My dear fellow Flynn fans,
I came acoss some very interesting, little known facts in Italian newspapers while researching fo my William Tell- book project.
Did you kow that…
…Errol wanted his son Sean to play the part of Tell`s son Jimmy?
…Jack Cardiff endorsed his choice?
…but casting director Michal Waszynski opted for Fellini disciple Guido Martufi?
…that the final battle scenes on horseback (full not empty horses!) were filmed first?
…that a helicopter was sceduled to film these?
…an avalanche was to be set off Mount Blanc for the dramatic film ending?
…Errol`s skyblue car, a Frazer Nash, was guided by a chauffeur named Erich?
…that it was called “la freccia azzura di Guglielmo Tell” (skyblue arrow of William Tell) by local town people of Courmayeur?
…it was seized first by local authorities for unpaid hotel bills, mostly long distance telefon calls?
…that he luckily had another set of wheels, since he had purchased a Mercedes Benz in Germany that year?
…that Errol planed to star in Jules Verne`s “Michel Strogoff” in one of his next movies?
If so, bravo! If not, so didn`t I.
All the best,
— shangheinz
