Second-Hand Furniture Anyone? From The Empire Room Perhaps?
Salle Empire – Site of Errol & Patrice’s Wedding Reception – with Rita Hayworth & Cary Grant as Guests, et al
Video from the Wedding & Reception, Including Cutting of the Cake (77-lb, and 50,000 Francs)
— Tim
This comes from the Errol Flynn Mailbag: Captain Bood by Rafael Sabatini, discussed at Tom McNulty’s fine blog Dispatches from the Last Outlaw. Do check it out!
— David DeWitt
Well I wonder if any of you wondered where we were. well our provider had not been passing on any Errol Flynn E mails they were all stuck at the server. So today it took Steve almost 2 hours to get it sorted out. So if you sent us anything and did not get a reply that is the reason why. On another line did we ever find out weather Errol really owned a house on Navy island. Or did he just tie up the Zaca there. And also I sent e Christmas cards to all our friends in the states. The people who did not receive them are as follows David De Witt, Robert Matzen, Brian Twist, Thomas Mc Naulty and Jack Marino. I think we must have an old e mail addy. If so can I have your e mails please. Thank you. Genene and Steve.
— tassie devil
Errol & Groucho Used to See Each Other Here & There, Now & Then – From the Hot Spots Around Town to Days at the Races.
They had two of the most famous mustaches in history, and I believe they in some ways shared a somewhat similar wit.
Groucho would have Surely Joined a Club with Errol In It.
Here are Some Random Accounts Connecting or Involving the Two of Them In Various Ways and Degrees:
DANIEL BOONE, LEWIS & CLARK, JOHNNY APPLESEED and ERROL FLYNN
STANDING IN FOR FLYNN – BOOTS & BETTE
AT THE CRYSTAL ROOM – THE NIGHT ERROL MET MARILYN
from the BBC today
A RAPIER WIT – USED WORDS LIKE FLYNN USED A SWORD
www.bbc.com…
DANCIN’ WITH FLYNN’S GIRL – ALL SHOOK UP
— Tim
The Second In a Series of 80th Anniversary Year Tributes to Captain Blood
Art Inspired By Errol’s Captain Blood – Please List Your Own Favorites & Examples –
Here are Three to Start:
— Tim
Fourth In a Series of 75th Anniversary Year Tributes to The Sea Hawk
AN IMMORTAL SCORE OF MAESTRO ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Musical Description & Analysis: www.korngold-society.org…
Fanfare In the ‘Pool, 1992 – The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Columbus’s Voyage to America with The Sea Hawk:
Charles Gerhardt Conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra: Part 1 of 2:
Charles Gerhardt Conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra: Part 2 of 2:
— Tim
Third in a Series of 75th Anniversary Year Tributes to Errol Flynn’s Sea Hawk
“THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN ALL HISTORY”
FERDY ON FILMS: A Superb Article
www.ferdyonfilms.com…
BEST MOVIES BY FARR: An Excellent Video Review
blip.tv…
CLASSIC FILM FREAK: And Excellent Review
classicfilmfreak.com…
Music Video Tribute to “The Greatest Pirate Movie Ever Made”
Strike for the Shores of Dover (Sailing for Home)
— Tim
First in a Series of 80th Anniversary Year Tributes to Captain Blood
“A BOLT OF LIGHTNING”
– WHEN ERROL MET LIVVIE –
Video Clip of Olivia’s Account of First Meeting Errol:
— Tim
The Second in a Series of 75th Anniversary Year Tributes to Errol Flynn’s Sea Hawk:
“When the Ruthless Ambitions of a Man Threaten to Engulf the World …”
[From Queen Elizabeth I’s Stirring Speech in The Sea Hawk]
The Anti-Nazi, Pro-British Symbolism of The Sea Hawk – One of Winston Churchill’s Favorite Ant-Nazi Motion Pictures:
Initially, Elizabeth I Stood In for Neville Chamberlain, advocating “Our Safety Lies in Diplomacy, Not Force”
Later She Converts to Churchill Condemning Hitler, proclaiming:
“The Earth Belongs Not to Any One Man, But to All Men”
King Philip II, of course, Stood In for Hitler
The Spanish Armada was a Metaphorical Representation of the Nazi Much-Feared War Machine
I Believe, Too, That Errol, In This Anti-Nazi Context, Could be Viewed as Representing America, Who, Without Open and Official Acknowledgement, is Secretly Aiding England in It’s Defense Against Hitler’s Attempt to Conquer and Destroy the “Puny Rock-Bound Island”.
Pointing at Deutchland – In a Film with no LITERAL references to Germany (But Many Metaphorical Ones)
As King Adolph, I mean King Philip II, states as he points toward Germany:
“With Our Ships Carrying Our Flags to the Seven Seas, with Our Arms Sweeping Over Africa, the Near East and the Far West … Invincible Everywhere But On Our Own Doorstep … a Puny Rock-Bound Island Secretly Gives Aid to Our Enemy ….
“You Know as Well as I that We will Never Keep Northern Europe in Submission Until We have a Reckoning with England.”
Production Notes:
Howard Koch, the Great Writer of The Film, was Known to be a Noted Anti-Fascist.
Errol Very Much Liked and Approved of Howard Koch’s Anti-Nazi Rewrite, Which Gave the Movie Great Currency and Importance.
Erich Korngold, Being So Personally Harmed and Endangered by the Third Reich, Must have Been Extra-Inspired to Write and Record His Masterpiece Score, One of the Greatest Film Scores in History.
The Warners Took Great Pride in Producing This Anti-Nazi Party Film, Though the Company was Accused by Some of being Late to the (Anti-Nazi) Party.
Sol Polito’s Magnificant Black & White Cinematography Adds Gravitas and an Ominous Edge to the Film, Making King Adolph’s Nazi Armada All the More Sinister
Insinuating the Insidious Nazi Allusion Further, There Appears to be Nazi Cross-like Imagery in the Inquistion Courtroom Scene.
Special Reception Note:
A Group of Jewish Children Orphaned by the Holocaust and Relocated to the UK Viewed the Film for the First Time in 1945. They were Reported to have Given Errol’s Performance an Exceptionally Huge and Heartfelt Ovation, Immediately Recognizing the Anti-Nazi Feeling of the Film.
— Tim
