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Share This! “No law west of Chicago . . . west of Dodge City no god.” — Dr. Irving (Henry Travers) Although not much outside of women and drink, perhaps sailing, seriously interested Errol Flynn, he was possibly a little concerned about how his English/Irish/Australian accent—take your pick—would read more

Share This! Menace and Love-Madness! Plunder and Lust! Errol Flynn in the 1950s gets little mention, and perhaps justifiably so. His last contract with Warner Brother ran its course after 1953’s The Master of Ballantrae, to be followed by increasingly dire decline of the former matinee idol. T read more

Share This! Menace and Love-Madness! Plunder and Lust! Errol Flynn in the 1950s gets little mention, and perhaps justifiably so. His last contract with Warner Brother ran its course after 1953’s The Master of Ballantrae, to be followed by increasingly dire decline of the former matinee idol. T read more

Errol Flynn and his Trusty Sidekick Alan Hale Little John, Rusty, Tex… Yes, we all know that Alan Hale played sidekick to our hero Errol Flynn in ‘lots’ of films, but how movies did they really make together??? Errol Flynn and Alan Hale in Dodge City Errol Flynn and Alan Hale starr read more

Glamour Boys: Get them while they're Hot Fishing for glamour boys? The term glamor boy was assigned to a group of good looking, well dressed male celebrities many of them actors primarily in the 1930s through the mid-1960s.  A mid-1938 Life Magazine cover presents the handsome Errol Flynn gi read more

NORTHERN PURSUIT - Errol Flynn (1943) 5/19/2014 2 Comments   I have mixed feelings about this picture.  I'm a mad Errol Flynn fan,  a fan of Canadian Mountie movies,  and on top of that,  I hav read more

NORTHERN PURSUIT - Errol Flynn (1943) 5/19/2014 2 Comments   I have mixed feelings about this picture.  I'm a mad Errol Flynn fan,  a fan of Canadian Mountie movies,  and on top of that,  I have a certain special spot in my read more

My Wicked, Wicked Ways is the bastard cousin of Gable and Lombard, if Gable and Lombard was a TV movie instead of a big-screen presentation.  (Let’s all think about the fact Gable and Lombard was released to theaters at all.)  I compare the two because My Wicked, Wicked Ways, loosely based on read more

By 1956, Errol Flynn was no longer in demand in Hollywood. He had already moved to Europe to star in international productions such as the Italian-made Crossed Swords (with Gina Lollobrigida) and the British-lensed King's Rhapsody and The Dark Avenger (aka The Warriors). He had also d read more

Share This! Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred: “Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns,” he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. —opening of The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson read more

How Many Films did Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland Star in Together? Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, directors Michael Curtiz and William Keighley) Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland starred in EIGHT films together: Captain Blood (1935)  On DVD and read more

The 1941 film "Dive Bomber" was released a month or so before the attack on Pearl Harbor. America wasn't yet formally involved in World War II, and it would be a few more months before Jack Warner started strutting around the Warner lot in the Army officer's dress uniform he'd had custom tailored in read more

The 1941 film "Dive Bomber" was released a month or so before the attack on Pearl Harbor. America wasn't yet formally involved in World War II, and it would be a few more months before Jack Warner started strutting around the Warner lot in the Army officer's dress uniform he'd had custom tailored in read more

1. According to Errol's autobiography My Wicked, Wicked Ways, he once worked on a ranch where he castrated sheep--with his teeth. 2. It has been rumored that Errol was a descendant of Fletcher Christian of Mutiny of the Bounty fame. Errol played Christian in his film debut in the low-budget In read more

  “You once liked the blissful mobility, but then you wonder, who’s the real you? And who’s the chap on the screen? You know, I catch myself acting out my life like a goddamn script.” ~ Errol Flynn     “I felt like an impostor, taking all that money for read more

I figured I’ll do this whenever I have a few items worth discussing.  I’ll refrain from setting a weekly schedule just in the interest of timeliness.  In this installment, we’ll discuss casting in a new Errol Flynn biopic as well as updates on the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival read more

Another month means two more inductees for my Hall of Fame.This month it is Jean Arthur and Errol Flynn. Both get in thanks to their Montie wins. Both from the same year of 1938. Jean won as Best Actress for You Can't Take It With You, a marvelous performance by the way. And Errol won Best Actor as read more

Errol looking dapper as can be..for you Becky! read more

A little swashbuckling for the day and who better than Errol Flynn. Whether firing arrows or clashing swords, Errol is your man. Favorite Errol film: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) Favorite Errol role: Robin Hood Favorite Errol co-star: a no-brainer here..OLIVIA de HAVILLAND Number of Errol read more

I posted the following on the anniversary of Errol Flynn’s birthday on June 20 as that day’s entry of the Cinemental Journey on the former The Cinementals site.  But in looking at him in Vincent Sherman’s, THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN (1948) on Turner Classic Movies it occurs to me read more