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
March 2016 The Rock-itt Magazine!
05
Mar
Dear Rock-itt Reader:
Click on the link to read the March issue of The Rock-itt Magazine.
cheers
Pete
— David DeWitt
Ralph Schiller New Book about Broderick Crawford!
04
Mar
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:
By Jan A. Henderson on February 29, 2016 FIVE STARS
Comparing the Golden Age of Hollywood to the New Hollywood that exists in the millennium – the foundation, structure and every aspect is impossible. The studio system was the backbone of the picture business from its infancy to its decline in the early fifties. The studios discovered, trained, protected, and covered for their actors and actresses in the years when there was true glamour. The focus of Ralph Schiller’s new book The Complete Films of Broderick Crawford is on this period of time, when Mr. Crawford was one of those distinguished players. Born into a show business family (his father Lester was a Vaudeville headliner and his mother a former Ziegfeld girl, Broadway stage and film actress who appeared in the highly revered film Top Hat) as a young man Brod yearned to carry on in his parents’ footsteps. Author Schiller traces Brod’s early theatrical steps from his debut on stage at London’s West End to his return to the Broadway stage, through ninety-five feature films and hundreds of television appearances. Schiller’s writing is crisp, informative, and paced to hold the reader’s attention. With a bountiful amount of research and never-before-seen photographs, this tome should please readers of all ages who have an affection for vintage Hollywood and the larger than life Broderick Crawford.
By Gary S. Goltz on February 26, 2016 FIVE STARS
Ralph has created a guide for all baby-boomers to the films of an icon of our childhood. We first saw him as the head of TV’s Highway Patrol which are still being run today. What we came to realize is that Broderick Crawford was an Academy Award winning Best Actor who made a variety of films about cowboys, politicians, mobsters, and more, earning him not one but two stars (one for movies & one for television) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Brod’s late his son Kelly and I’m very grateful to Ralph for writing this outstanding tribute to one of my heroes.
Author Ralph Schiller with the show’s original highway patrol car
Thanks to Karl Holmberg for the heads up!
— David DeWitt
Mail Bag! Three Dons of Industry!
04
Mar
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
The Son of Captain Blood HimselfActin’ Like Flynn – Part 16 – A Near Future Flynn from the Distant Past?
02
Mar
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
Actin’ Like Flynn – Part 15 – A New Millennial Flynn?
02
Mar
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
Errol Flynn visits Olivia de Havilland and Black Kitten while Filming Different Movies
02
Mar
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
Warship Vasa
01
Mar
Saw this on Facebook.
Sunk 1628 they recovered it almost completely intact in 1961.
Looks like a Warner Bros. ship to me.
Read more about it here- en.wikipedia.org…
— twinarchers
