Thanks, Kevin …
— David DeWitt
On the Fourth Day of Christmas 🎁🎁🎁🎁
28
Dec
On the fourth day of Christmas
Errol gave to us
One golden film.
The Captain Blood premiere..
A club of four-hundred frauleins…
And a visit to Sydney from a very famous singer….!
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December 28, 1963
Sydney Morning Herald
American Singer Arrives
The American singer Dick Haymes, for years a close friend of Australian-born actor Errol Flynn, arrived in Sydney to see his friend’s birthplace. Haymes said he and Flynn had often talked about Australia, and they had planned to make a visit together before Flynn’s death. Haymes, now 45, arrived at Kingsford Smith Airport by T.A.A. from Perth. He expects to find time to see Sydney beaches during his 28-day appearance at Chequers night club.*
* Chequers was one of the hottest night clubs in the world, the Copacabana of Down Under.
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First, he sang Errol’s song!
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Then he married Errol’s Nora!!
Then he went to “Errol’s birthplace”...
— Tim
On the Third Day of Christmas 🎁🎁🎁
27
Dec
On the third day of Christmas
Errol gave to us
One golden film.
The Captain Blood premiere..
And a club of four-hundred frauleins…!
— Tim
The Heroine of Hollywood
27
Dec
In the seventh year you shall set them free (Deut. 15:12)
After spending 18 months in legal and professional limbo, de Havilland won the case and her free agency when, in 1944, the California Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Warner Brothers had appealed: The studio could not extend her seven-year contract. At 5’ 3” and scarcely 100 pounds, de Havilland looked unintimidating, but her iron resolve was draped in velvet and silk.
When I asked her about the suit in 1998, she cited Deuteronomy 15, which stipulates that, in the seventh year, slaves shall be freed. “It seemed to me positively unbiblical to hold me to that contract for more than seven years,” she purred in her mellifluous voice. (By then, she was a lector at the American Cathedral in Paris.)
For the very deep diggers;
law.justia.com…
— Tim
On the Second Day of Christmas🎁🎁
26
Dec
On the second day of Christmas
Errol gave to us
One golden film
And the Captain Blood premiere…..!
From Bonnie Paraschos on the Facebook Errol Flynn Blog, the FB-EFB, here’s Errol and Lili with Ross Alexander and his wife, Aleta Freel Alexander, at the world premiere of “Captain Blood”, at the Mark Strand Theater in Manhattan, on December 26, 1935. Original in B&W, edited green here in the seasonal spirit. Thank you, and Merry (second day of) Christmas, Bonnie!
— Tim
Rathbone as Wolfingham (Not)
23
Dec
December 22, 1938
Basil Rathbone today seemed destined to play another of the “heavy” roles that have made im one of the screen’s most famed menaces. Hal Wallis i negotiating a deal with Rathbone, wherein he would play the part of Lord Wolfington in The Sea Hawk.
Errol Flynn already has been announced for the star role in the picture, which will be Seton I. Miller’s revision of the Raphael Sabatini thriller. Rathbone, as Queen Elizabeth’s advisor, was in mind when Miller wrote the script.
If the deal goes through, this will be the fourth picture in which Flynn and Rathbone have played together. The other three are Captain Blood, Robin Hood, and The Dawn Patrol. Michael Curtiz probably will direct The Sea Hawk. He piloted Captain Blood.
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Has any fencing menace ever fought better, or died better, than Basil Rathbone? I think not.
(Certainly not Henry Daniell!)
— Tim
Errol at the Sugar Bowl
21
Dec
On December 21, 1936 – 84 years ago today – Errol attended the legendary grand opening of the Sugar Bowl.
“The winter playground for many actors when it first opened, Sugar Bowl ski resort frequently welcomed Errol Flynn, who liked to sit on the porch of the popular lodge. He reportedly soaked up the sun while also keeping a close eye on the ladies.”
“Women often walked by in amazement, finding it difficult to believe the famed Hollywood playboy was in their midst. Girl-watching might have been Flynn’s favorite pastime, but the rumor mill indicates the swashbuckling actor was a fairly gifted skier as well.”
With famed skier, Hannes Schroll
— Tim
