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14 Aug

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— David DeWitt

 
 

From Tom McNulty, The San Antonio!

13 Aug

Tom McNulty shares this with us!

I was making some scans for [a friend of ours] and scanned this for your blog. I’ve never seen it anywhere else and I can’t recall how to post it on your blog so here it is! I hope the fans like it! Have a great day!

Best, Tom

 

resistol

 

Tom’s Blog:

Dispatches from the Last Outlaw

— David DeWitt

 
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Errol’s Van Gogh Provenance!

12 Aug

Sent to us by German writer Stefan Koldehoff who is preparing an article about famous owners of Van Gogh paintings!

The Man is at Sea Provenance

 

Thanks, Stefan!

— David DeWitt

 
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Errol on the Courts

11 Aug

Wherever he played, Errol was quite talented on the courts and popular in the clubs. Here are some photos of him at some of his favorite courts, with some of his fellow stars:

With Charlie Chaplin at the Los Angeles Tennis Club:

Charlie & Errol

With Paulette Goddard:

Paullette & Errol

With Silent Movie Star Charlie Farrell & Tennis Great Alice Marble (and I don’t know who on Errol’s left!)* at the Palm Springs Raquet Club, which Farrell and Ralph Bellamy founded:

Palm Springs

*Kay Shackleton – The Movie Gal – informed us on March 22, 2014 – that the man on Errol’s left is none less than Donald Budge! Budge may have been the greatest tennis player that ever lived.

— Tim

 
 

Errol Flynn in the 50’s!

09 Aug

EF in the 50's

— David DeWitt

 
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Errol at the Hotel Del?

08 Aug

Hello All Flynn Fans & Experts,

In researching Errol’s history on Coronado Island, California, I have been able to positively document that he regularly visited the island with the Sirocco.  And, of course, he’s known to have filmed “Dive Bomber” there during 1941.  However, historical records appear to be devoid of any (off-the-set/”out-in-town”) photographs.  I believe, though, that I may have made a possible connection between the great photo below and the Hotel Del Coronado.  If so, this would be wonderful for San Diego & Coronado historians.  … Before making a final conclusion, however, I would like to inquire with all the experts, fans and insiders out there whether they might have any information or insight concerning the history and/or provenance of this terrific photo!?!  And, if it’s from another location, that, too, would be great to document!

 

Errol at the Pool

 

For the record, my initial belief is that this may have been taken in or around the Spring of ’41, while Errol was filming “Dive Bomber” on Coronado.

— Tim

 
 

Errol and his Don Juan Tights!

06 Aug

A funny story printed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on December 26, 1947.

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In additions, mentioning his perfect figure including all measurements! 

Enjoy!

news.google.com…

— Tina

 
 

Theodore Thomson Flynn: Not Just Errol’s Father

06 Aug

I’d like to share with you an engrossing radio podcast, first broadcast Saturday 3rd August across Australia on the ABC’s (Australian Broadcasting Commission) long running ‘Science Program’. You may think the topic of  Flynn wouldn’t be remotely scientific, but you’d be wrong. You see, the focus is mostly on Errol’s father TT Flynn. The programme titled “In With Flynn” , covers a few generations of Flynns starting with Errol’s grandfather in New South Wales … and it seems Errol wasn’t the first Flynn to have his wicked wicked ways … “Yes, Errol Flynn was a swashbuckling lothario, a 20th century film star of very mixed fame. But what about his dad? TT Flynn was a noted biologist in Hobart who looked at fossils, fish, Tasmanian Devils and much more. A new biography calls him ‘Not just Errol’s Father’ and details his considerable contributions to Australian science. But was he too ‘In like Flynn’?”

There are 2 segments – the first focusing on the recently refurbished TMAG (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery) which incorporates the Maritime Museum once directed by Errol’s father TT. The second discussed a newly published book on TT, ‘Theodore Thomson Flynn: Not Just Errol’s Father’

An added bonus, there’s a nice little narration (taken from a doco on Flynn made in 2005 I believe) from Christopher Lee, who knew Errol and acted in 4 of his B Grade  European swashbucklers in the 50s.

Links to listen/download the programmes here:

New life for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

www.abc.net…

 

T.T. Flynn: Tasmania’s first professor of biology

Talking about the newly published book ‘Theodore Thomson Flynn: Not Just Errol’s Father’

www.abc.net…

— Philip

 
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“Prime Minister Channels Errol”

06 Aug

Australian Prime Minister “Channels Errol”:

www.smh.com…

— Tim

 
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“Errol Flynn: On Broadway” – “Things You Never Knew About Ships”

04 Aug

Errol standing in for Walter Winchell.  “Things You Never Knew About Ships”  – published in the Summer of 1940, during the spectacularly popular (first) release of “Sea Hawk” – which was released a second time – again to great popularity – in 1947.  Errol references the movie several times in this article.  (Also interesting – in the separate article to the side –  Jimmie Fidler takes an apparent jab at Errol!)

 

“Never Before So Many Thrills … Never Such Adventure … The Robin Hood of the Sea”

Sea Hawk

— Tim

 
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