Click the picture to look! Thanks to Karl Holmberg!
— David DeWitt
Mailbag! The EF Brand on the EF Ranch!
17
Dec
From our mail bagbag comes a couple of pictures taken recently at the Errol Flynn Ranch in Port Antonio, Jamaica.Thanks to Robb Callahan for sending them along to us … He also let’s us know it is Pat Wymore’s birthday, today!
— David DeWitt
FLYNN WALKS STREETS OF NEW YORK WITH SWORD & LINGERIE MODEL – STICKS TONGUE OUT AT PHOTOGRAPHER
17
Dec
Is this who should play Very Young Errol in the next big EF Bio-Pic? I think his Dad Orlando would say so.
— Tim
Desperate Journey-Then & Now
16
Dec
Here are some newer Then & Now shots, with corresponding screen grabs from the film. I have often found that it would require a higher vantage point, perhaps a ladder or platform, to accurately line up shots with the original scenes, but I think these serve to give a reasonable idea of filming at this location (which is private). In the rare candid long shot, the group of men in a circle at the left are (l-r) Arthur Kennedy, Alan Hale, Ronald Sinclair, and Flynn. To the right of them in the hat and long white coat is Raoul Walsh. In the other rare candid long shot of the group at the middle of the bridge are (l-r) Alan Hale, a production assistant, Flynn, and Ronald Reagan. In the closeup still are (l-r) Alan Hale, Ronald Reagan, Arthur Kennedy, and Flynn. The screen grabs show that the scene was filmed in daylight with filters (and a matte added to the “night” sky), something decided upon because Flynn had, only four days earlier, refused to work at night. As you can see, the bridge is no longer there and a road now dips down from the earth berm to what was formerly the river bed. (As a side note, this very wash over which the bridge spans was where flood waters from the collapsed St. Francis dam tore through in 1928, making its way to the Pacific Ocean, over 50 miles from dam to coast. Along its path it entire towns were destroyed and up to 600 people died. At Piru, the location of this scene and photos, the wall of water may still have still been over ten feet high. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, this catastrophe is the biggest in California history.)
— Robert
Farewell, Sweet Prince! Peter O’Toole Passes Away …
15
Dec
Like Flynn, he was one of the wild characters in the world we loved so much! You will be greatly missed …
Peter O’Toole as Alan Swann in My Favorite Year
— David DeWitt
Vintage Ad for Objective Burma in Hobart!
14
Dec
Our mail bag is unusually active this week! Sonya Turner writes that she was researching her family history and came across this ad for Objective Burma. Screenshot from the PDF she sent:
Thanks, Sonya!
— David DeWitt
Mailbag! New Errol Flynn Movie in the Works!
13
Dec
We just received this note from the Errol Flynn Estate about a forthcoming new film featuring Errol in his prime years.
Hi David, the Errol Flynn Estate has entered into a deal this past June with a Major Production company to produce a film about Errol’s best years 1935-1939. We can’t give too much info because we are waiting for the script to be finnished before we go to the press. But I think it would be ok to let your readers know that Jack Huston is the front runner for the role as Errol.
Regards, Robb Callahan
— David DeWitt
