The Errol Flynn Blog

In Wicked, Wicked Ways, Errol tells of T.T.’s Tasmanian Tiger, caged on a courtyard behind his childhood Hobart home. According to leading Aussie Flynn Scholar, Robert de Young, the Flynn’s Taz Tiger may be the very one featured in “The Hunter”, the 2012 filmed-in-Tasmania movie starring Willem Dafoe. Looks like the some of the spectacular locations featured in the film may also well be the very wondrous land Errol speaks of adventuring through with his father in search of the Thylacine and other extremely rare mostly-marsupial Down Under species.

Here is an official trailer of The Hunter, with clips of what may have been Errol’s “pet” “tiger” and old childhood stomping in Tasmania:

The Hunter Official Trailer #1 – Willem Dafoe:

And here’s more extended, original live footage of the Thylacine in question, filmed at the Hobart Zoo:

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Was this Errol’s “pet” Tasmania Tiger??

Errol Flynn: A Life at Sea

— Tim

The August Rock-itt is now online. Click on the link and enjoy! We share the Rock-itt Magazine because it has great Errol Flynn content! And Peter, the editor is a huge fan …

— David DeWitt

How did Errol measure up?

Alice Marble & Jack Dempsey!! No problema, their creds & quals to judge are untouchable. But Walter Winchell?!!

— Tim

Errol once (or more) stayed at the quaint little cottage depicted below. One of his fellow WB actors famously lived in the place. They were in a really good movie together once.

Who was it? What’s the name of his home? And who was the leading lady in the film?

CLUE: Today’s date is a big clue.



P.S. For 5 or 6 hundred pounds a night you too can stay there!

— Tim

 

There’s a new biography about Sylvia Brett Brooke, the notoriously legendary, Queen Consort of the last White Rajah of Sarawak. Entitled “Best Exotic Kingdom”, it includes an account of the evening the “Ranee” “spurned” Errol’s proposal that he play “The White Rajah”. Meeting Errol, Lili & their pet Persian cat left a lasting impression on Queen Sylvia, one she herself described:

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Though The White Rajah was never made, Warner Brothers did creatively use the title in Boy Meets Girl, starring James Cagney & Pat O’Brien, with a young Ronald Reagan “premiering” The White Rajah.



— Tim

 

A body of evidence from Walsh & Flynn says yes. Others say no. Enquiring minds want to know. Where was John B’s Last Stand, or Sit?

DID ERROL FLYNN STEAL JOHN BARRYMORE’s CORPSE FROM THE MORGUE?!

— Tim

No, not that Niven! Jennifer Niven – the 22nd Great-Grandaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer! … No known relation to Niv, but, like David, a big admirer of Flynn. Wants to dance with him at the Troc, and take his Wicked Ways to a desert island.

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— Tim

“Flynn Ranch House A” Up for Sale.

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Take the Tour!

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— Tim

Dad in 1956’s Cuba and son in 1963’s Venice. Both with icy blondes and winning the good fight.

Both films made on location.

Errol ends a counterfeiting scam and Sean helps thwart the plans of some spies! Both win the girl! (Rosanna Rory for Errol and Karin Baal for Sean.)

“The Big Boodle” is one of Errol’s later films, but his presence and charisma are undeniable! (Released in the USA in the early part of 1957.)

In “Mission to Venice”, Sean is good in the action scenes and the film is a good document of its time. (Sean is dubbed in this one , but the dubbing on this film is good. It was sold directly to television syndication in the USA; released theatrically in Europe in 1964, a French, Italian,West German co-production.)

Both films are available on DVD, although Sean’s film can be seen on YouTube.–A. R.

— ILIKEFLYNN