I would be careful about reading _too_ much into this. That they're charming, witty and smart is undeniable-but it's also television. Don't think of this is a documentary of an average person's Sunday night in 1957 America. (Not that you did +eoselan7, but I often see people forgetting that it's staged entertainment.)
Sarah I was born in 1945, and lived half my childhood until we got TV. However I well remember these great folks. John Daily was a news reporter going back to the 1930's and continued to do so when TV began in 1948. These people were the Genuine article and were very relaxed and down to earth people.
Sarah says not "to read too much into this. That they're charming, witty and smart is undeniable - but it's also television ....staged entertainment." "Staged entertainment"? ....Well, it's not like they were play-acting. Because it was television, the thought was that they should be on their best behavior. ....And, the point is, people were generally taught to behave in a classy way at least in certain circumstances. (Think of how young people behaved at school dances, etc., back in the Thirties and Forties when these particular people grew up.) ....My grandfather was in radio (WLW in Cincinnati) back in the Twenties and Thirties. Even appearing on a sound stage for RADIO, they were expected to dress up. It was thought that the act of dressing the part would affect your manner of speaking and general demeanor that was carried over the radio waves. No, this manner of behaving is not acting on the part of these people; this was the way they were raised to speak and behave in certain circumstances, especially in mixed company. The idea that this mode of behavior was somehow "inauthentic" is one of the by-products of the counter-culture of the Sixties. Being on "the national stage" (or even being in your local church or at a formal function at school or a dinner function at your place of employment) - but especially in a place with "ladies" present - was thought to be reason enough to 'dress up' and speak and comport oneself like a gentleman or a lady.
Considering his hard living life, Errol looks pretty darn good here, He has more charm and looks here even with his health condition than 99% of the males in the world...Cheers Errol.
@Marrowbones After Olivia de Havilland died in July, I listened to many videos about her, and then Errol. One of the videos said the US Army discovered TB in his lungs, along with many other diseases which he most likely got in the Tropics. I really do feel sorry for him. He didn't get much guidance when he was young, which he really needed.
Given that Errol Flynn is soon to die after this appearance, knowing that he had so many things wrong with him, I think people should afford to give him some slack over his appearance and demeanour. Legends are not built out of common sense and doing the right thing, and you can't have the legend without the human faults & fallibilities. The legend is what people covet, that's the paradox! Just for a moment, here is Flynn in the flesh, not behind a movie screen, and you see something of the humanity of the man, albeit, desperately tortured and suffering. Give him a break!
Errol doesn't need your or anyone else's evaluation any more than role-modeling. Same as Elvis or anybody, all people over 100 IQ has healthy "honorary" thing going :p
Excellent and empathetic comment and from my point of view very close to the realities of Errol and his life at that time. However, I do not believe that he was drunk or that there was anything wrong with his demeanor. He was playing a part and trying to be cunning with his mannerisms and in his answers. He was indeed a legend and a man of extraordinary intelligence and spirit. They don't come along often and we were gifted with his presence.
THE BIGGEST STAR HOLLYWOOD EVER PRODUCED, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY, IF THE MOST TALENTED STARS, YOU SAW WITH ERROL ON SCREEN, YOUR EYES WOULD ALWAYS BE ON HIM.
Errol was in his last days here, and it seems like he had something going on. He was great in his day, and lived more in his 50 years than any 10 lifetimes. RIP Errol Flynn!!
I remember reading that Maureen O’Hara worked with him around this time and said he was often drinking heavily and taking pills, and that he was a very tragic figure.
He had thousands of sexual encounters-that is he loved or was loved!!! The consequences when his dead body was examined and viewed in the morgue there were very large warts on his love tool!
Errol Flynn has and always be my idol. They just don't make me like him anymore. I JUST KNEW he was going to kiss the ladies' hands upon leaving. What a tragedy at this airing he would only have a scant two years to live. Born in 1909 and died in 1959. He was liked and admired by men and women alike, and worldly, largely doing just what he wanted to do, and was admired for it. I was born in 1949, and during the 1950's I wore my parents' black and white television out kissing the screen every time Errol Flynn was on. 💋
And if you watch GENTLEMAN JIM you will also see that Flynn also had the footwork and movement of a real boxer. To have that kind of athleticism in addition to matinee idol looks doesn't seem fair to the rest of the mere mortals out there....lol
@georgevincent1834 Flynn was a fine boxer. He boxed in his youth in Australia. He was perfectly suited to the role of heavyweight champ Gentlemen Jim Corbett. It's one of my personal favorites of Flynns' films. He famously accepted a boxing challenge in Hollywood from director John Huston, also a former boxer. Huston apparently bragged that while Flynn may beat him in a sword fight, he'd beat Flynn in boxing. Reportedly, Flynn boxed Huston's ear off him. Lol. I would've loved to have witnessed that!
I'm with you. You might like to read one of the 3 books he wrote titled "Beam Ends," about his real life sailing adventures. You're most likely to find it in the rare books section of a major public library. He was an excellent writer.
Errol passed the yr. I was born 1959. He was a gentleman. See him kissing the lady's hands. Heard stories about him, but it just added to the romanticism of him. He was a very attractive man when younger. Rip!
Errol Flynn, was a very remarkable man, in spite of the fact that he had some major health issues that were aggravated by his life style. The sad part is that we lost him far too soon. No one has ever played or will ever play for example Robin Hood like Errol. Also what wonderful performances in many of his other rolls such as the Sea Hawk, Dawn Patrol, Charge of the Light Brigade, Objective Burma, Dodge City, San Antonio, and so many others. Errol Flynn was "ACES".
Sean Flynn was a war correspondent, and was killed doing his job. Why do you want to degrade a young man who went into harms way to do a very dangerous job? I am a 100% service connected disabled retired combat veteran, and see no reason for you whom I suspect has never served to be so disrespectful to those w ho have given their lives in war.
I read his book also. I believe he decided early in life to enjoy every day and live it like it’s your last. The man was a legend. Just imagine living the way he did. He did it his own way. Take care.
That was most kind of Scotland Mayor to Visit America and Canada to remind those of us who are Scottish of our coulture with his accent and costume and vast knowledge of Scotland.
No, Erroll wasn't drunk here, merely trying to disguise his identity. Very charming and handsome. Arlene was very alluring here with her bare shoulders, I would've run off to treasure island at the drop of a hat.
@@Mmdmade: Thank you! It was a different time when I was a kid at that same time and you had to pretend. Today(1980s and after) all hell has broken loose.
1957 was my father's last full year. We didn't know on December 1 that he only had 3-1/2 months to live. He was operated on January 1, 1958 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas and was found to have inoperable lung cancer. We brought him back to Waco where he died on March 17, 1958, never got out of bed again. He was only 59. He had been a Buick dealer and loved the beautiful cars of the 50's and that era. He had also loved the cars of the 20's like Hupmobiles and Locomobiles when he and my mother were newly married. He was every inch a gentleman, always dressed to perfection. This is when I was in junior high. He would have killed a man had he known he'd hurt a lady. He couldn't have lived very far into the 60's as they would have been repellant to him. He would rather have died than to have done something to bring attention to himself in public and he always said you never discuss personal issues in public or talk about anything to do with sex when women are present. My mother lived another 39 years and died at 94 in 1997.
I think Mr. Flynn looks fine and is not under the drink. He was left handed and signed with his right hand and the chalk broke as he was signing. He was a good looking man and was a great actor. He was trying to disguise his voice and talked like a Scotsman. There was nothing wrong in his performance. They all had such good manners and it was all enjoyable. Glad this was preserved for history.
Many people watching this clip, think Errol is drunk. He may very well be. But remember, movies stars and other celebrities were encouraged to disguise their voice so as not to be so easily guessed. If you notice he's changing his accent, Italian, Irish. His voice was quite well known at the time. If you notice once his identity is known, and the host remarks about his being married, his voice is normal.
I am not kidding when I say that having read David Niven's several memoirs, I do believe at this stage of his life Flynn was no longer drinking or carousing and was married to his final wife and reading the Bible. Niven was very positive about Flynn on all levels in his works that did include speaking of his show biz friends because he noted that it would be silly to speak of your plumber only in your life story, if you'd known Gandhi or Churchill or Sarah Bernhardt. So he did get mentions.
@@philippapay4352 it's good to know that Errol found some kind of peace, near the end. He was a great movie star and an underrated actor. He seemed to have led quite a tumultuous life. Peace to you, Mr. Flynn.
WOW Errol Flynn - the greatest superstar and legend so far in the series I think. Just seeing him moved me to tears. WATCH - That Forsyte Woman with Greer Garson, one of the most beautiful Victorian movies ever made!
about 20 years before this he was the most popular actor in Hollywood, even 10 years before this he was still an A lister... sad to see him like this and the end of his career and what drink and hard living had done..
Love the Inverness mayor’s Loch Ness Monster story! He sounded pretty bloody believable to me. That patrician, east coast panel shouldn’t have been so dismissive. The mayor didn’t seem like he suffered fools. Their comments were disrespectful.
@carole6884 I believed him also.Especially describing the creature eating salmon and skin texture. I agree the panel shouldn't have been so dismissive.But they were saying it because it was entertaining the audience probably.
@@auteurAM Ahhhh you beat me to it! Lol. Like the Monty Python skit, 'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition.' I'm sure, wherever Dorothy is, she'd appreciate that very line.
Teresa L Serf's response was much like anyone's would be if someone told that story in dinner party company for instance. Actually, I initially thought Serf meant sarcastically that he may have been watching too much television as the Mayor clearly didn't have a sense of it being only a half hour programme!! Then I realised very soon he was impishly implying that the man had had imagination fuelled somewhat. Incidentally the Scots and the Irish, particularly the older generation, love spinning out a tall story. :)
Dave Sanderson - good comments. My common sense tells me the Monster does not exist. Extensive searches have been done. But so many people like this mayor seem so truthful and genuine it's very hard to disbelieve them. I certainly would NOT want to know if it doesn't exist!
@@keithnaylor1981 Look at the man. Listen to him. He was not lying. That loch is _massive!_ The Loch Ness Monster has many a place to dodge our silly equipment.
It is fascinating how in 1957, Martin Gable felt the need to publicly explain why his hair was "so long", when the actual hair length he was sporting would be considered quite conservative just over another decade later.
@@waynej2608 I've seen several comments like yours from men surprised (and some critical!) by Martin's relationship with the gorgeous Arlene. I always remind you gentlemen of Martin's energy, talent, intellect and that beautiful voice of his! It's so obvious that they are truly partners, in every way!
0:58 I know this is pre-Beatles and barely post-Elvis, but I still laughed at the length of Mr Gable's hair after Ms Kilgallen apologized for it in advance.
Rascal, whatever. He was loved, will always be & l’m truly saddened we lost him so young. I too am an Aussie & Errol to this day, is well loved 🥰 and part of our colloquialism and culture. Long may he be remembered. 💔🌹🇦🇺👏🏼🕊💫
Errol was also an excellent author. He wrote 3 books which now can most likely be found in the rare books sections of major public libraries. I highly recommend "Beam Ends," about his real life sailing adventures. He could have had a fine career as a writer. There is much to be admired and respectfully remembered about this legendary actor.
I was diagnosed with alcoholic cirrhosis two years ago. I stopped drinking, and my liver is regenerating itself. My hepatologist says I can live for another 30 years. (I'm 60) Booze is a wicked mistress, but it can be overcome.
Kevin Conners Fantastic! This was very refreshing and inspiring to read. I hope you are doing well and healing up better with every day that goes by. Have you any advice that you could share that helped you quit once you found out? And may I also ask if you had alarming symptoms leading up to your diagnosis?
Yes the liver can repair itself many people don't know this if you quit drinking the liver can repair itself I'm glad you chose to live by letting the alcohol go. I hope you live many more years and enjoy Ur life
I've seen a couple of others use the high pitch mickey mouse voice to fool the panel - Muhammad Ali and Red Buttons. Hard to keep it going though I'd imagine.
Errol Flynn was only 50 when he died. Such a shame. He looks in his mid sixties. He certainly lived hard and burned himself out. Heartbreaking. He was remarkable.
In Errol's defense, for some people it's hard to maneuver their hand to write on a chalkboard rather than a piece of paper flat on the table. I am a 25 year old left handed woman, and I can guarantee you my signature on that chalkboard would look worse than his, even sober.
If you look closely at Errol's hand holding the chalk, he has way more than half of it sticking out as he begins to write. Clearly a man not used to writing with chalk, as this technique would certainly cause the chalk to break.
Errol Flynn may be one of the greatest movie stars whoever lived. This is not the dashing Flynn of Montana, Dodge City or the Adventures of Robin Hood.
Only Arlene Francis can make an eye patch look sexy as hell. It happened with her other eye as well, and she looked dashing. Same thing with the dark glasses when she sunburned her eyes.
Mel Brooks says that Errol Flynn was the model for the Peter O'Toole character in "My Favorite Year," but that the actual plot is basically fiction. Brooks was not connected with the film but the film was based on various people involved with Sid Caesar, including a character that is a composite of Brooks with other writers, including Woody Allen.
John Huston in his excellent autobiography had some fascinating stories about Errol Flynn. Including an hour long fist fight the two had at a party, Flynn’s drinking, drug use and health and relationship with women.
Errol was actually a bit shy so he seemed a bit nervous to me on the show. His eyes are focused away from the camera to his right. He was suave and funny for the times.
The old Bugs Bunny Cartoon quote. Don't You Worry Never Fear Robin Hood Will Soon Be Here !! I just Hadda Say It ! Yep, There was only one Errol Flynn and he will always be the one and only Robin Hood !!!
One of my favourite Flynn stories: "One of Flynn's lesser-known interests was horse riding, which led to him engaging in a fight with director Michael Curtiz... and also ended up having a huge impact on Hollywood right up to the present day. While filming The Charge of the Light Brigade in 1936, Curtiz shot the famous charge scene where he utilised tripwire to make horses fall over on cue. A sadly common but brutal filming technique that showed little regard for the health or well-being of the animals involved. The end result was 25 of these horses had to be put down. His leading man, Errol Flynn, was incensed by both the scene and by Curtiz's apparent lack of care. Furious, he attacked his director and did his level best to inflict damage on him before the two were pulled apart. This very scene was cited in the legal case that eventually banned the use of tripwire in filming a few years after this incident"
Errol Flynn superstitiously dreaded baldness. He used to rub vodka into his scalp to prevent it. This is why you almost never saw him wearing a hat unless he was acting. Maybe he was on to something: his liver gave out but not his hair.
Also, many watching may not realize that panelist Dorothy Kilgallen was believed to have died from 'foul play' after her revelations about what she learned from interviewing Jack Ruby.
@@frederickkruse4815 Hear hear. But those that doubt the Warren Commission -- meaning they cannot possibly accept that a Communist did it, and not the people of Dallas, or anyone not of the Left -- will always harbor such fantasies.
@@quatermass8 yes, I did some research too and the whole thing reeks. And I don't believe the 'official' version one iota! But of course many want to rant about conspiracy theories etc...well rant away, it still doesn't undermine the fact that they exist. Dorothy didn't deserve such a fate.
@@oksills Even the Coroner's report at the time shed doubt on the circumstances. It did say overdose and lethal combination of alcohol and barbiturates, but it also stated there was no evidence of extended use (meaning that it was not habitual, at least of the Barbiturates).
Have you read the 3 books he wrote? He could have had a fine career as an author. Read "Beam Ends," about his real life sailing adventures. You can most likely find it in the rare books sections of major public libraries.
![What's My Line? - Edith Young & Phyllis Cerf; Joan Crawford; Peter Ustinov [panel] (Dec 8, 1957)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/V_W37pXavkY/mqdefault.jpg)
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![What's My Line? - Sammy Davis, Jr.; Errol Flynn [panel] (May 26, 1957)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uOC4IzEmhpU/mqdefault.jpg)
![What's My Line? - Tyrone Power; Wally Cox [panel] (Mar 27, 1955)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jehh_xoGTdE/mqdefault.jpg)
![What's My Line? - Gene Kelly; Martin Gabel [panel]; James C. Hagerty [panel] (Jun 23, 1957)](/img/n.gif)
These lovely people are so gracious, so charming witty and smart-well it's like a visit to another civilization altogether.
I would be careful about reading _too_ much into this. That they're charming, witty and smart is undeniable-but it's also television. Don't think of this is a documentary of an average person's Sunday night in 1957 America. (Not that you did +eoselan7, but I often see people forgetting that it's staged entertainment.)
eoselan7 People were far more cerebral then, I would say.
Sarah I was born in 1945, and lived half my childhood until we got TV. However I well remember these great folks. John Daily was a news reporter going back to the 1930's and continued to do so when TV began in 1948. These people were the Genuine article and were very relaxed and down to earth people.
Sarah says not "to read too much into this. That they're charming, witty and smart is undeniable - but it's also television ....staged entertainment."
"Staged entertainment"? ....Well, it's not like they were play-acting. Because it was television, the thought was that they should be on their best behavior. ....And, the point is, people were generally taught to behave in a classy way at least in certain circumstances. (Think of how young people behaved at school dances, etc., back in the Thirties and Forties when these particular people grew up.) ....My grandfather was in radio (WLW in Cincinnati) back in the Twenties and Thirties. Even appearing on a sound stage for RADIO, they were expected to dress up. It was thought that the act of dressing the part would affect your manner of speaking and general demeanor that was carried over the radio waves.
No, this manner of behaving is not acting on the part of these people; this was the way they were raised to speak and behave in certain circumstances, especially in mixed company.
The idea that this mode of behavior was somehow "inauthentic" is one of the by-products of the counter-culture of the Sixties. Being on "the national stage" (or even being in your local church or at a formal function at school or a dinner function at your place of employment) - but especially in a place with "ladies" present - was thought to be reason enough to 'dress up' and speak and comport oneself like a gentleman or a lady.
spot on
Considering his hard living life, Errol looks pretty darn good here, He has more charm and looks here even with his health condition than 99% of the males in the world...Cheers Errol.
As a male I take exception to your comment. LOL! But I agree that Errol looked great here and was very charming. Sad that he died so young.
And James Reyne from the Australian Crawl would give everything just to be like him!
@Marrowbones I also heard he had tuberculosis, which never disappears, either. He should have taken better care of his health to live longer.
@Marrowbones that's interesting. I may read it also.
@Marrowbones After Olivia de Havilland died in July, I listened to many videos about her, and then Errol. One of the videos said the US Army discovered TB in his lungs, along with many other diseases which he most likely got in the Tropics. I really do feel sorry for him. He didn't get much guidance when he was young, which he really needed.
Errol is suprisingly soft spoken and very charming, thanks for sharing :-)
There will never be another Errol Flynn.
His Robin Hood is second to none.
Flynn, Eastwood and Connery, untouchables in their environment.
I agree that; Flynn, Eastwood, Connery are legends as the sexy brawn on the screen.
I still cannot understand why the atrocious actor Kevin Costner took on the role of Robin Hood. He was on a loser there.
Originally James Cagney was the first choice for Robin Hood. Cagney was great,but all wrong.. and Errol was all right!
You can put Newman and Redford in that group, too
@@MOGGS1942 Do you mean Kevin Klien?
Mr. Flynn passed from us to our regret in 1959 so as of this airing he had another 22 months, but what a legacy of talent!
A legendary legacy of talent in the bedroom!
Given that Errol Flynn is soon to die after this appearance, knowing that he had so many things wrong with him, I think people should afford to give him some slack over his appearance and demeanour. Legends are not built out of common sense and doing the right thing, and you can't have the legend without the human faults & fallibilities. The legend is what people covet, that's the paradox! Just for a moment, here is Flynn in the flesh, not behind a movie screen, and you see something of the humanity of the man, albeit, desperately tortured and suffering. Give him a break!
+NewbubblesLtd Nicely said.
+Helenaville
Indeed. Alcoholism is a brutal disease that a lot of people choose to misunderstand.
+NewbubblesLtd Hear, hear!
Errol doesn't need your or anyone else's evaluation any more than role-modeling. Same as Elvis or anybody, all people over 100 IQ has healthy "honorary" thing going :p
Excellent and empathetic comment and from my point of view very close to the realities of Errol and his life at that time. However, I do not believe that he was drunk or that there was anything wrong with his demeanor. He was playing a part and trying to be cunning with his mannerisms and in his answers. He was indeed a legend and a man of extraordinary intelligence and spirit. They don't come along often and we were gifted with his presence.
THE BIGGEST STAR HOLLYWOOD EVER PRODUCED, AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY, IF THE MOST TALENTED STARS, YOU SAW WITH ERROL ON SCREEN, YOUR EYES WOULD ALWAYS BE ON HIM.
That is Right!!
Clark Gable was the biggest star in Hollywood.
@@SymphonyBrahms Followed closely by Bogie and Cary Grant.
Error Flyn is cute but he's no Varey Grant
Varey Grant? A typo?
Love seeing my fellow Australian Errol Flynn
Same! I wish I heard him speak in his normal voice on this show at the end
Mr. Daly always does a great job in being a gentleman to everyone!
Daly was pure class !! Second to none in that department.
Except when it came to rock and roll.
Errol was in his last days here, and it seems like he had something going on. He was great in his day, and lived more in his 50 years than any 10 lifetimes. RIP Errol Flynn!!
I remember reading that Maureen O’Hara worked with him around this time and said he was often drinking heavily and taking pills, and that he was a very tragic figure.
He passed 2 yrs after this show
He does seem to be mentally jumping around on answers. Not consistent, too giddy.
That's the most incredible description of the Loch Ness Monster I've ever heard.
I believe the mayor was trying to get tourists to visit his town😊
Errol was so loved. Not sure he really understood how much! He gave us a fabulous gift that lasts till this day and will last on and on.
He had thousands of sexual encounters-that is he loved or was loved!!!
The consequences when his dead body was examined and viewed in the morgue there were very large warts on his love tool!
@@roberttelarket4934 That's a little more information than I expected or needed! Lok
@@roberttelarket4934Yeah, too much information. 😱😪
Errol Flynn has and always be my idol. They just don't make me like him anymore. I JUST KNEW he was going to kiss the ladies' hands upon leaving. What a tragedy at this airing he would only have a scant two years to live. Born in 1909 and died in 1959. He was liked and admired by men and women alike, and worldly, largely doing just what he wanted to do, and was admired for it. I was born in 1949, and during the 1950's I wore my parents' black and white television out kissing the screen every time Errol Flynn was on. 💋
And if you watch GENTLEMAN JIM you will also see that Flynn also had the footwork and movement of a real boxer. To have that kind of athleticism in addition to matinee idol looks doesn't seem fair to the rest of the mere mortals out there....lol
Blowing a 💋kiss - healthier
@georgevincent1834 Flynn was a fine boxer. He boxed in his youth in Australia. He was perfectly suited to the role of heavyweight champ Gentlemen Jim Corbett. It's one of my personal favorites of Flynns' films.
He famously accepted a boxing challenge in Hollywood from director John Huston, also a former boxer. Huston apparently bragged that while Flynn may beat him in a sword fight, he'd beat Flynn in boxing. Reportedly, Flynn boxed Huston's ear off him. Lol. I would've loved to have witnessed that!
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Errol was one of a kind!Loved his movies since childhood.
I'm with you. You might like to read one of the 3 books he wrote titled "Beam Ends," about his real life sailing adventures. You're most likely to find it in the rare books section of a major public library. He was an excellent writer.
Errol passed the yr. I was born 1959. He was a gentleman. See him kissing the lady's hands. Heard stories about him, but it just added to the romanticism of him. He was a very attractive man when younger. Rip!
Errol Flynn, was a very remarkable man, in spite of the fact that he had some major health issues that were aggravated by his life style. The sad part is that we lost him far too soon. No one has ever played or will ever play for example Robin Hood like Errol. Also what wonderful performances in many of his other rolls such as the Sea Hawk, Dawn Patrol, Charge of the Light Brigade, Objective Burma, Dodge City, San Antonio, and so many others. Errol Flynn was "ACES".
Mark Richardson Yes, his son was a war correspondent in Vietnam where he was killed!
He was actually killed in Cambodia not Vietnam
Sean Flynn was a war correspondent, and was killed doing his job. Why do you want to degrade a young man who went into harms way to do a very dangerous job? I am a 100% service connected disabled retired combat veteran, and see no reason for you whom I suspect has never served to be so disrespectful to those w ho have given their lives in war.
who's degrading him? no one's degrading him
I don't think that I know now to whom I was answering? They may have gone to "edit" and deleted their remark. Nor sure now?
I read his book back when I was a teenager. He lived a truly amazing life and had an incredible style. Physically, an almost perfect specimen.
I read his book also.
I believe he decided early in life to enjoy every day and live it like it’s your last.
The man was a legend.
Just imagine living the way he did.
He did it his own way.
Take care.
He was beyond handsome. He was beautiful.
WOW, Erroll Flynn, what an icon
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I like the way they say Goodnight at the end of these shows.
It's called proper etiquette 😊
That was most kind of Scotland Mayor to Visit America and Canada to remind those of us who are Scottish of our coulture with his accent and costume and vast knowledge of Scotland.
In his short fifty years, he lived a thousand lifetimes...
God bless you the one and only Errol Flynn
No, Erroll wasn't drunk here, merely trying to disguise his identity. Very charming and handsome. Arlene was very alluring here with her bare shoulders, I would've run off to treasure island at the drop of a hat.
Watching this again after years ! I laughed so much.
Who, except maybe Alan Marshal, was ever so charming and handsome as Errol Flynn? He died wayyyy too soon. He was a remarkable actor!
Perhaps, Tyrone Power?
@@waynej2608 No contest
he had death wish,like so many idiot drug takers. at 81 i have had a lot of pleasure too . in moderation, mostly.
@@michaelangood judgemental much !!
@@michaelangoodHis drug use paled in comparison to his heavy smoking and drinking.
Tough crowd: Flynn might be aging at the time this episode was filmed, but he was still good looking!
The panel is an excellent example of civil society.
All an act ! Not civil at all. Read excerpts of Bennetts interview
@@Mmdmade no thank you kindly JACK.🐬
@@Mmdmade: Thank you! It was a different time when I was a kid at that same time and you had to pretend. Today(1980s and after) all hell has broken loose.
1957 was my father's last full year. We didn't know on December 1 that he only had 3-1/2 months to live. He was operated on January 1, 1958 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas and was found to have inoperable lung cancer. We brought him back to Waco where he died on March 17, 1958, never got out of bed again. He was only 59. He had been a Buick dealer and loved the beautiful cars of the 50's and that era. He had also loved the cars of the 20's like Hupmobiles and Locomobiles when he and my mother were newly married. He was every inch a gentleman, always dressed to perfection. This is when I was in junior high. He would have killed a man had he known he'd hurt a lady. He couldn't have lived very far into the 60's as they would have been repellant to him. He would rather have died than to have done something to bring attention to himself in public and he always said you never discuss personal issues in public or talk about anything to do with sex when women are present. My mother lived another 39 years and died at 94 in 1997.
My condolences for both of your parents! It's a hard yet unavoidable thing to deal with; loss.... 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Rest In Peace Errol Flynn my first movie Hero.
Errol Flynn lived a hardcore life and that takes a heavy toll.
He was a great star of Hollywood's golden age !
Thank you for posting these! I'd vaguely recall seeing some episodes when I was a very small child.
AMAZING show, manners, respect, courtesy, and smart dress. All gone now.
Keith Naylor yes. How I miss civility. So sad....
Keith Naylor Exactly. Now we have to put up with self proclaimed "talent" exhibiting childish temper tantrums on shows such as "The View". Awful!
@@gwarlow
"The View" stinks!
Why??? ...when?... beginning about 1964...80 yr old recollection
Yeah he's another favorite of mine like others .it's a crying shame he died so very young .he had much more to give and so much more promise.
The great Errol Flynn. Legend.
“…and we’ll be back in one minute!”
You remember…when commercials didn’t
take over the whole show!
Jim Kahn In the UK we've only suffered, at the most, a sequence of ads maybe twice in a half hour period. That was enough for me at the time! :)
Flynn was the Best, nobody came close.
Tyrone Power knocked the socks off Flynn
Wow he was so handsome and chàrming
I think Mr. Flynn looks fine and is not under the drink. He was left handed and signed with his right hand and the chalk broke as he was signing. He was a good looking man and was a great actor. He was trying to disguise his voice and talked like a Scotsman. There was nothing wrong in his performance. They all had such good manners and it was all enjoyable. Glad this was preserved for history.
He was NOT left handed...you're mistaken. The chalk broke because of excessive pressure as he wrote and the odd angle that he was signing in!
@@AladdinSaneNYC you can have your opinion and I can have mine.
Well stated 😊
Errol Flynn looks like my father, brings tears to my eyes
Many people watching this clip, think Errol is drunk. He may very well be. But remember, movies stars and other celebrities were encouraged to disguise their voice so as not to be so easily guessed. If you notice he's changing his accent, Italian, Irish. His voice was quite well known at the time. If you notice once his identity is known, and the host remarks about his being married, his voice is normal.
+Robbie R. Esq. Indeed, it's quite effective blather/disguise.
I am not kidding when I say that having read David Niven's several memoirs, I do believe at this stage of his life Flynn was no longer drinking or carousing and was married to his final wife and reading the Bible. Niven was very positive about Flynn on all levels in his works that did include speaking of his show biz friends because he noted that it would be silly to speak of your plumber only in your life story, if you'd known Gandhi or Churchill or Sarah Bernhardt. So he did get mentions.
@@philippapay4352 it's good to know that Errol found some kind of peace, near the end. He was a great movie star and an underrated actor. He seemed to have led quite a tumultuous life. Peace to you, Mr. Flynn.
WOW Errol Flynn - the greatest superstar and legend so far in the series I think. Just seeing him moved me to tears.
WATCH - That Forsyte Woman with Greer Garson, one of the most beautiful Victorian movies ever made!
about 20 years before this he was the most popular actor in Hollywood, even 10 years before this he was still an A lister... sad to see him like this and the end of his career and what drink and hard living had done..
Love the Inverness mayor’s Loch Ness Monster story! He sounded pretty bloody believable to me. That patrician, east coast panel shouldn’t have been so dismissive. The mayor didn’t seem like he suffered fools. Their comments were disrespectful.
I thought he was very plausible, I believe he did see it
@carole6884 I believed him also.Especially describing the creature eating salmon and skin texture. I agree the panel shouldn't have been so dismissive.But they were saying it because it was entertaining the audience probably.
Wow. I wasn't expecting a Loch Ness Monster story!
Nobody expects a Loch Ness Monster story!
@@auteurAM Ahhhh you beat me to it! Lol. Like the Monty Python skit, 'Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition.' I'm sure, wherever Dorothy is, she'd appreciate that very line.
Not a story, a fact😊
That was a good story about the Lochness monster! Also, a nice kilt.
God how I love Errol Flynn
Amazingly handsome and charming gentleman
Errol Flynn was very amusing. He lived quite a life.
he's a legend to me--erroll flynn. there's only one.
Cool video! I’m glad we have these gems to watch!
How can anyone dispute the testimony of a mayor and his description of the Loch Ness monster!
Yes- I was surprised at Bennett's rather condescending skepticism at the good mayor's personal story!
Teresa L Serf's response was much like anyone's would be if someone told that story in dinner party company for instance.
Actually, I initially thought Serf meant sarcastically that he may have been watching too much television as the Mayor clearly didn't have a sense of it being only a half hour programme!! Then I realised very soon he was impishly implying that the man had had imagination fuelled somewhat.
Incidentally the Scots and the Irish, particularly the older generation, love spinning out a tall story. :)
Dave Sanderson - good comments.
My common sense tells me the Monster does not exist. Extensive searches have been done.
But so many people like this mayor seem so truthful and genuine it's very hard to disbelieve them.
I certainly would NOT want to know if it doesn't exist!
@@keithnaylor1981
Look at the man. Listen to him. He was not lying.
That loch is _massive!_ The Loch Ness Monster has many a place to dodge our silly equipment.
@@teresal5174 typical of Cerf
Errol Flynn was a very entertaining actor 😘
Great actor and a good tennis player,charm itself, burnt out to young---good company for the rest of the great stars!!!!
I miss SO MANY of these entertainers!
Watched this every Sunday night as a kid. This show was always so proper. This is the way everyone should speak.
Even with an eyepatch, Arlene is still glamorous!
She could wear a potato sack and id be so proud to date her.
It is fascinating how in 1957, Martin Gable felt the need to publicly explain why his hair was "so long", when the actual hair length he was sporting would be considered quite conservative just over another decade later.
You should see how long his son Peter's hair is. :)
+What's My Line? I've seen it.
My question is how did he rate Arlene? She's an attractive, sweet classy lady. Oh well, good on him then.
@@waynej2608 I've seen several comments like yours from men surprised (and some critical!) by Martin's relationship with the gorgeous Arlene. I always remind you gentlemen of Martin's energy, talent, intellect and that beautiful voice of his! It's so obvious that they are truly partners, in every way!
@@aileen694 Fair enough.
0:58 I know this is pre-Beatles and barely post-Elvis, but I still laughed at the length of Mr Gable's hair after Ms Kilgallen apologized for it in advance.
Errol was treated like sh*t by people. God bless him.
Errol Flynn made Robin Hood live!
Rascal, whatever. He was loved, will always be & l’m truly saddened we lost him so young. I too am an Aussie & Errol to this day, is well loved 🥰 and part of our colloquialism and culture. Long may he be remembered. 💔🌹🇦🇺👏🏼🕊💫
Errol was also an excellent author. He wrote 3 books which now can most likely be found in the rare books sections of major public libraries. I highly recommend "Beam Ends," about his real life sailing adventures. He could have had a fine career as a writer. There is much to be admired and respectfully remembered about this legendary actor.
@@fredericmartin7148 thank you for your information. 😉
70 years ago 50 wasn't young!😊
Crazy how gracious and refined behaviour and language was compared with the crassness and vulgarity of today. We've lost so much in recent years.
I was diagnosed with alcoholic cirrhosis two years ago. I stopped drinking, and my liver is regenerating itself. My hepatologist says I can live for another 30 years. (I'm 60) Booze is a wicked mistress, but it can be overcome.
Kevin Conners Fantastic! This was very refreshing and inspiring to read. I hope you are doing well and healing up better with every day that goes by. Have you any advice that you could share that helped you quit once you found out? And may I also ask if you had alarming symptoms leading up to your diagnosis?
Six months on, how are you?
Yes the liver can repair itself many people don't know this if you quit drinking the liver can repair itself I'm glad you chose to live by letting the alcohol go. I hope you live many more years and enjoy Ur life
Right on. God bless. 👍
Always enjoy Martin Gabel. Such a gentleman.
Lucky man married Arlene 😊
Man, that Errol Flynn was suave
Errol Flynn was a great actor and he was on a game show give it a rest folks
I liked when Mr. Sperre wiped his nose with his bare hand, and then shook hands with Cerf.
Errol Flynn looked good for a 50 year old aging movie star. The panel couldn't detect his slight Aussie accent.
+Warp Prime 42 Actually when this was filmed he was only 48.
I've seen a couple of others use the high pitch mickey mouse voice to fool the panel - Muhammad Ali and Red Buttons. Hard to keep it going though I'd imagine.
And I thought his accent would be a dead give away. I can hear it, fleetingly, during some parts.
he doesn’t seem drunk at all to me, he just chose a kind of incomprehensible disguised voice
His voice would have been very recognizable to any movie goer, therefore he disguised it here.
Who said he was?
RIP dear Errol!
will be encouraging my Mom, to view this. She was born in Inverness County, in Nova Scotia.
The mayor was from scotland😊
near the end of his time on earth here but a total aussie legend, never forget you mate
Errol Flynn was only 50 when he died. Such a shame. He looks in his mid sixties. He certainly lived hard and burned himself out. Heartbreaking. He was remarkable.
Often wondered about Bennet Cerf's relationship with this show's producers. He seems to pull answers out of thin air.
He listens to the answers and deduces the occupation 😊
Errol is as handsome and charming as ever.
@@phoenixswanson1561 I'm guessing that Errol would be ok with that.
Phoenix Swanson What’s the problem?
Wayne J 😁😁
John Daly is soooooo talented. Love Errol.
An era when people were intelligent and well spoken.
In Errol's defense, for some people it's hard to maneuver their hand to write on a chalkboard rather than a piece of paper flat on the table. I am a 25 year old left handed woman, and I can guarantee you my signature on that chalkboard would look worse than his, even sober.
If you look closely at Errol's hand holding the chalk, he has way more than half of it sticking out as he begins to write. Clearly a man not used to writing with chalk, as this technique would certainly cause the chalk to break.
LOL.... As a lefty, writing on chalkboards is brutal
Arlene & Martin LOL Bennet's babyish voice. Crazy Kilgalen.
Errol Flynn may be one of the greatest movie stars whoever lived. This is not the dashing Flynn of Montana, Dodge City or the Adventures of Robin Hood.
I was surprised to hear the Scottish Mayor's tale of seeing the Loch Ness Monster. It's like an astronaut reportimg a UFO.
Tenderfoot Prepper I’m sure he was know for his tales!
@@1justice2012
And I'm sure he was known for his truthful relayances of actual events!
Now we have military experts swearing to UFOs and life in front of Congess. Care to change your assessment?
And UFOS are a fact😊
@@SueProvExactly 😊
A legend
Never will you see anyone like the great Errol Flynn.
I've never been able to pull off a Scottish accent, and John absolutely nailed it.
John spoke several languages 😊
Only Arlene Francis can make an eye patch look sexy as hell. It happened with her other eye as well, and she looked dashing. Same thing with the dark glasses when she sunburned her eyes.
He was what we now call a movie 'idol'. You see trendy men nowadays trying to emulate the look, the pencil line moustache and slicked back hair.
Mel Brooks says that Errol Flynn was the model for the Peter O'Toole character in "My Favorite Year," but that the actual plot is basically fiction. Brooks was not connected with the film but the film was based on various people involved with Sid Caesar, including a character that is a composite of Brooks with other writers, including Woody Allen.
John Huston in his excellent autobiography had some fascinating stories about Errol Flynn. Including an hour long fist fight the two had at a party, Flynn’s drinking, drug use and health and relationship with women.
Errol Flynn was very handsome at this age!
Errol was actually a bit shy so he seemed a bit nervous to me on the show. His eyes are focused away from the camera to his right. He was suave and funny for the times.
Love his movies a class act😊😊
The old Bugs Bunny Cartoon quote. Don't You Worry Never Fear Robin Hood Will Soon Be Here !! I just Hadda Say It ! Yep, There was only one Errol Flynn and he will always be the one and only Robin Hood !!!
I wasnt expecting the loch ness monster
Dorothy Kilgallen always has beautiful jewelry. Also, a good interrogator. Fun though!
Dorothy was a investigative reporter for years 😊
One of my favourite Flynn stories:
"One of Flynn's lesser-known interests was horse riding, which led to him engaging in a fight with director Michael Curtiz... and also ended up having a huge impact on Hollywood right up to the present day.
While filming The Charge of the Light Brigade in 1936, Curtiz shot the famous charge scene where he utilised tripwire to make horses fall over on cue. A sadly common but brutal filming technique that showed little regard for the health or well-being of the animals involved. The end result was 25 of these horses had to be put down.
His leading man, Errol Flynn, was incensed by both the scene and by Curtiz's apparent lack of care. Furious, he attacked his director and did his level best to inflict damage on him before the two were pulled apart.
This very scene was cited in the legal case that eventually banned the use of tripwire in filming a few years after this incident"
Errol Flynn superstitiously dreaded baldness. He used to rub vodka into his scalp to prevent it. This is why you almost never saw him wearing a hat unless he was acting. Maybe he was on to something: his liver gave out but not his hair.
After Ricky Nelson bought Errol Flynn's home, Tracy Nelson claimed to have seen Errol Flynn's ghost several times.
Also, many watching may not realize that panelist Dorothy Kilgallen was believed to have died from 'foul play' after her revelations about what she learned from interviewing Jack Ruby.
+Robbie R. Esq. From what I've read, the evidence is too circumstantial for my taste. Just my 2-cents worth, but I'm not buying the conspiracy theory.
@@frederickkruse4815 Hear hear. But those that doubt the Warren Commission -- meaning they cannot possibly accept that a Communist did it, and not the people of Dallas, or anyone not of the Left -- will always harbor such fantasies.
New information seems to show she was undoubtedly murdered. Even named ate named in respected books.
Sooo sad and justice NOT served!
@@quatermass8 yes, I did some research too and the whole thing reeks. And I don't believe the 'official' version one iota! But of course many want to rant about conspiracy theories etc...well rant away, it still doesn't undermine the fact that they exist. Dorothy didn't deserve such a fate.
@@oksills Even the Coroner's report at the time shed doubt on the circumstances. It did say overdose and lethal combination of alcohol and barbiturates, but it also stated there was no evidence of extended use (meaning that it was not habitual, at least of the Barbiturates).
has to be best looking man in h'wood history! like the template of handsomness!
And yet, by this time, a shadow of his former self...
What a treat! I've recently been emersed in Errol history.
Have you read the 3 books he wrote? He could have had a fine career as an author. Read "Beam Ends," about his real life sailing adventures. You can most likely find it in the rare books sections of major public libraries.
@@fredericmartin7148 Good suggestion!