It’s a good bet Errol made it to a Kentucky Derby or two, but I have yet to track any evidence. Anyone know??
— Tim
You Can See Him at the Newseum
07
May
The New Catalina Museum Opening in June!
Avalon is an Especially Fun & Wondrous Place for Fans of Flynn.
Our Last Visit on the Blog:
— Tim
Stealing a Kiss & a Badge at the Ballyhoo Ball
06
May
Errol Arrested for Being Errol at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, 1957
Pacific Palisades Country Club<
The infamous Lincoln Heights Jail, featured in many films and music videos since Errol’s involuntary visit, including in LA Confidential, where, shown below, they depicted the “Bloody Christmas” riot of 1952.
— Tim
Olivia de Havilland Film Festival
04
May
Celebrating Olivia’s 100th Year (Congratulations Livvie!)
At the Historic Stanford Theater, Palo Alto, California
ERROLIVIA FILMS & DATES
The Adventure of Robin Hood: May 6-8
Captain Blood: May 13-15
Charge of the Light Brigade: May 20-22
They Died with Their Boots On: June 3-5
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex: June 10-12
Four’s a Crowd: June 17-19
— Tim
Roberto Devereux
03
May
I saw a “live” Metropolits Opera of Roberto Devereaux in a Cinemax theater recently (Donizetti’s tragic opera, not the actual English Earl.) Fascinating, for me mostly to see how the opera differed from Elizabeth and Essex. Viewing it really confirms how uniquely great Errol was. Essex in this production pales in comparison to Flynn. (Perhaps a slap from Bette D. would have put some more zest in his performance.
The Met’s ‘Roberto Devereux’ Is Dreary When It’s Not Plain Vulgar
— Tim
Errol Flynn receives honorable mention from Robert Mitchum’s daughter.
02
May
Errol Flynn given credit in new book for speaking out against animal abuse in movies.
In an interview hosted by Dave Davies (who was filling in for Terry Gross) on the radio program “Fresh Air” broadcast on National Public Radio on March 21st, 2016…
Patrina Day Mitchum, daughter of actor Robert Mitchum, and coauthor of the book Hollywood Hoofbeats gives credit to Errol Flynn “after he went public with his disillusionment from the way horses were treated in Charge of the Light Brigade” that resulted in the American Humane Society’s oversight of the treatment of animals in films. She went on to say, “So we have Mr. Flynn to thank for that wonderful advocacy for equine actors.”
The full text of the inteview and the author’s other remarks about Errol Flynn can be found at:
www.npr.org…
For those interested in the book:
Hollywood Hoofbeats: The Fascinating Story of Horses in Movies and Television by Petrine Day Mitchum and Audrey Pavia
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: i5 Press (November 11, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620081334
ISBN-13: 978-1620081334
— Jerry Canaday
The Most Doomed Movie in Hollywood History?
02
May
Well, at least Errol got a Chinese Dinner and Alaskan Gold Mine out of it – and almost a menage a trois up on Lookout Mountain with Tiger Lil’ and the Queen of the Headhunters (or is that redundant?)
See @ 1:55 onward
— Tim
