”He was one of the wild characters of the world, but he had a strange, quiet side. He camouflaged himself completely. In all the years I knew him, I never really knew what lay underneath and I doubt if many people did.”
–Ann Sheridan on Errol Flynn.
— Kevin Wedman
Of the A’s & B’s
The Gipper Fazed by the Popularity of Mikhail Gorbachev?
“Good Lord no, [he] co-starred with Errol Flynn once.”
— Tim
Dear Rock-itt Reader:
Click on the link to read the March issue of The Rock-itt Magazine.
cheers
Pete
— David DeWitt
We love to promote the works of our Authors when we can, and today is one of those fine days! Our Author Ralph Schiller has penned a new book about one of the old time stars we baby boomers remember from theatres and television that is all but forgotten today except for TCM showings, and hardcore classic film buffs. The Complete Films of Broderick Crawford is a gem of a book and here are some more details:
From Amazon.com…:
Today the name Broderick Crawford means nothing to twenty-first century young people. As far as they’re concerned, All The King’s Men is a miserable movie starring Sean Penn! They have absolutely no idea that way back in the twentieth century Broderick Crawford was a highly-paid major box-office Hollywood film star who made over ninety motion pictures. He also won the prized Academy Award Oscar for “Best Actor In A Starring Role”. On top of that he starred in an enormously successful, blockbuster television series that ran for decades in world-wide syndication making him an unpaid babysitter for an entire generation of baby boomers. In the pages of this book, the reader will discover an extraordinary actor and film star with an incredible body of work. He enjoyed a durable career in show business spanning forty-five years that hit Hollywood’s lofty heights and bottom-scraping depths more than once.
Reviews:
— David DeWitt
Today’s Mailbag brings this from Travis MacMillan:
Hi:
Recently saw Suzanne Issa’ post on Facebook referring to her mother with Mr. Flynn in Jamaica from your blog.
Made me remember a photo I have of my late Grandfather – Dudley G MacMillan and Suzanne’s father Abe Issa with Errol Flynn.
Thought you’d like the extra photo for your blog.
Travis M.
Caption: Three dons of their respectful industry in the 40’s. The Dean of Advertising, Dudley G. MacMillan with his first blue-chip client, Mr. Abe Issa, the father of Jamaican Tourism. To this day, over 80 years later, we’re proud to still be the local Agency of Record for the House of Issa. But wait…. who’s that in the background, the most popular swashbuckler of them all, Errol Flynn who surely dominated the Box Office in his time but was also a key player in developing Port Antonio into its golden era of Tourism, including the still popular rafting down the Rio Grande River.
Thanks, Travis!
— David DeWitt
Michael Fassbender in the major 2016 science-fiction, game-world epic “Assassin’s Creed”?
A Future/Futuristic Flynn from the Days of Knights Templar?
With highly-regarded Aussie director Justin Kurzel at the helm.
“Errol Flynn in a world of digital avatars.”
Looks promising. We shall see.
— Tim
Is Game of Thrones’ Knight of the Knightsguard Jaime Lannister an Errol for Millennials?
Portrayed by Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, he is often compared to Flynn.
What think you?
— Tim
This is an interesting and touching photo that shows Olivia and Errol’s friendship was strong beyond working on the same films. Here Olivia is filming ”THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE”, while Errol visits her from his filming ”FOOTSTEPS IN THE DARK.” (1941).
— Kevin Wedman
The Son of Captain Blood Himself