The Errol Flynn Blog

If you want to learn a bit more about Tom McNulty the writer, and thinker, and about the mind of Errol Flynn and what he might have thought about … go read this blog post on Mr. McNulty's blog, and enjoy yourselves!

— David DeWitt

On saturday I attended the Maureen O Hara film festival in Glengarriff its about a five hour drive from where I live but it was worth it. they screened “The adventures of Robin Hood” with an introduction by Rory Flynn who spoke about her father's early life before Hollywood, she read out a letter from Errol to his father in the letter Errol writes that he has had enough of his life in and around Australia New Guinea and he is embarking on a round the world trip which will finally end in England .

         According to Rory Flynn this was a pivotal time in his life he told his father that and Im paraphrasing here, that you spent most of your time working to earn money to spend and only a very small time enjoying the benefits, so in this letter he more or less has made up his mind to grab life and live life to the full and not waste a minute of it and that he really didn't care about money.

                    I met and spoke to Rory Flynn she is such a nice person she has a very gentle quality about her and she very kindly signed my copy of her book

I happened to sit beside two Ladies who had never seen Robin Hood after the movie they said it was a terrific movie and Mr Flynn “was just too handsome and what a smile he had”

I enjoyed the whole experience and hope to attend next year                

— daringthorpe

It is now 2:25 AM June 20th and that was the time he was born!?! Please watch it!
Errol and his children – the father a hidden quality of Errol!

www.youtube.com…

Enjoy – Tina

— Tina

I think the dates right!?

Errol Flynn through your movies, books and interviews I have learnt alot of things, some that have actually been really helpful through my teenage years and I wont ever forget! LOVE YOU LOADS and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)

— Sam

Has anyone else come across this interesting little documentary from 1979? It is narrated by Robert Vaughan and while the content is hardly new it does show quite a few interesting photographs that I hadn't seen before. It also features quite detailed footage of Errol in London on the 'In Town Tonight' programme looking for funds for William Tell. All-in-all quite enjoyable.

best wishes,

Brian.

— themainflynnman

There are quite a lot of costumes auctioned off at the moment, including the famous Don Juan costume which you cannot see in the film. I always thought it was black, but is apparently of a beautiful dark green colour. Anybody in for the cash?

www.icollector.com…

Against the 6000$, this lot of several costumes is peanuts!

www.icollector.com…

And for the ladies:

www.icollector.com…

Tina, this shows in a way that a serious dealer is able to track down the origin of a costume. Maybe your trousers were never used in a film? Which could be a reason for the low price and why there is no film title written in them?

Here are some more: from Silver River: www.rrauction.com…

Captain Blood: entertainment.ha.com…

The Sun Also Rises: www.liveauctioneers.com…

Interestingly, the red Don Juan costume you can see here (lifeisexamined.blogspot.com…) when you scroll down a little was up for auction in 2002 (www.icollector.com…), but it was not sold. I wonder how it made its way to the exhibition…

Hope you enjoyed!

— Inga

These selected words probably sum up our man who will be 102 years on Monday and still very much alive!

Athletic, Baron, Charismatic, Debonair, Enigmatic, Fantastic, Grand, Hunk, Intelligent, Jester, Kind, Lover, Marvellous, Naughty, Overwhelming, Phenomenal, Quintessential, Roister, Sportsman, Theatrical, Unique, Virile, Wanderer, Xcellent, Yachtsman, Zest.

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I am sure this opens the door to many authors on the blog creating a similar version!! Please try, it is great fun. I tried to complete a full logical sentence using the whole alfabet from A-Z, but perhaps it is up to a fellow writer on the blog to exceed the first one here.

— Don Jan

Is there a possibility that anybody of our members could identify these pair of Errol's trousers? Western Costume Co. Hollywood does not provide a service of identification, which is a great pity, but I thought I'll give it a try with all of you – maybe somebody has a good idea? Thank you in advance for your help!

— Tina

— David DeWitt