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Gable vs. Flynn: May the Best Man Win

03 Jun

Gable vs. Flynn:

As a complement to twinarcher’s post, “Gable and Flynn”

May the Best Man Win (And he does!)

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— Tim

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Gable and Flynn

03 Jun

Many years ago a guy on the Yahoo Groups site was looking for a group photo of MGM actors that had Flynn and Gable together. I don’t know why he was so interested but he felt it was very important or rare? I found this cropped photo and I am posting it. Its not the greatest since the original is most likely a large group photo.

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— twinarchers

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With All Four Immortals

02 Jun

What Movie Star Performed in a Film with All Four Immortals Below?

— Tim

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How Many Songs Mentioning Errol?

02 Jun

It seems that there are many songs mentioning Errol in them.

Here is one by Bob Dylan:

You Changed My Life

I was listening to the voices of death on parade
Singing about conspiracy, wanted me to be afraid
Working for a system I couldn’t understand or trust
Suffered ridicule and wanting to give it all up in disgust

But you changed my life
Came along in a time of strife
In hunger and need, you made my heart bleed
You changed my life

Talk about salvation, people suddenly get tired
They got a million things to do, they’re all so inspired
You do the work of the devil, you got a million friends
They’ll be there when you got something, they’ll take it all in the end

But you changed my life
Came along in a time of strife
I was under the gun, clouds blocking the sun
You changed my life

Well, the nature of man is to beg and to steal
I do it myself, it’s not so unreal
The call of the wild is forever at my door
Wants me to fly like an eagle while being chained to the floor

But you changed my life
Came along in a time of strife
From silver and gold to what man cannot hold
You changed my life

I was eating with the pigs off a fancy tray
I was told i was looking good and to have a nice day
It all seemed so proper, it all seemed so elite
Eating that absolute garbage while being so discreet

But you changed my life
Came along in a time of strife
From silver and gold to what man cannot hold
You changed my life

You were glowing in the sun while being peaceably calm
While orphans of man danced to the beat of the palm
Your eyes were on fire, your feet were of brass
In the world you had made they made you an outcast

You changed my life
Came along in a time of strife
From silver and gold to what man cannot hold
You changed my life

There was someone in my body that I could hardly see
Invading my privacy making my decisions for me
Holding me back, not letting me stand
Making me feel like a stranger in a strange land

But you changed my life
Came along in a time of strife
You come down the line, give me a new mind
You changed my life

My Lord and my Savior, my companion, my friend
Heart fixer, mind regulator, true to the end
My creator, my comforter, my cause for joy
What the world is set against but will never destroy

You changed my life
Came along in a time of strife
You came in like the wind, like Errol Flynn
You changed my life

— errolsfan1130

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It is No Secret – He Lived in Errol’s Old House

01 Jun

It is No Secret. Stuart Hamblin used to live in Errol’s Old House on Mulholland. Like Errol, he loved and treasured the place – used to have legendary friends like John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Johnny Cash & Ronald Reagan up there as guests. (Like Reagan, he even ran for President, coming in fourth in ’52, I believe.) Heck, Hamblin even broadcasted a famous Christian music radio show from Mulholland Farm.

Here it is during Hamblem’s time there – from Jack Marino & Warrior Films, I believe:

And here’s Hamblem on Mulholland’s “Lower Pasture” – from “Errol Flynn Slept Here”, I believe.

Singing “This Old House” When He Lived at Errol’s Old House, with Very Interesting Lyrics:

— Tim

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Against All Flags Art

01 Jun

Reynold Brown did the poster art and I found a site that has many posters on it. Some images are very good quality like the one here but the finished poster only came out in part either by mistake or on purpose. It is good enough that one could make their own and try to sell it. I like to collect images for myself so that one day I might make a poster for my wall but not to sell.

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— twinarchers

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Roots Of Brevity

01 Jun

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I received and watched my copy of The Roots Of Heaven on Blu Ray and enjoyed it. They did a pretty good job on the transfer and its nice to see Flynn in widescreen. However if you put his scenes back to back I am not sure it would be 15 minutes long. It should have been much more especially the scene where he talks about his problems during WWII and what happened to his men in that they stayed silent but he talked to save himself. It goes by so quickly you may miss the point if you didn’t already know about it from reading reviews like I have. It explains why he is such a mess and I wonder if it was like that because of Flynn’s condition of not being able to memorize he lines better? What a bummer. I know they had trouble from the heat but you would never know it from watching the film. They never once mention it and they don’t show anyone drinking water like they are suffering at all. They are not sweating that bad either unless they had 100 wardrobe changes during the takes. Juliette Greco is very sexy I must say. My favorite scenes with him are when they start getting down to business towards the end of the film when he acts more normal and not a drunken fool talking about his jumping bean. I wonder if they will put Istanbul on Blu Ray? That is another Cinemascope film.

— twinarchers

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