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How I Became a Flynn Fan

15 Mar

Many years ago, when I was a young lad of 20-ish, I was working at my first job at a local printing plant. A co-worker and I were talking about old movies and movie stars, when he mentioned Errol Flynn. I'd only heard of him in passing, probably because of Robin Hood. I'd never even seen an Errol Flynn movie. My friend lent me his copy of My Wicked Wicked Ways. Well, I read the book, and was instantly hooked. So I read it again. Before long, I found a copy for myself. I asked mom and my aunts about him. They remembered him of course, but didn't know too much about him.

I then began scouring the TV for any Errol Flynn movies. Back then we were blessed with three stations….not including PBS. The movie output of those three stations was, shall we say….few and far between. Then late one Friday night, I managed to get a very snowy Detroit station to come in, and they were showing Charge Of The Light Brigade! Finally, there was Errol Flynn!!….for about 30 minutes, till the station signal faded away. But that was a start. Not long after, the same station came in again, and this time I managed to see Cry Wolf.

Later, after moving to town, cable became available. Then I was able to see several other Flynn movies, and later Portrait Of A Swashbuckler on the Biography Channel. I purchased several more books about Errol over the years, by Tony Thomas, Buster Wiles, Earl Conrad, George Morris, Michael Freedland, and best of all, Thomas McNulty's fabulous book. There was one other, that won't be mentioned…

And thanks to David DeWitt, another chapter of Flynn information, photos, stories and articles once again remind me of that day, four score and ten years ago, when I first became aware of our Mr. Flynn!

— Bob

 

A bike, a boat, a plane… whatever it takes!

13 Mar

— David DeWitt

 
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Vancouver Airport… 1959

13 Mar

— David DeWitt

 
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Late in the day…

13 Mar

— David DeWitt

 
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The Best Flynn Documentary ever made…

13 Mar

— David DeWitt

 
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Shop@CoffeeWithDavid… for Flynn items!

13 Mar

Now you can shop for Errol Flynn items at my new Errol Flynn related store in association with Amazon.com…! My online store features Flynn movies, documentaries and books with more Flynn merchandise coming soon!

Other categories will be added to the store in the coming weeks, as well. I am adding an OTR (Old Time Radio) category, for example.

Many of the Golden Age Movies stars worked in radio as well as on the Silver Screen, and you can find Errol and his many co-stars and contemporaries in these productions which often were radio versions of their films–but not always starring the same actors. Original radio dramas were on every week and starred future stars, too. Dramas, Comedies, Sports, and Variety Shows filled the airwaves each night for many years before Television finally brought and end to this artful. The good news is that most of it still exists!

You will soon be able to buy these wonderfully entertaining shows from my store, or direct from my CoffeeWithDavid.com… website. Some shows will be available as instant downloads when you pay with Paypal–and naturally, there will be FREE downloads, too!

I have nearly every Lux Radio Theatre show ever made along with other collections and will be offering you these hugely entertaining shows on DVD or CD in the near future. Profits from the store and the website will offset, I hope! the costs of keeping the blog up, and in my dreams… that little trip to Jamaica!

Well… I can dream can't I?

David~

— David DeWitt

 
 

Rory Flynn's new book on Errol…

11 Mar

Rory Flynn's new book on her father Errol Flynn is out now on Amazon! Check it out here: The Baron of Mulholland: A Daughter Remembers Errol Flynn

                                             

 

 

 

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— David DeWitt

 

Songs about Errol Flynn…

07 Mar

It seems that Flynn is remembered in every way imaginable not the least pleasant of ways is through music. A band from the Netherlands called Beequeen features two songs directly related to Errol–in their album “Ownliness” available through Discogs.

Tracklisting:
1     Clockwise (1:29)
2     My Wicked Wicked Ways (7:04)

3     With Anna You Get Eggroll (7:25)
4     Daad (3:06)
5     Parselmouth (5:41) Flute [Maltreated] – Vivian Breuring
6     There Are Worse Things I Could Do
(2:14)
7     My Heart Belongs To Daddy (3:22)
8     Beam Ends (8:18) Cello – Feiko Halbertsma

9     (The Long And Metaphysical Journey Into) Ownliness (1:13)
     Voice – Elise De Waard


Amanda Mcbroom's album “A Waiting Heart” features her moving song “Errol Flynn” available on her website amcbroom.com….

 Sample the song! Errol Flynn…


— David DeWitt

 
 

Better View of Hotel Oakes, Chico, California

06 Mar

— David DeWitt

 
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Tales of Flynn

05 Mar

Here's a story I haven't shared much and it is my own and only near connection to the man …

Back in 1975, I knew and worked with a Spain-born fellow, who hung out with Sean Flynn (both being young teenagers) in Majorca in the 50's. He visited the Zaca, at one point, and related to me the following story:

The ship was at anchor, and people were generally relaxing about deck. Flynn did something kind of “unusual” in this young man's presence, that he still remembered MANY YEARS later. It seems that whenever a bathing suit clad young woman would walk by Errol, who was reclining in a deck chair, he would suddenly take his hand, palm up, and, moving the four lower fingers and thumb together and apart, together and apart, etc., follow the passing posterior while making chomping, pig grunting sounds … much to the amusement of himself and others. Part of the “appeal” of this action was that there was no indication it was about to happen, and that it was kind of startling and unexpected. And it “occurred” a number of times in my friend’s presence.

I have always found it to be such an amusing story to recall, not to mention UNIQUE – as it is something I have neither read nor heard of anywhere else,  and also somehow typical of the kind of spontaneous “fun” in which Errol might engage.

— Karl