Dear Rock-itt Readers on The Errol Flynn Blog!
Your February issue of The Rock-itt magazine is now online. Please click on the link or image to go straight there.
cheers.
Pete
— David DeWitt
”ESCAPE ME NEVER” (1947)
05
Feb
Remembering IDA LUPINO (4 February 1918 – 3 August 1995) on her birthday. She starred with Errol Flynn in the Warner Bros film, ”ESCAPE ME NEVER” Released in 1947. They became good friends during the making of the film. Here is a rare Color photo.
— Kevin Wedman
The Jury is Out
05
Feb
On February 5, 1943, the jury deliberated, whether to send Errol to San Quentin, or Mulholland Farm (or the State Farm)
The Jury Members were:
Ruby Anderson
Lorene Boehm
Charles Boyd
Loren Curtis
Elaine Forbes
Homer Jacobsmeyer
Jennie Larson
Mildred Leahy
Nellie Minear
Lena Morgan
Georgette Welch
Theresa Wood
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Alice Chalfant (Alternate)
— —
Juror Selection and Dismissed Jurors:
— Tim
From “Hail Hero!” to “Hail Caesar!”
04
Feb
Clooney Plays ~Caesar, ~Flynn & ~Barrymore???
So they say! Et tu?
With Scarlett as ~Esther and Brolin as ~Mannix!!
A Late Golden Age Farce:
— Tim
We Welcome New Author Kevin Wedman to The Errol Flynn Blog!
04
Feb
I am happy to announce New Author Kevin Wedman has joined us on The Errol Flynn Blog! Kevin we look forward to your thoughts and posts! Welcome Aboard!
— David DeWitt
Deirdre in “Hail Hero!”
04
Feb
Great article and photos of Deirdre, stand-in for Michael Douglas, in his first starring role,
“Hail Hero!”, published on one of the most significant days in the history of mankind.
— Tim
Why was Errol maligned so much?
03
Feb
Why was Errol maligned so much by the media and some authors alike? All because of womanizing or his practical jokes? What otherwise did he do so wrong to deserve all this slander and mockery he had to endure?
He never attacked anybody unless he defended himself. He was a great charmer! He had great manners! He did no real harm to anybody!
What is your opinion and or inside information?
Below is one opinion by Luis Kraft:
Unscrupulous writer-historians and how they dupe their readers▪
I) I’ve struggled trying to decide if I should be vague or be specific and take people to task who push their agendas at the cost of truth. They create fictions and lies and often their cited documentation is a fabrication or worse. There is a war going on and I’m in the middle of it. If I opt for the second approach all hell will break out (at least for me).
II) It is now looking like this blog will become two blogs: 1) Indian wars, and 2) Film history. Reason: Information blasted over social media often deals with my very small world of historical research and writing. Some of the information I’m stumbling upon online and reading in printed form is shocking. Unfortunately people (I can’t call them historians; if I did I would choke) gobble up this misinformation and reprint it as if it is fact.
Louis Kraft
Here is a wonderful link to Louis Kraft’s site and about Errol. www.louiskraftwriter.com…
— Tina
February 3, 1943 – Would Flynn Have Flown?
03
Feb
“The case was drawing near to its close. I would either be sentenced to jail or not. Under the law there was no such thing as a suspended sentence or fine. None of those nice amenities. You either had it, or you hadn’t. I had no intention of going to jail. My two-engine plane was out at Burbank, waiting, so that if I got a bum rap, I’d get out there, hop in and leave America and my screen career forever.”
– My Wicked, Wicked Ways
~ Would Flynn Have Flown? ~
I believe Errol would have definitely exited, stage left –
making it one of the most sensational stories of the 20th Century.
What do you think?
— Tim
