol from actor/producer George K. Arthur in the Summer of ’37.
Special thanks to Owner & Skipper Dick McNish
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— Tim
Our brother-in-Arms Jack Marino sends these photos of Pat Wymore’s grave marker next to Flynn’s!
Jack, we tip our hat to you …
— David DeWitt
As long as we’re horsing around …
Who in the orbit of Errolworld was the first to fly a horse to a thoroughbred race?
He or she was:
1) A singer
2) A movie actor
3) A radio broadcaster
4) A horse breeder and trainer
5) Owner of a famous home and property
6) The flying horse won, paying $38 on a $2 bet, at a track Seabiscuit famously raced at, and the only track in the U.S. permitted to stay ooen during WW II.
7) Along on the (Flying Tiger) flight came a filly as company
— Tim
Arrogate v. California Chrome. Names that would have worked well in Errol’s own stable.
It was a great day at the races today at Hollywood’s hometown horsetrack, Santa Anita, one of Errol’s favorite haunts, where he often played the ponies, and occasionally raced some of his own.
“America’s biggest race may be the Kentucky Derby, but Santa Anita – or ‘Hollywood’s Racetrack’ – in California wins in the glamour stakes.”
“Since Santa Anita Park opened back in 1934, the horse race track has been featured in numerous films, including A Star is Born (1954), Bob Hope’s The Lemon Drop Kid, the Marx Brothers film A Day At The Races and National Lampoon’s Vacation to name just a few.”
— Tim
Much harder to find photos for this film that are not already common. I try to put only good quality photos here.
This is a great shot.
I wonder what they were thinking with this one?
Between takes
All extras for this photo while the stars are getting a massage.
— twinarchers
Film Grab
A Beautiful woman on a narrow stairway.
This was probably during the ransom robbery feast scenes.
Before Curtiz took over.
Are those stand ins for the final shot?
What were they discussing?
Some of these I have never seen before.
— twinarchers
Live from Caesar’s, photos for the EFB.
Chaplin, Barrymore, Arbuckle, Keaton, Capone, Hayworth and Flynn, they all came here. A top hot spot for Hollywood luminaries during Prohibition, and, again, during the U.S. gambling ban of WW II.
See if you can see Mickey Rooney and Joe DiMaggio in the photos below.
— Tim
