My late aunt was a nurse in the LA area in the forties and fifties. She took care of Mr. Flynn once when he was hospitalized after one of his drinking binges. She said he was really nice and very appreciative of the care he received.
His last wife, Patrice, is a big time resident of Port Antonio, Jamaica. I lived there for a while, and, as a jazz singer, I was known on that part of the island; I was invited to her 83rd birthday to sing. Nice lady, well respected by the Jamaicans, and she's not broke. She owned an island off the island and the British navy bought it from her. Interesting just learning about her beloved. She put up with a lot.
This documentary is one the best documentary that I've ever seen about a Hollywood movie legend. B. Davis was right when she said "He is gorgeous but He doesn't have the faintest idea of how acting should be". Thanks so much for uploading this wonderful documentary 🎥🎥
I love Errol Flynn. I'm thinking of the line in My Favorite Year where Benji Stone tells the Errol Flynn based character Alan Swann " You couldn't have been that convincing as a hero unless you had those traits inside, nobody is that good an actor. You are that hero. " Betty Davis later apologized to Olivia DeHavilland about Flynn's acting telling her he was a fine actor and had misjudged him. He was the definitive Robin Hood and no one has been able to touch it. Richard Dreyfus said one of the lines Flynn had in Captain blood is next to impossible to convince an audience of and Flynn made it work. Plus, Flynn was cool and the ultimate movie star. He always inspired me.
I know I'm late for this party, but I really enjoyed this documentary. I just came from seeing one that didn't depict him too nicely. And it's good to hear both sides of a story. The only thing I'm going to say is that he was such a fascinating character and I wish someone made a really good biopic because he lived a hell of a life!
Bless that man, he was an honest man, never pretended to be something he wasn’t, that’s good for an actor. What you saw is what you got. Where were all his mates like David Niven?
@@jenniferholden9397 I met some people who knew Flynn, he was an intensely agitated and lonely fellow who constantly required excitement. Rather empty in some way and in others not of this world. His son Sean, who looked a lot like him, had Flynn's driveness. An excellent photojournalist who took one too many risks in southeast Asia and was killed.
This one-of-a-kind-larger-than-life legend. Magnificent while tragic. Jack Warner was right to say "He was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy, animal package. I just wish we had someone around today half as good as Flynn." Good but sad documentary.
I loved the 1982 movie "My Favorite Year" in which Peter O'Toole played Alan Swan - a washed up former matinee idol obviously modeled after Errol Flynn, who comes to New York to perform as the star guest on a weekly comedy TV show (obviously modeled after Sid Caesar's show of the 1950's). O'Toole was the perfect actor for this role since he lived a similar life.
Dear Jack, Thank you for posting this wonderful documentary. Errol Flynn passed away two years after I was born, but he will always be my favorite actor, and his films, always my favorites. When I was in 7th Grade, I was caught reading My Wicked, Wicked Ways during class. Watching The Adventures Of Robin Hood or They Died With Their Boots On, always takes me away to a different time and place. Thank you again my friend !!
Christopher Lee and Errol were Giants of the screen. I like how Christopher highlights that Errol didn't give a damn. Maybe we should all be like that. Sounds good to me. After all we all die within a 100 years at the most. Wealth means nothing, you can't take it with you. Steve in Scotland.
Great documentary! His autobiography " my wicked wicked ways" has even more of his adventures not mentioned in this film. And more importantly,what I most enjoyed about the book was his advice on how to survive through the troubled times in life and get back on top of the world again! 🌎
@@russellmarra8520 A lot more of it is true than not true. It's so intelligent,observational he talks about many of the greats and his impressions and encounters with Welles,Chaplin,FDR. His book is not really boastful. He had an incredible that the Average Joe's like myself couldn't even imagine.
I like to think that Errol Flynn is sailing his ship in a better world, and he's young again, free from pain! Heaven is where your heart lives, God Bless you!
He haunted his Mulholland house when Rick Nelson’s family lived there. He appeared to Tracy Nelson & wished her a Happy New Year & her dad died on New Years! She was almost smothered to death & tumbled down the stairs & she could hear a man laughing. My guess is that it was his buddy, Herman Erben. The Nelson twins & Rick also had dealings with ghosts in that house & before it was demolished, a girl was gang raped in that house. After, the property was divided up, Helen Hunt bought the house, but never moved in, perhaps from divorce. Now, Justin Timberlake lives on the property. I read he rebuilt it similarly to the way Errol had it.
So intriguing and such a sad ending at the same time. I remember the first time in saw Errol. It was in Captain Blood. He was my first serious movie star crush. I think I was 7 or 8. My grandma told me he was long gone and that the movie was made the same year she was born...I think I cried a whole day. Lol...as a little kid I couldn't quite grasp it. He still remains one of my favorites, right up there with Clark Gable in Gone With the Wind. I'm a sucker for 1930s Hollywood.
At least he loved his kids. It seems even in the midst of struggling with addiction and crises he never turned any of that suffering outward, and was eager and able to give his children time and affection. The same can't be said for plenty of other Hollywood parents. And considering what he came from its a rather remarkable feat. The documentary shows that he was neglected, introduced to his parents sex life as a small child and hints at his mother's physical abuse,but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Most documentaries spare us the details of his mother ripping out his hair and locking him in tiny spaces for days. His grandpa tried to throw him into a fireplace, even his dad, who is usually not portrayed as violent broke an umbrella across Errol's back. Not to mention Errol had to keep a step ahead of the school pedophiles. I'll give him credit that he cared about being better with his own family than anyone was to him growing up. Most people don't have his inner strength.
There is nothing that points to that. He had some hopes that his son might follow him into movies but I don't get where you're coming from? Many fathers want their sons to go into the family business.
He was an inspiration to a little kid who also wanted to be an actor. Robin Hood, yes I wanted to be Robin Hood but in those films, I realized I wanted to be Errol Flynn. Didn't succeed but he was something to behold despite the faults. Will always remember his films and his legacy however tarnished. He was a movie star, yes!!!
Richard Dreyfuss said it best, a friend on the screen. One of the great communicators of cinema along with Marlon. Made you really feel something. Captain Blood is the template adventure movie. Obviously great supporting cast also. But like Brando, you can't get enough of a performer like Errol. Makes you feel good.
Someone like Errol Flynn is exciting, good looking, adventurous and so on, but being involved with someone like him is totally exhausting and bad for your health.
David Niven (Flynn's closest & dearest friend during those turbulent years) later described Errol as 'the loneliest man he ever met'. Undoubtedly Jack Warner took a huge gamble putting a completely untested Flynn in "Captain Blood" but Errol spent the rest of his life paying for it. Along with Marylin he may be one of the most tragic figures to come off the Hollywood production line. P.S. The more I hear & see about Warner the more I realise he was a modern-day slave trader, cheat, liar, thief and completely vindictive & amoral human.
He was one handsome Irish Australian and don't think he was a bad man at all! But some Australians are a good looking lot! Mel Gibson Hugh Jack an Chris Hemsworth to name a few!
Your comment is funny. A few years ago I was riding on the public bus in Las Vegas. A 93 yr old man began speaking to me. He was most gregarious and had the enthusiasm of a 30 year old. He excitedly told me a total stranger that he had worked in Hollywood for 50 years. He told me he personally knew Jack Warner, Frank Sinatra and even Marilyn Monroe. He seemed most sincere and very straightforward. The way he described Jackii Warner you'd have thinked the man was a Saint.But that's Hollywood isn't it?
Your comment is funny. A few years ago I was riding on the public bus in Las Vegas. A 93 yr old man began speaking to me. He was most gregarious and had the enthusiasm of a 30 year old. He excitedly told me a total stranger that he had worked in Hollywood for 50 years. He told me he personally knew Jack Warner, Frank Sinatra and even Marilyn Monroe. He seemed most sincere and very straightforward. The way he described Jackii Warner you'd have thinked the man was a Saint.But that's Hollywood isn't it?
I’m not sure why he never got an academy award except for the fact he was such a rascal. I can not picture anyone else in the role of Robin Hood. Say what you will but he lived life to its fullest. I just got done reading my wicked wicked ways. Very prophetic last couple of lines. He’ll always be my favorite actor.
rascal, such a wonderful word cheers to rascals , wherever they roam . A gentlemanly pursuit, you either are or not, no in-between I know my ramblings are trite,, but I drink a bit
Apart from the mysterious death of the David Niven’s first wife! (Errol was present at the time!) , Errol and David shared a house called Cirrhosis-By-The-Sea!
@@nigelmidgesequeira7865 There was nothing mysterious about that tragic death: "The couple had two sons, David Jr. and Jamie, and were still devotedly in love when, in 1946, they attended a party at the Hollywood house of actor and matinee idol Tyrone Power. While playing the hide‑and-seek game Sardines, for which the lights had been switched off, Primmie opened a door she thought was the powder room and fell head-first down a steep flight of steps into the cellar. She died of a fractured skull and brain lacerations. She was 28 and had been in Hollywood for just six weeks."
Thank you for sharing. It shows another side of him besides being an actor. I was extremely fascinated with him in New Guinea. I find Errol Flynn a very fascinating man.😍💕
Well I just watched another one before this and not once did they mention his early life in Tasmania and PNG. I think those turbulent years made Flynn the way he was, wanting that sense of adventure and having a perhaps different perspective on life and love to most of the people he ended up knowing in the Hollywood circle. Many of them were brought up Hollywood and had an insular look at the world, and yet Flynn made his way to Hollywood eventually from the bottom of the world and travelled by sailing the world as opposed to getting on planes to get from A to B. His whole life was different. A bit of trivia - Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is a Hobart born princess having met her prince in Sydney during the 2000 Olympics. So he and Mary lived their childhood in the same small city - Hobart.
I've been a fan ever since I first read his autobiography in 1978. I've read it twice and is the most fascinating autobio I have ever read. I read John Hammond Moore's book a few years ago and that straightened a few things about Errol's life that he exaggerated about and made up but well worth a read if you haven't already. Yes, you sure know who your friends are when you start on the slippery slope. There was no one there for him and he didn't deserve that. I still live in hope that I will visit his grave one day. Sleep well sport, I wish I had known you.
My first encounter with Errol was in 1949 when I went, sans parents with my sister who two years younger than myself I was aged 7, she 5, to a screening of Robin Hood at the local church hall, I next met him when I visited my local library in 1960 when I happened upon a copy of 'My Wicked Wicked Ways' his autobiography, which I enjoyed tremendously, in fact it made such an influence on my already agnostic life that I have lived by it ever since, I am now aged 77 and, with my agnosticism turned into atheism by Matt Dillahunty I wish to convey to the spirit of Errol my heartfelt thanks.
Everytime I feel my work, my routine and society 's expectations boxing me in; I think of Flynn and I book an exotic trip and I feel "ALIVE" and in the moment again...
How blessed you are😊 Some of us have never and probably will never take a vacation Count your blessings sir, and may you truly enjoy and appreciate them all. Travel sounds delicious and I pray one day I'll taste it myself!💛
Thanks for the upload. Generally very interesting and entertaining. But , just one thing ......Flynn didn't go from either Australia or New Guinea straight to Hollywood. In fact, he wasn't even remotely "discovered" in Hollywood or even in America. He travelled, initially, to London where spent some time working around the theatre. While there he got a couple of minor roles in movies that we shot at the Warner Bros studio in Teddington (?) and it was Irving Asher, the head of Warner's in the UK who realized Flynn's potential and promptly sent him to Hollywood.,,
He also joined the rep company in Northampton, where a film house bears his name. See another Flynn documentary posted above this one. Flynn was my boyhood hero along with Guy Williams as Zorro because of their lighthearted gallantry.
A lot of people on this thread criticized Errol Flynn's life choices which eventually lead to his death. Errol lived in a time that was wild and rough in Australian coast and New Guinea. When he was around 20 he had picked up New Guinea gonorrhea, Blackwater fever, malaria, and TB. Whoever that very first doctor that examined him at 21, told this young roustabout that he had only a few years left to live. You never tell a 21-year-old they only have a few years to live and he must cut back on drinking and smoking. Errol decided to live life to the hilt and live it fast. The more he lived life as if he didn't care the longer he lived and the more new doctors would tell him to cut out the fast living or he would be dead in a few years. When he saw the Doctor after he turned 50 and was told to stop drinking then or it would be over, Flynn didn't believe any of these doctors he had his entire life that told him to stop. Errol Flynn was convinced he was going to die young because of his enlarged heart. That is why he lived last, he was handed everything in his life fame, fortune, good looks, talent, athletic ability and he threw it all away and that is why we are all attracted to him as a wild and free spirit that risked it all and laughed about it. None of us knew at a very young age he was told to slow down or he would be dead in a few years.
I'm not sure who made this documentary, but it is a great piece of work. The research and the presentation is fantastic. It sort of inspires me to become a documentary film maker. I watched this documentary many years ago but now I've found it again on youtube. thank you so much.
@@11dmju yeah . ....this one really romanticizes him ...as if selling slaves was ok ...sleeping with young girls...murder ??? He was a thief ..... He got away with a lot of stuff because he was handsome ....he would love life about his penis size (?)
Say Jack, what about that biography that stated that Eroll Flynn was a Morphine smuggler and a wild and crazy bisexual. I know the book was debunked by some wanting to protect his reputation but the book really seemed to fit in with his philosophy and attitude.
@@andyokus5735 It's all bullcrap, Errol wasn't a morphine smuggler, he got hooked on morphine because he injured his back from riding horses and he did a lot of his own stunts. He was NEVER a Bi-sexual. There were three things that interested him, films, women, and being on the Sea. That scumbag Charles Higham who was a homosexual came up that that awful book saying Errol was a NAZI spy, bi-sexual the book was totally all made up. Flynn was dead and everyone Higham interviewed was all people who didn't like Flynn and were all dead by the time the book was published. Flynn is the most written about the actor, there are more documentaries on him than any other film star. I knew most of the authors of the Flynn books some are still alive. I knew Nora, Rory, and Deirdre. I knew Buster Wiles and I'm friends with Steve Hayes who is 90 and has written a two-volume book of his time he lived with Flynn up at Mulholland. I knew a few actors that worked and ran with Flynn. Most of the stuff you hear about Flynn is all total bullshit.
Reading through the comments, it seems some people require a full and detailed biography of Errol Flynn's life. No pleasing some eh. I really enjoyed this. I knew nothing of the man and now I know a little more. When God was giving out handsome, Errol drank heavily from the cup. I didn't know he was this good looking. Wow. I prefer to remain ignorant and remember him as the handsome hero of Hollywood films. Thanks for posting.
+Lydia Bocage, Lydia, if you want to read more on Errol Flynn I recommend his Bio, MY WICKED, WICKED WAYS, its a fun and funny read. Then there is Tom McNulty's THE LIFE AND CAREER OF ERROL FLYNN. There is another documentary made by Warner Bros & TCM THE ADVENTURES OF ERROL FLYNN (2005) this documentary is done very well
Thanks Jack! I have the DVD and others from OZ. I flip through You Tube allot and I got stopped here for the duration. So many know so little of Errol. In all the years since 2004 I have been truly introduced to the real Errol Flynn and parts of his family. His life was much more interesting to me than the hollywood films. However we see much of his personality in those films. I like one comment about his death, as he died very peaceably as he just laid down and all his organs crapped out at once it seems. Good way to go!
Although known as a womaniser,hard drinker,chain smoker and a living a roller coaster life,there is another side of Errol Flynn many of us do not know. Errol thirst of knowledge was not widely known.He read a lot and in his last years even wrote in his diary his daily life experiences.
Flynn got kicked out of so many schools. But he comes across as far from being dumb. He had a lifetime quest of learning and kept journals and wrote some books. I believe he was quite a lot like Abe Lincoln in that he was self educated.
@@dr.barrycohn5461 but Errol Flynn did faithfully read the Holy Bible in his last years.He once told his closest friend David Niven,"Yes,there is a book I have been reading and it is full of good stuff".Niven in astonishment replied,"What is it?".Flynn then said,"I will knock the damn teeth out of you if you laugh.,"Flynn then earnestly replied,"It is the Holy Bible."
@@1978garfield no need for that.His father had related that.Errol Flynn's quest and thirst for knowledge was legendary.He read a lot in his spare time and mind you the Holy Bible was his companion in his last years. David Niven in his book "Bring On The Empty Horses" had related of his meeting with Errol for the last time in 1958 by chance in London.Niven told Errol Flynn how the latter could manage and overcome all the difficulties and problems.Errol replied was,"I will knock the damn teeth of yours,if you laugh.It's the Bible.".Yes,in his last years Flynn had kept a diary of his own in the 1950s.
I am 70, Errol was always my hero from my boyhood. I really never knew anything about him, and found this video very fascinating. This will sound strange, I've been married 42 years, but I told my wife years ago if I was gay it would have to be with Errol Flynn. Even as a straight man I found him very irresistible, he left this earth the right way, he lived life to it's fullest, and left this earth still a handsome man not a broken down looking old fart.
WELL G'day YES I thought about that along time ago if I was a Nancy Boy I would of wanted to be with Errol the legendary AUSTRALIAN and brilliant ACTOR for He could've parked his shoes under my bed NO ONE else though 💯💯 percent
Errol was much more than this documentary revealed, there were only a few glimpses of being a great father, a great friend, but deep inside he was filled with love, love of being alive of course he was extremely adventurous but we should all learn from him that love is what keeps life interesting. Beverly should be remembered for never saying negative things about Errol, and she was well beyond her 15 years when they fell in love. The other important part missing is just how good an actor Errol was, every role was played to perfection, no actor has ever been able to be the characters they portray in all their films. Some capture it a few times but only Errol captured it every time from the very first Captain Blood scene and even in the closing of this documentary, he was real. Hollywood must honor him with an Oscar, you can read the reasons why, all positive and make your decision.....I am convinced you will positively agree...Errol deserves an Oscar.....he will always be on every sandy beach....
He was a bad one back then. He is still bad now. He was corrupted at death and died corrupted. Hollywood was not his mummy. It owes him nothing. Especially a bad'en. If an actor turns to crime then entitlements to respect may be seriously affected.
He was dead at age fifty. So money is of little use to him from that point on. Nothing to be jealous about. If treating your body as a trash can was something to be proud of then maybe I could be green due to that proudness. But as a sneek theith horder he clearly was not mentally fit to manager his own affairs and get the cops of his trail. Like due to heroin, excessive cigarettes, cigars, his own tobacco, alcohol and who knows what else. As Scrooge explained the chains we carry are those we forge in life. So being a sex pervert peeping tom (A peeping Fylnn) glotting at his stolen jewelry which wasn't his with a few million in the bank is just stupid mis-management. Being crocked doesn't get cut any slack here if he has millions but is so corrupt he refused to pay his victims. A thousand would be idols fell due to the real person not being up to being the glittzy idol on cellulose. If he lost all his money then maybe he should have thought more kindly to those he stole from. As the supposed money he thought he had belonged to his victims by law. Being in the spotlight is not always kind to those on the wrong side of the law. I am sorry.
Michael Greenwood he didn’t have to steal. He earned his money working in movies. If you believe his autobiography where he tells a story about the jewells it’s not true. Everbody who writes his or her own biography tells not the real story, only good things, but Flynn made up a story about himself as more wicked than he actually was. Because of that many think he was wicked for real and he have fooled so many. Everyone who thinks he was bad, haven’t study the real Flynn.
Thanks for uploading this excellent Vid. R.I.P. Errol. I remember when I spent 12 months in Hobart,Tasmania in 1982 people would often point out the house that Errol Flynn lived in when He was young.
That was probably the best documentary that I have ever seen of Errol Flynn. One thing is that they ignored his connection with Jack Barrymore, who he admired. It had to be incredibly painful for him to emulate Jack Barrymore in "Too Much Too Soon".
Amen, those blacks were ok to enslave. He did things by the book, and those other books about him are just scandalous rumours; the only book with the truth is the good book. +tss77
+Ni Clouds Wasn't he 16 years old at the time? And that time was very different. He strikes me as an opportunist, but not as a bigot or hypocrite. Cheers for Flynn.
+Ni Clouds Terrible, and great yes. Not a "nice guy". He did numerous mistakes (understatement!) He wasn't perfect in any way. A feisty bastard. But he hated hypocrites and bigots.
This thread is a sewer of hypocrisy. How can you invoke God when speaking in favor of a man who was as godless and amoral as any Hollywood star? You people are sickening in your rationalizations. Errol Flynn was perhaps the greatest Hollywood star, a talent second to none in his prime. Also he was one of the most charming psychopaths to ever make a mark in the 20th Century. The facts of his being a serial rapist of underage women isn't mere "rumor", there are several credible documented interviews with the victims themselves. You idiots sound like the fans of Bill's Cosby or Clinton that are in total denial of reality.
I just read his complete autopsy on an internet site. Wow, you would really have to party hard to mess your body up to that level at 50 yrs. old. I'm surprised he lived as long as he did.
They don't come any more extraordinary than this. A tale more adventurous than the characters he played. He may have beaten his dastardly adversaries in the end and the tale of how he may have done so is more relevant today than it was then. I always liked him as Robin Hood but never knew much about him. He certainly showed Hollywood to be what it is.
Hi Jack! Fantastic documentary! I used to work for Louise, I hope she is doing ok. I once mentioned to her that I was fascinated with Errol Flynn, she mentioned you were a big fan and working on some things. Now I am curious as to what happened to Sean Flynn. Great work and Thank you! Adam.
As we see in this brisk documentary, Errol Flynn lived life to the fullest. What really matters is that he left us many excellent films as a testament to his talents as a movie star.
@@BrianRPaterson Errol has to be one of the most beautiful men that ever lived. His features were sublime. Maybe it was this beauty that had a hand in his downfall.
@@travisjohnson6676 I certainly see that,but why should Errol get singled out? I love Gary Cooper,but he impregenated Patricia Neal and she had an abortion. was never the same afterward, in fact had a stroke. Clark Gable another one of The Greats had a child out of wedlock by Loretta Young and never acknowledged this. Imagine if that came out at the time. No more All American Hero for either. Who the hell had more of an interesting life at the time? Who was more handsome and charismatic? Who the hell was more well rounded? Knew and hung out, not just met-Hemingway,Castro,Huston,Gable,Bogart,Barrymore,Fields,FDR,Hughes, Olivia,Power,Chaplin,Walsh,Warner,Curtiz, Prince's and Princesses etc.
My Dad's favorite movie was Captain Blood. Never realized till much later, that this is what made my favorite genre's of fiction, adventure and fantasy, because of my dad loving that movie....Learning more about Flynn, as far as his interest in writing and his Cuba adventure, was a real treat. Whatever he did, bad or good, any real man who says he wouldnt want to be him, even just a little bit, is a liar of the highest calibur
+algini12 yeah captain blood was great, my favorite is they died with their boots on or robin hood...heck I haven't seen all his pictures yet so we'll see. man from being a kid to the young adult I am now, Errol Flynn was one of my acting heroes. yeah there was good and bad in his life, he made mistakes, he's human but I don't care, I'd still be a kid sword fighting and climbing like him. watching this, he's inspired me to enjoy life, do what you love and have more of that I don't give a dam attitude. whether you like him or hate him, he didn't care.
To Algini12, I wouldn't want to be him. Nor do the filth he did. I wouldn't mostly be alive today had I done as he did (tobacco, smoking, alcohol, heroin, peeping tom, spying, lying, cheating, theiving).
@@MikeGreenwood51 Yes, I don't do what he did either. But when it came to entertainment with high adventure, and you minus those vices, you have to envy him.
Irresistible, brutally honest, remarkably talented, dark and deep, and insatiable with everything he wanted in life, I love and admire this guy. If he cared what people thought about him, he was helpless to do anything about it. He was forced by his own nature to live his life his way. Thanks for the work and product with this documentary. There's so much film footage and numerous photographs I've never seen before. Really enjoyed it!
But, he did, as I do sometimes, wonder, even though I have lived a good life, worked for the RSPCA, never knowingly harmed anyone in my 77 years on earth, would we have , without any evidence to support our beliefs, been happier believing there was an invisible man in the sky who loved and forgave us??
This doc is incredibly helpful! I'm currently doing an essay on how his status as a great Hollywood star did not justify his questionable life decisions. This is great!
I read a book about Errol Flynn curiously while I was in Montego Bay Jamaica that stated that he was also a wild and unashamed bisexual. Just like the rest of Hollywood for that matter.
You should read "The Moon is a balloon" & "Bring on the empty horses" both written by David Niven. A lot of brilliant stories about Errol Flynn in them.
@@Halotest100 Ah, yes. Cirrhosis by the sea. Errol's charm and early good looks gave him stardom. His hedonistic lifestyle led to his early demise at age 50. I'd rather reach Chris's obit.
Errol Flynn is one of the kind. It going to be a long time before we could see someone like him. He the one and only. Their will be never be another like him. Errol is a true actor and I really enjoy his films.
I think that Errol Flynn was a Tasmanian Tiger 😉: legendary, unique and unfortunately extinct! It is a hoot that his first role was Fletcher Christian in an obscure Australian movie which is far more remarkable because of it's fascinating first documentary footage of life on Pitcairn Island. If Flynn had been cast just two years later besides Carles Laughton as Captain Bligh instead of Clark Gable as Fletcher Cristian, Flynn might actually have been the better and more charismatic mutineer! Clark Gable was of course a formidable actor, but IMO he was too old and too American. Fletcher Christian was only 24 years old at the time of the mutiny!
Fantastic life he led and it's a shame there are not more men like him. We certainly need some. I loved his proverbs where he said " any man who dies with $10,000 still in the bank is a failure " Now that's class . They say he had 12.000 affairs in life women )) Damn I'd have to have another 11.920 to catch up to him ....il never get thier ..In like Flynn is definitely the call of the wild. It's a low act that Hollywood never rallied to help him in the later years when he was down and out . Typical Hollywood though your the toast of the town when you have a dollar ! Bit run out of coin thier and nobody wants to know you . The powers that be should have erected a statue of Flynn twice the size of the statue of liberty. What a great man he was.
@@stephensav2728 , I think it's sad that Flynn didn't get more character roles when he was older. He was underrated as an actor. On the other hand - what's wrong with being the king of swashbucklers 😉 ? There was none better than Flynn! I fell in love with him as a little girl when I saw "Robin Hood" for the first time. Later I realized that Flynn had died before I was even born! We never spent any time together on this planet. As to Robin Hood: many actors have played the outlaw from Sherwood Forst. But no one before or after Flynn came even close! Douglas Fairbanks was certainly good, although he didn't have the million dollar charme of Flynn, while Kevin Kostner and Russel Crowe were totally miscast. But Flynn was born for that role.
If you've liked this about Flynn, then you ain't heard nothing yet until you read his autobiography My Wicked Wicked Ways. I read it in college decades ago. Fantastic. He was a man's man and a woman's man. Too bad his spitting image son died young in southeast Asia. His son was a photojournalist. He also was a good swordsman.
This is ghostwritten by Earl Conrad. Conrad wrote another on him about when spending time with him and goes into everything from his penis size (of normal dimensions) to his day to day activities. The book is called Errol Flynn: A Memoir by Earl Conrad.
Why is there no mention of his 18 month stay in the uk, early 1930s, when he was an actor with the Northampton Repertory Company, his acting role in a Warner Bros film made in the uk at the same time which itself resulted in the Hollywood offer....
I was wondering the same why there was no mention of his uk stage acting and the fact that he received the offer to go to America while there. They seem to insinuate in this bio that Damita introduced him to acting at Warners.
I have read his autobiography and his sailing adventure, seen all his movies and have come to admire his scoundrel nature, zest for life and reckless abandon to try new things. He made alot of people happy except Lili who I disdained for her revenge.
Thanks for your efforts to bring this story about Flynn to TH-cam. Naturally, I will not condemn or praise Mr. Flynn's nature or personal life, but I will love his films and his on-screen interactions with some of Hollywood's greats for all of my life. He was an influence in my boyhood (we would draw lots as kids as to whom could play Robin Hood or General Custer during hundreds of mock battles with cap guns) in his portrayal of larger-than-life characters (a tradition even further refined by Heston). My children (all millennials) have appreciated his films and I daresay that they will be enjoyed for generations to come.
Errol Flynn was a truly great actor...I have just watched him doing a song and dance routine.."That,s what you jolly well get." Wonderful!!! A great athlete who could play tennis with professionals and hold his own. A wonderful swimmer and sailor. He sailed his own Yacht around the World. When he was in his 20s and 30s he was the best looking man on this Planet and when middle aged still very handsome. And what a lovely name " ERROL FLYNN"
For a guy who lived such a adventurous, risky, and sometimes dangerous life, Flynn certainly died peacefully. He just laid down on the floor, dozed off, and never awoke. He had passed his prime, which for him ran from his debut in "Captain Blood" in 1935 to when the statutory rape allegations surfaced in 1942, and he had been dealing with health and financial issues for about ten years. I suspect that he was ready to move on to his afterlife.
Never another its inconceivable also a very underated actor he was type cast if errol flynn was acting today he would have been fantastic in comedy movies a intriguing unique man no one could fill his shoes thanks for the memories errol
Very good documentary but also sad too seeing such a shinny light losing its vitality. At his prime, Errol Flynn was God-sent coming to this earth to entertain all of us. His high wattage of smile that sparkle in his eyes could brighten anybody's day. How much we wish he would be stronger to withstand all the temptations thus staying with us longer. Hi naughty boy RIP. You have broken our heart but we still love you.
Errol, my companion of many nights, reading your books when my mom passed away was part of the healing process, I love you beyond words, my mom loved you too, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx thank you dear Errol
Yet again I almost began to fall for the excitement & glamour of yet another Hollywood star but actually had to burst out laughing when I found he was involved in the Spanish civil war for one week..!! Wow...
Thanks Jack for this posting yes it is indeed sad to think that no one was able to help him at this sad time in his life..there were many imitators of his acting style ..I'm sure talented British actor Roger Moore in his role as Ivanhoe (1957 tv series) was inspired by Errol Flynn even his voice and style was similar..Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!
Excellent production. Rather sad but enormously detailed and informative. This really fleshes out the ‘movie legend’ and gives us the very compelling individual that Flynn in fact was …
He certainly was . He is a distant relative of mine, we share the same name. He was magnificent in every conceivable way. He lived his life like we all should, to the fullest xxxxxxxxxx
@@raven_ous2585 I agree in spirit but most of us learn to apply the brakes on our pursuits early on in life - often to our benefit but also at times to our detriment. It takes an extraordinary individual to live a life that is truly ‘full’. I certainly admire your lineage but be careful with it, it doesn’t do us well to fly too close to the sun …
First, I want to thank you all for coming to my page, watching this documentary and posting your heartfelt comments, I have read a few nasty post about Errol's character, your entitled to your opinion. I won't put up with any posting of Errol being a nazi, gay or a horrible person, I will remove from that post as soon as I see them. All these lies come out of that phony, awful book by Hingham and they have all been disproven. I spent the last 35 years fighting all these damn lies and I knew a lot of Errol's personal friends, his family and a lot of authors, that have written books disproven all damage that Hingham created just to make money. If you don't have anything nice to say about Errol Flynn then don't post. I have heard is all and it's all a lie. This page is to celebrate what Errol Flynn did for all of us and how he touched each of us through his films.
As a fellow Aussie, how could I not like this guy. An absolute legend. He didn't so much die at 50, he LIVED to 50. And to all of the sad, pathetic judgemental trolls, go and get yourselves a life.
Way to go mate! I've always loved Errol! He is my hero and raw model! I modelled my life after his...rather sucessfully, thank god! Thank you for this page!!!
Jack, I remember as a kid in the early '70's discovering the ruins of an abandoned estate at the top of a hill at the end of Fuller St., in Hollywood; years later I would discover that it had once been the home of my matinee idol, Errol Flynn !
My man! 26 years old I am and think my boy Errol is the friggin guy! Not gonna lie, one handsome SOB and lived life the way I want to. Have as much fun and adventure as possible. Cheers, Errol! See ya on the other side buddy.
The quote beginning approx 10:35 is made to appear as if Flynn's words, but he's quoting from Henry David Thoreau's Walden ("We fritter our lives away in detail." etc.). An interesting footnote, the singer, Rick(y) Nelson later bought Flynn's house.
+Haggis Rick Nelson's daughter was on Celebrity Ghost stories and talked about living there. She mentions the spot in the attic where you could look into one of the bedrooms.
Errol Flyn a wonderful actor who played his characters to perfection every time and his charming Australian accent was there to the end.... Being a proud Australian I am glad he came from here and made himself part of Hollywood history.... Errol was a man who was himself to the end of his life, though passed young at 50, sad. RIP ERROL FLYN.
+EDITH SYMMANS interesting, to this yank he didn't seem to retain any of the Australian/Tasi accent that I hear these days (I obsessively watch Gardening Australia, LOL)
No mention that he was a top-notch, champion horseman and tennis player or that he introduced the Ridgeback dog to America. Or that he had a small menagerie at Mulholland. He was so accomplished at so many damn things.
You also have to consider that even before Hollywood he was suffering from bouts of Malaria that he got in PNG and supposedly had TB as well. His innards would have been that of a 100 year old man probably.
I saw a few of his films and thoroughly enjoyed them. I never had an inkling of what he was like but by watching this, I think he was an incredible man and would loved to have met him along with millions of other women. Good job!
Very interesting. Never knew that he met and supported Castro at the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. Seemed like a very humane human being who had many flaws, but none of them so very terrible. So thank you for the video.
It has been written repeatedly that Errol really loved Olivia De Havilland the most,but she knew his philandering ways would lead to a miserable marriage.
@@vernpascal1531 His compulsive philandering - and later his alcohol and drug induced behaviors - led to miserable marriages for all three of his wives. It is unlikely that even the love of one such as Olivia could have changed these addictions and his penchant for self-destruction, very sadly. However, she would have been a great intellectual match for him in addition to the chemistry.
@@shellyharris3466 I think you summed it up really well. If anyone's really interested in his life they should pick up the new book Errol Flynn The Life Chronology. The Author did an incredible amount of research tracking Flynn's career often daily, Through letters, Warner Bros. Internal Memo's, and at least a couple times weekly till he died. About a 1000 pictures. many very rare and a lot absolutely classic, especially during his prime 1935-45.
@@vernpascal1531 Yes, I have that book, and it's filled with information not previously available in the form of first hand sources. I also think the hard-to-find book by his second wife, Nora, is very insightful (Errol and Me) as well as the memoir by his ghost writer Conrad (although that one is aggravating at times). I have just re-read some sections of My Wicked Wicked Ways and I'm especially noticing now how much he struggled with his mental health and depression even before the rape trial. He was depressed and suicidal - and almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown - even in his late 20s at the time he took off for the Spanish Civil War. He primarily attributed it to his roller-coaster toxic marriage and the Hollywood pressures that were weighing on him, but I suspect he was struggling with anxiety and clinical depression for much of his life after landing in Hollywood. His compulsive addictions may have been down to ADD or OCD but if he were alive in these times, he would likely be getting treatment and perhaps meds for all the above but in those days men just self-medicated with alcohol and in Errol's case, drugs. He even admits that his jocular behavior is all a facade, and that his famous smile was a front that he used to disguise his inner vulnerability and to save face later when his image was reduced to being known as a incorrigible womanizer more than anything else.
@@shellyharris3466 Yes, another major thing was his precarious health. he was sick frequently with malaria and colds, along with a Heart Murmur. So, I just can't believe he allowed himself to go to hell. if he drank as much as he said at the start of My Wicked Wicked ways I would rather take a firing squad. I can't imagine how horrible he must have felt from the late 40's on.
Errol had one amazing Life, he had one Wild and crazy life. He was a Good Actor and loved by many. His autobiography is a very Good read about his daring life, read it if you have the time. The book is called "" My Wicked,Wicked Ways"". Thank you for the Video my friend.
Thanks again Jack. I wish I could have been with you when you were at what remained of his house on Mulholland. That would have been great. There is just that X factor about him that has not bean duplicated since. Looking at his property now must have been broken up since there are too many homes in the area.
For sure the best documentary of Errol Flynn i've seen so far…, great research, testimonials, unseen footage…first time i see a smart explanation about the so called "nazi likes"…, great work for the producers and director...
Thanks Jack! I still have the DVD, but it was fun watching today on his birthday! He burned his candle brighter than anyone I know of in history except maybe the Burton of legend long long ago. Of course not the actor Richard Burton who hijacked that name.
A giant! Errol Flynn was a Giant. I admire him with all my heart and feel so sad for him for how his life turned out in the end. But, no matter now he is in a good place. RIP, the great Errol Flynn.
My late aunt was a nurse in the LA area in the forties and fifties. She took care of Mr. Flynn once when he was hospitalized after one of his drinking binges. She said he was really nice and very appreciative of the care he received.
in and out like Flynn.😀
What an evil person flyn, a slave trader. Tosser.
His last wife, Patrice, is a big time resident of Port Antonio, Jamaica. I lived there for a while, and, as a jazz singer, I was known on that part of the island; I was invited to her 83rd birthday to sing. Nice lady, well respected by the Jamaicans, and she's not broke. She owned an island off the island and the British navy bought it from her. Interesting just learning about her beloved. She put up with a lot.
You do realise Patrice died in 2014?
"In" like "Flynn." Always heard that saying when I was a kid. Never knew what it meant. I know now!
Now I do too! Thank you. Great watch! Educational and inspiring.
That was In Like Flint a movie starring James Coburn.
@@kelvinmathews7198 That movie was just a play on the phrase in like Flynn.
"In like Flynn" is good enough for me . . Now to figure out . "The life of Riley"
First time I read ”my wicked,wicked ways ” I knew he was the real deal ! Loved his approach to life !
This documentary is one the best documentary that I've ever seen about a Hollywood movie legend. B. Davis was right when she said "He is gorgeous but He doesn't have the faintest idea of how acting should be". Thanks so much for uploading this wonderful documentary 🎥🎥
Bette Davis later conceded that he indeed could act.
I love Errol Flynn. I'm thinking of the line in My Favorite Year where Benji Stone tells the Errol Flynn based character Alan Swann " You couldn't have been that convincing as a hero unless you had those traits inside, nobody is that good an actor. You are that hero. " Betty Davis later apologized to Olivia DeHavilland about Flynn's acting telling her he was a fine actor and had misjudged him. He was the definitive Robin Hood and no one has been able to touch it. Richard Dreyfus said one of the lines Flynn had in Captain blood is next to impossible to convince an audience of and Flynn made it work. Plus, Flynn was cool and the ultimate movie star. He always inspired me.
I know I'm late for this party, but I really enjoyed this documentary. I just came from seeing one that didn't depict him too nicely. And it's good to hear both sides of a story. The only thing I'm going to say is that he was such a fascinating character and I wish someone made a really good biopic because he lived a hell of a life!
that would be X-rate movie
In a word Errol Flynn was dashing !
Read his autobiography My Wicked Wicked Ways for a thrill.
Bless that man, he was an honest man, never pretended to be something he wasn’t, that’s good for an actor. What you saw is what you got. Where were all his mates like David Niven?
@@jenniferholden9397 I met some people who knew Flynn, he was an intensely agitated and lonely fellow who constantly required excitement. Rather empty in some way and in others not of this world. His son Sean, who looked a lot like him, had Flynn's driveness. An excellent photojournalist who took one too many risks in southeast Asia and was killed.
Absolutely fantastic biography. Well worth the one hour investment of time. Great work filmmakers!
This one-of-a-kind-larger-than-life legend. Magnificent while tragic. Jack Warner was right to say "He was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy, animal package. I just wish we had someone around today half as good as Flynn." Good but sad documentary.
I loved the 1982 movie "My Favorite Year" in which Peter O'Toole played Alan Swan - a washed up former matinee idol obviously modeled after Errol Flynn, who comes to New York to perform as the star guest on a weekly comedy TV show (obviously modeled after Sid Caesar's show of the 1950's). O'Toole was the perfect actor for this role since he lived a similar life.
Awesome comment Rob ty
Great movie.
I thought that movie looked horrible when I saw its preview. Now I’ll have to see it.
Dear Jack,
Thank you for posting this wonderful documentary. Errol Flynn passed away two years after I was born, but he will always be my favorite actor, and his films, always my favorites. When I was in 7th Grade, I was caught reading My Wicked, Wicked Ways during class. Watching The Adventures Of Robin Hood or They Died With Their Boots On, always takes me away to a different time and place. Thank you again my friend !!
Christopher Lee and Errol were Giants of the screen.
I like how Christopher highlights that Errol didn't give a damn.
Maybe we should all be like that. Sounds good to me. After all we all die within a 100 years at the most. Wealth means nothing, you can't take it with you.
Steve in Scotland.
Great documentary! His autobiography " my wicked wicked ways" has even more of his adventures not mentioned in this film. And more importantly,what I most enjoyed about the book was his advice on how to survive through the troubled times in life and get back on top of the world again! 🌎
If only one quarter of what's in that book is true, his actual life was way more of an adventure than any of his films.
@@russellmarra8520 A lot more of it is true than not true. It's so intelligent,observational he talks about many of the greats and his impressions and encounters with Welles,Chaplin,FDR. His book is not really boastful. He had an incredible that the Average Joe's like myself couldn't even imagine.
I like to think that Errol Flynn is sailing his ship in a better world, and he's young again, free from pain! Heaven is where your heart lives, God Bless you!
He haunted his Mulholland house when Rick Nelson’s family lived there. He appeared to Tracy Nelson & wished her a Happy New Year & her dad died on New Years! She was almost smothered to death & tumbled down the stairs & she could hear a man laughing. My guess is that it was his buddy, Herman Erben. The Nelson twins & Rick also had dealings with ghosts in that house & before it was demolished, a girl was gang raped in that house. After, the property was divided up, Helen Hunt bought the house, but never moved in, perhaps from divorce. Now, Justin Timberlake lives on the property. I read he rebuilt it similarly to the way Errol had it.
Errol Flynn was, throughout his lifetime, truly, the most interesting man in the world.
A man after my own heart. He espoused every character flaw I hold dear.
So intriguing and such a sad ending at the same time. I remember the first time in saw Errol. It was in Captain Blood. He was my first serious movie star crush. I think I was 7 or 8. My grandma told me he was long gone and that the movie was made the same year she was born...I think I cried a whole day. Lol...as a little kid I couldn't quite grasp it. He still remains one of my favorites, right up there with Clark Gable in Gone With the Wind. I'm a sucker for 1930s Hollywood.
At least he loved his kids. It seems even in the midst of struggling with addiction and crises he never turned any of that suffering outward, and was eager and able to give his children time and affection. The same can't be said for plenty of other Hollywood parents. And considering what he came from its a rather remarkable feat. The documentary shows that he was neglected, introduced to his parents sex life as a small child and hints at his mother's physical abuse,but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Most documentaries spare us the details of his mother ripping out his hair and locking him in tiny spaces for days. His grandpa tried to throw him into a fireplace, even his dad, who is usually not portrayed as violent broke an umbrella across Errol's back. Not to mention Errol had to keep a step ahead of the school pedophiles. I'll give him credit that he cared about being better with his own family than anyone was to him growing up. Most people don't have his inner strength.
+Song Thief Some people grow stronger from the abuse. He certainly learnt to fend for himself at a young age. He was liberated. His mind was set free.
Song Thie
There is nothing that points to that. He had some hopes that his son might follow him into movies but I don't get where you're coming from? Many fathers want their sons to go into the family business.
He was a man of his time and the jungle eventually killed him
Where is his soul now.
He was an inspiration to a little kid who also wanted to be an actor. Robin Hood, yes I wanted to be Robin Hood but in those films, I realized I wanted to be Errol Flynn. Didn't succeed but he was something to behold despite the faults. Will always remember his films and his legacy however tarnished. He was a movie star, yes!!!
Richard Dreyfuss said it best, a friend on the screen. One of the great communicators of cinema along with Marlon. Made you really feel something. Captain Blood is the template adventure movie. Obviously great supporting cast also. But like Brando, you can't get enough of a performer like Errol. Makes you feel good.
He wanted to buy Errols home, but Tracy Nelson talked him out of it. Too many nefarious hauntings.
Someone like Errol Flynn is exciting, good looking, adventurous and so on, but being involved with someone like him is totally exhausting and bad for your health.
lol, especially when he keeps hitting on your young daughters
David Niven (Flynn's closest & dearest friend during those turbulent years) later described Errol as 'the loneliest man he ever met'.
Undoubtedly Jack Warner took a huge gamble putting a completely untested Flynn in "Captain Blood" but Errol spent the rest of his life paying for it. Along with Marylin he may be one of the most tragic figures to come off the Hollywood production line.
P.S. The more I hear & see about Warner the more I realise he was a modern-day slave trader, cheat, liar, thief and completely vindictive & amoral human.
He was one handsome Irish Australian and don't think he was a bad man at all! But some Australians are a good looking lot! Mel Gibson Hugh Jack an Chris Hemsworth to name a few!
@@jeremygreen2198 Mel Gibson? Maybe 20 years and 50 pounds ago. But now he looks like The Wolfman. His personality sucks, too.
@@vickyabramowitz2885
Don't fret.... you'll get there to ! 🤣
Your comment is funny. A few years ago I was riding on the public bus in Las Vegas. A 93 yr old man began speaking to me. He was most gregarious and had the enthusiasm of a 30 year old. He excitedly told me a total stranger that he had worked in Hollywood for 50 years. He told me he personally knew Jack Warner, Frank Sinatra and even Marilyn Monroe. He seemed most sincere and very straightforward. The way he described Jackii Warner you'd have thinked the man was a Saint.But that's Hollywood isn't it?
Your comment is funny. A few years ago I was riding on the public bus in Las Vegas. A 93 yr old man began speaking to me. He was most gregarious and had the enthusiasm of a 30 year old. He excitedly told me a total stranger that he had worked in Hollywood for 50 years. He told me he personally knew Jack Warner, Frank Sinatra and even Marilyn Monroe. He seemed most sincere and very straightforward. The way he described Jackii Warner you'd have thinked the man was a Saint.But that's Hollywood isn't it?
I’m not sure why he never got an academy award except for the fact he was such a rascal. I can not picture anyone else in the role of Robin Hood. Say what you will but he lived life to its fullest. I just got done reading my wicked wicked ways. Very prophetic last couple of lines. He’ll always be my favorite actor.
How he took his last wife anywhere especially during school terms .
rascal, such a wonderful word
cheers to rascals , wherever they roam . A gentlemanly pursuit, you either are or not, no in-between
I know my ramblings are trite,, but I drink a bit
@@royferguson3909 here’s to rascals everywhere 😂
Christopher Lee narrating a doco on Errol Flynn - too cool!!!
Anyone who was a friend of David Niven must have been a good guy. Niven was a real gent and a fantastic man as was Flynn. R.I.P both of you.
Apart from the mysterious death of the David Niven’s first wife! (Errol was present at the time!) , Errol and David shared a house called Cirrhosis-By-The-Sea!
4 STAR PRODUCTIONS DAVID NIVEN IDA LUPINO CHARLES BOYER DICK POWELL
Niven was friends to everyone, even handsome selfish pedophile pigs.
@@nigelmidgesequeira7865 There was nothing mysterious about that tragic death:
"The couple had two sons, David Jr. and Jamie, and were still devotedly in love when, in 1946, they attended a party at the Hollywood house of actor and matinee idol Tyrone Power. While playing the hide‑and-seek game Sardines, for which the lights had been switched off, Primmie opened a door she thought was the powder room and fell head-first down a steep flight of steps into the cellar. She died of a fractured skull and brain lacerations. She was 28 and had been in Hollywood for just six weeks."
@@timoconnell9223 - That is just creepy. Adults playing "sardines?" in the dark where someone dies?
Thank you for sharing. It shows another side of him besides being an actor. I was extremely fascinated with him in New Guinea. I find Errol Flynn a very fascinating man.😍💕
Very interesting and unidealized story of Errol's life. It's honest. I think it's the best documentary about him I've seen. Well done. Thank you.
Well I just watched another one before this and not once did they mention his early life in Tasmania and PNG. I think those turbulent years made Flynn the way he was, wanting that sense of adventure and having a perhaps different perspective on life and love to most of the people he ended up knowing in the Hollywood circle. Many of them were brought up Hollywood and had an insular look at the world, and yet Flynn made his way to Hollywood eventually from the bottom of the world and travelled by sailing the world as opposed to getting on planes to get from A to B. His whole life was different. A bit of trivia - Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is a Hobart born princess having met her prince in Sydney during the 2000 Olympics. So he and Mary lived their childhood in the same small city - Hobart.
I've been a fan ever since I first read his autobiography in 1978. I've read it twice and is the most fascinating autobio I have ever read. I read John Hammond Moore's book a few years ago and that straightened a few things about Errol's life that he exaggerated about and made up but well worth a read if you haven't already.
Yes, you sure know who your friends are when you start on the slippery slope. There was no one there for him and he didn't deserve that. I still live in hope that I will visit his grave one day. Sleep well sport, I wish I had known you.
My first encounter with Errol was in 1949 when I went, sans parents with my sister who two years younger than myself I was aged 7, she 5, to a screening of Robin Hood at the local church hall, I next met him when I visited my local library in 1960 when I happened upon a copy of 'My Wicked Wicked Ways' his autobiography, which I enjoyed tremendously, in fact it made such an influence on my already agnostic life that I have lived by it ever since, I am now aged 77 and, with my agnosticism turned into atheism by Matt Dillahunty I wish to convey to the spirit of Errol my heartfelt thanks.
I thank you for taking the time to upload and share the video.
Everytime I feel my work, my routine and society 's expectations boxing me in; I think of Flynn and I book an exotic
trip and I feel "ALIVE" and in the moment again...
How blessed you are😊
Some of us have never and probably will never take a vacation
Count your blessings sir, and may you truly enjoy and appreciate them all. Travel sounds delicious and I pray one day I'll taste it myself!💛
Love this comment 👆❣
@@brisanikolina1537 Brisa so true and I am truly blessed---
Thanks for the upload. Generally very interesting and entertaining. But , just one thing ......Flynn didn't go from either Australia or New Guinea straight to Hollywood. In fact, he wasn't even remotely "discovered" in Hollywood or even in America. He travelled, initially, to London where spent some time working around the theatre. While there he got a couple of minor roles in movies that we shot at the Warner Bros studio in Teddington (?) and it was Irving Asher, the head of Warner's in the UK who realized Flynn's potential and promptly sent him to Hollywood.,,
He also joined the rep company in Northampton, where a film house bears his name. See another Flynn documentary posted above this one. Flynn was my boyhood hero along with Guy Williams as Zorro because of their lighthearted gallantry.
A lot of people on this thread criticized Errol Flynn's life choices which eventually lead to his death. Errol lived in a time that was wild and rough in Australian coast and New Guinea. When he was around 20 he had picked up New Guinea gonorrhea, Blackwater fever, malaria, and TB. Whoever that very first doctor that examined him at 21, told this young roustabout that he had only a few years left to live. You never tell a 21-year-old they only have a few years to live and he must cut back on drinking and smoking. Errol decided to live life to the hilt and live it fast. The more he lived life as if he didn't care the longer he lived and the more new doctors would tell him to cut out the fast living or he would be dead in a few years. When he saw the Doctor after he turned 50 and was told to stop drinking then or it would be over, Flynn didn't believe any of these doctors he had his entire life that told him to stop. Errol Flynn was convinced he was going to die young because of his enlarged heart. That is why he lived last, he was handed everything in his life fame, fortune, good looks, talent, athletic ability and he threw it all away and that is why we are all attracted to him as a wild and free spirit that risked it all and laughed about it. None of us knew at a very young age he was told to slow down or he would be dead in a few years.
I'm not sure who made this documentary, but it is a great piece of work. The research and the presentation is fantastic. It sort of inspires me to become a documentary film maker. I watched this documentary many years ago but now I've found it again on youtube. thank you so much.
@@11dmju yeah . ....this one really romanticizes him ...as if selling slaves was ok ...sleeping with young girls...murder ??? He was a thief ..... He got away with a lot of stuff because he was handsome ....he would love life about his penis size (?)
Whats amazing is that he could do everything with little training...fighting. acting. sailing etc.
Say Jack, what about that biography that stated that Eroll Flynn was a Morphine smuggler and a wild and crazy bisexual. I know the book was debunked by some wanting to protect his reputation but the book really seemed to fit in with his philosophy and attitude.
@@andyokus5735 It's all bullcrap, Errol wasn't a morphine smuggler, he got hooked on morphine because he injured his back from riding horses and he did a lot of his own stunts. He was NEVER a Bi-sexual. There were three things that interested him, films, women, and being on the Sea. That scumbag Charles Higham who was a homosexual came up that that awful book saying Errol was a NAZI spy, bi-sexual the book was totally all made up. Flynn was dead and everyone Higham interviewed was all people who didn't like Flynn and were all dead by the time the book was published. Flynn is the most written about the actor, there are more documentaries on him than any other film star. I knew most of the authors of the Flynn books some are still alive. I knew Nora, Rory, and Deirdre. I knew Buster Wiles and I'm friends with Steve Hayes who is 90 and has written a two-volume book of his time he lived with Flynn up at Mulholland. I knew a few actors that worked and ran with Flynn. Most of the stuff you hear about Flynn is all total bullshit.
Reading through the comments, it seems some people require a full and detailed biography of Errol Flynn's life. No pleasing some eh.
I really enjoyed this. I knew nothing of the man and now I know a little more. When God was giving out handsome, Errol drank heavily from the cup. I didn't know he was this good looking. Wow.
I prefer to remain ignorant and remember him as the handsome hero of Hollywood films. Thanks for posting.
+Lydia Bocage, Lydia, if you want to read more on Errol Flynn I recommend his Bio, MY WICKED, WICKED WAYS, its a fun and funny read. Then there is Tom McNulty's THE LIFE AND CAREER OF ERROL FLYNN. There is another documentary made by Warner Bros & TCM THE ADVENTURES OF ERROL FLYNN (2005) this documentary is done very well
Vai-te foder boi!
Thanks Jack! I have the DVD and others from OZ. I flip through You Tube allot and I got stopped here for the duration. So many know so little of Errol. In all the years since 2004 I have been truly introduced to the real Errol Flynn and parts of his family. His life was much more interesting to me than the hollywood films. However we see much of his personality in those films. I like one comment about his death, as he died very peaceably as he just laid down and all his organs crapped out at once it seems. Good way to go!
Although known as a womaniser,hard drinker,chain smoker and a living a roller coaster life,there is another side of Errol Flynn many of us do not know.
Errol thirst of knowledge was not widely known.He read a lot and in his last years even wrote in his diary his daily life experiences.
Read his autobiography My Wicked Wicked Ways.
Flynn got kicked out of so many schools. But he comes across as far from being dumb. He had a lifetime quest of learning and kept journals and wrote some books. I believe he was quite a lot like Abe Lincoln in that he was self educated.
@@dr.barrycohn5461 but Errol Flynn did faithfully read the Holy Bible in his last years.He once told his closest friend David Niven,"Yes,there is a book I have been reading and it is full of good stuff".Niven in astonishment replied,"What is it?".Flynn then said,"I will knock the damn teeth out of you if you laugh.,"Flynn then earnestly replied,"It is the Holy Bible."
@@yiseng4602 Source?
I am curious?
@@1978garfield no need for that.His father had related that.Errol Flynn's quest and thirst for knowledge was legendary.He read a lot in his spare time and mind you the Holy Bible was his companion in his last years.
David Niven in his book "Bring On The Empty Horses" had related of his meeting with Errol for the last time in 1958 by chance in London.Niven told Errol Flynn how the latter could manage and overcome all the difficulties and problems.Errol replied was,"I will knock the damn teeth of yours,if you laugh.It's the Bible.".Yes,in his last years Flynn had kept a diary of his own in the 1950s.
I am 70, Errol was always my hero from my boyhood. I really never knew anything about him, and found this video very fascinating. This will sound strange, I've been married 42 years, but I told my wife years ago if I was gay it would have to be with Errol Flynn. Even as a straight man I found him very irresistible, he left this earth the right way, he lived life to it's fullest, and left this earth still a handsome man not a broken down looking old fart.
hope your still alive, tell me?
I'm 31 and I want to go back in time and be gay with Errol Flynn. I ain't gonna lie
WELL G'day YES I thought about that along time ago if I was a Nancy Boy I would of wanted to be with Errol the legendary AUSTRALIAN and brilliant ACTOR for He could've parked his shoes under my bed NO ONE else though 💯💯 percent
Errol was much more than this documentary revealed, there were only a few glimpses of being a great father, a great friend, but deep inside he was filled with love, love of being alive of course he was extremely adventurous but we should all learn from him that love is what keeps life interesting. Beverly should be remembered for never saying negative things about Errol, and she was well beyond her 15 years when they fell in love. The other important part missing is just how good an actor Errol was, every role was played to perfection, no actor has ever been able to be the characters they portray in all their films. Some capture it a few times but only Errol captured it every time from the very first Captain Blood scene and even in the closing of this documentary, he was real. Hollywood must honor him with an Oscar, you can read the reasons why, all positive and make your decision.....I am convinced you will positively agree...Errol deserves an Oscar.....he will always be on every sandy beach....
He was a bad one back then. He is still bad now. He was corrupted at death and died corrupted. Hollywood was not his mummy. It owes him nothing. Especially a bad'en. If an actor turns to crime then entitlements to respect may be seriously affected.
You seemed to believe in the bad lies jealous people have made up about Flynn. That´s pity.
You are so right Jim. Well said. Flynn was in my oppinion the greatest Hollywood star ever and millions of fans thinks as I do.
He was dead at age fifty. So money is of little use to him from that point on. Nothing to be jealous about. If treating your body as a trash can was something to be proud of then maybe I could be green due to that proudness. But as a sneek theith horder he clearly was not mentally fit to manager his own affairs and get the cops of his trail. Like due to heroin, excessive cigarettes, cigars, his own tobacco, alcohol and who knows what else. As Scrooge explained the chains we carry are those we forge in life. So being a sex pervert peeping tom (A peeping Fylnn) glotting at his stolen jewelry which wasn't his with a few million in the bank is just stupid mis-management. Being crocked doesn't get cut any slack here if he has millions but is so corrupt he refused to pay his victims. A thousand would be idols fell due to the real person not being up to being the glittzy idol on cellulose. If he lost all his money then maybe he should have thought more kindly to those he stole from. As the supposed money he thought he had belonged to his victims by law. Being in the spotlight is not always kind to those on the wrong side of the law. I am sorry.
Michael Greenwood he didn’t have to steal. He earned his money working in movies. If you believe his autobiography where he tells a story about the jewells it’s not true. Everbody who writes his or her own biography tells not the real story, only good things, but Flynn made up a story about himself as more wicked than he actually was. Because of that many think he was wicked for real and he have fooled so many. Everyone who thinks he was bad, haven’t study the real Flynn.
Legend....I love this guy..love learning about him....Thank God for documentaries like this and TCM....Respects and thank you...👊
Thanks for uploading this excellent Vid. R.I.P. Errol. I remember when I spent 12 months in Hobart,Tasmania in 1982 people would often point out the house that Errol Flynn lived in when He was young.
That was probably the best documentary that I have ever seen of Errol Flynn. One thing is that they ignored his connection with Jack Barrymore, who he admired. It had to be incredibly painful for him to emulate Jack Barrymore in "Too Much Too Soon".
Errol Flynn will always remain my boyhood Hero,rumors scandals,who cares.
God Bless you Errol Flynn.
Amen, those blacks were ok to enslave. He did things by the book, and those other books about him are just scandalous rumours; the only book with the truth is the good book. +tss77
+Ni Clouds Wasn't he 16 years old at the time? And that time was very different. He strikes me as an opportunist, but not as a bigot or hypocrite. Cheers for Flynn.
+Ni Clouds Terrible, and great yes. Not a "nice guy". He did numerous mistakes (understatement!)
He wasn't perfect in any way. A feisty bastard. But he hated hypocrites and bigots.
tss77 I second that the best can't do with Hollywood now give me the golden age
This thread is a sewer of hypocrisy. How can you invoke God when speaking in favor of a man who was as godless and amoral as any Hollywood star? You people are sickening in your rationalizations. Errol Flynn was perhaps the greatest Hollywood star, a talent second to none in his prime. Also he was one of the most charming psychopaths to ever make a mark in the 20th Century. The facts of his being a serial rapist of underage women isn't mere "rumor", there are several credible documented interviews with the victims themselves.
You idiots sound like the fans of Bill's Cosby or Clinton that are in total denial of reality.
I named my Dungeons and Dragons character after Errol. Even took some of his charisma with it too. Love this man and his work
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I just read his complete autopsy on an internet site. Wow, you would really have to party hard to mess your body up to that level at 50 yrs. old. I'm surprised he lived as long as he did.
Heroin is a hard drug. So he did party hard if it's was a party thing. Heroin is still killing.
@@MikeGreenwood51 Not physically that was cigarettes and booze matey.
Add 5 sexually transmitted diseases plus alcoholism that destroyed his organs ... yuck.
@@fingerprint5511 He didn't regret a single moment. He lived life to the fullest. Not many people do !!
Yes, but a sad life.
Excellent documentary. David Niven, a fellow Hollywood star, mentions their friendship in his book, Bring on the Empty Horses.
They don't come any more extraordinary than this. A tale more adventurous than the characters he played. He may have beaten his dastardly adversaries in the end and the tale of how he may have done so is more relevant today than it was then.
I always liked him as Robin Hood but never knew much about him. He certainly showed Hollywood to be what it is.
Hi Jack! Fantastic documentary! I used to work for Louise, I hope she is doing ok. I once mentioned to her that I was fascinated with Errol Flynn, she mentioned you were a big fan and working on some things. Now I am curious as to what happened to Sean Flynn. Great work and Thank you! Adam.
As we see in this brisk documentary, Errol Flynn lived life to the fullest. What really matters is that he left us many excellent films as a testament to his talents as a movie star.
Narrated by the inestimable Christopher Lee.
I have trouble calling a life of booze, drugs, venereal disease, and broken homes and families that ended at 50 an enviable life
@@BrianRPaterson Errol has to be one of the most beautiful men that ever lived. His features were sublime. Maybe it was this beauty that had a hand in his downfall.
@@travisjohnson6676 I certainly see that,but why should Errol get singled out? I love Gary Cooper,but he impregenated Patricia Neal and she had an abortion. was never the same afterward, in fact had a stroke. Clark Gable another one of The Greats had a child out of wedlock by Loretta Young and never acknowledged this. Imagine if that came out at the time. No more All American Hero for either. Who the hell had more of an interesting life at the time? Who was more handsome and charismatic? Who the hell was more well rounded? Knew and hung out, not just met-Hemingway,Castro,Huston,Gable,Bogart,Barrymore,Fields,FDR,Hughes, Olivia,Power,Chaplin,Walsh,Warner,Curtiz, Prince's and Princesses etc.
@@travisjohnson6676 Including his treatment of underage girls
My Dad's favorite movie was Captain Blood. Never realized till much later, that this is what made my favorite genre's of fiction, adventure and fantasy, because of my dad loving that movie....Learning more about Flynn, as far as his interest in writing and his Cuba adventure, was a real treat. Whatever he did, bad or good, any real man who says he wouldnt want to be him, even just a little bit, is a liar of the highest calibur
+algini12 yeah captain blood was great, my favorite is they died with their boots on or robin hood...heck I haven't seen all his pictures yet so we'll see. man from being a kid to the young adult I am now, Errol Flynn was one of my acting heroes. yeah there was good and bad in his life, he made mistakes, he's human but I don't care, I'd still be a kid sword fighting and climbing like him. watching this, he's inspired me to enjoy life, do what you love and have more of that I don't give a dam attitude. whether you like him or hate him, he didn't care.
To Algini12,
I wouldn't want to be him. Nor do the filth he did. I wouldn't mostly be alive today had I done as he did (tobacco, smoking, alcohol, heroin, peeping tom, spying, lying, cheating, theiving).
Sadly some people become slaves to vices of the world.
@@MikeGreenwood51 Yes, I don't do what he did either. But when it came to entertainment with high adventure, and you minus those vices, you have to envy him.
@@algini12 problem is. :: it is
Just. Entertainment. ...Nothing more...
when it is over you must face your own
boring life.
Irresistible, brutally honest, remarkably talented, dark and deep, and insatiable with everything he wanted in life, I love and admire this guy. If he cared what people thought about him, he was helpless to do anything about it. He was forced by his own nature to live his life his way. Thanks for the work and product with this documentary. There's so much film footage and numerous photographs I've never seen before. Really enjoyed it!
My grandmother was really besotted with Errol and his films. I can always remember her talking about him when I was growing up
Like life was meant to live, Errol lived it warp speed! And never looked back or apoligized ! he was his own man!
But, he did, as I do sometimes, wonder, even though I have lived a good life, worked for the RSPCA, never knowingly harmed anyone in my 77 years on earth, would we have , without any evidence to support our beliefs, been happier believing there was an invisible man in the sky who loved and forgave us??
Flynn was all front, he was a deeply unhappy man, hence his self destruction
Jack, you've done it again…wonderful documentary…..thank you for sharing it with us. xox
This doc is incredibly helpful! I'm currently doing an essay on how his status as a great Hollywood star did not justify his questionable life decisions. This is great!
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Nobody is perfect.
I read a book about Errol Flynn curiously while I was in Montego Bay Jamaica that stated that he was also a wild and unashamed bisexual. Just like the rest of Hollywood for that matter.
@@andyokus5735 You know that everyone in Hollywood is bisexual for a fact? Wow do you get around!
The best bio of Flynn to date. Chris Lee has the scars to prove it.
You should read "The Moon is a balloon" & "Bring on the empty horses" both written by David Niven. A lot of brilliant stories about Errol Flynn in them.
@@Halotest100 Ah, yes. Cirrhosis by the sea. Errol's charm and early good looks gave him stardom. His hedonistic lifestyle led to his early demise at age 50. I'd rather reach Chris's obit.
@@Halotest100 Which is the best read to start with? I am looking to start one right away. Thanks in advance. :)
Errol had one philosophy in life, get as much as you could, while doing the least that you had to, and that's what he did.
What do you know, a kindred spirit. I loved living in Jamaica too, before Amerika totally ruined it.
@@andyokus5735 oh shut up, sour grapes. 🙄
my kind of fellow being
I want to read his biography! Stunning life. His yacht is still afloat, refitted and seems in good condition
Errol Flynn is one of the kind. It going to be a long time before we could see someone like him. He the one and only. Their will be never be another like him. Errol is a true actor and I really enjoy his films.
I think that Errol Flynn was a Tasmanian Tiger 😉: legendary, unique and unfortunately extinct! It is a hoot that his first role was Fletcher Christian in an obscure Australian movie which is far more remarkable because of it's fascinating first documentary footage of life on Pitcairn Island. If Flynn had been cast just two years later besides Carles Laughton as Captain Bligh instead of Clark Gable as Fletcher Cristian, Flynn might actually have been the better and more charismatic mutineer! Clark Gable was of course a formidable actor, but IMO he was too old and too American. Fletcher Christian was only 24 years old at the time of the mutiny!
Fantastic life he led and it's a shame there are not more men like him. We certainly need some. I loved his proverbs where he said " any man who dies with $10,000 still in the bank is a failure " Now that's class . They say he had 12.000 affairs in life women )) Damn I'd have to have another 11.920 to catch up to him ....il never get thier ..In like Flynn is definitely the call of the wild.
It's a low act that Hollywood never rallied to help him in the later years when he was down and out . Typical Hollywood though your the toast of the town when you have a dollar ! Bit run out of coin thier and nobody wants to know you . The powers that be should have erected a statue of Flynn twice the size of the statue of liberty. What a great man he was.
@@stephensav2728 , I think it's sad that Flynn didn't get more character roles when he was older. He was underrated as an actor. On the other hand - what's wrong with being the king of swashbucklers 😉 ? There was none better than Flynn! I fell in love with him as a little girl when I saw "Robin Hood" for the first time. Later I realized that Flynn had died before I was even born! We never spent any time together on this planet.
As to Robin Hood: many actors have played the outlaw from Sherwood Forst. But no one before or after Flynn came even close! Douglas Fairbanks was certainly good, although he didn't have the million dollar charme of Flynn, while Kevin Kostner and Russel Crowe were totally miscast. But Flynn was born for that role.
Great narration by Christopher Lee, who to me led a far more fascinating life than Flynn did.
My wicked wicked ways best autobiography I've ever read
Great documentary. I never knew most of the things in this story. Well done and it took a lot of research.
I read Flynn's "My Wicked Ways" - amazing.
yeah. he was a real prize
If you've liked this about Flynn, then you ain't heard nothing yet until you read his autobiography My Wicked Wicked Ways. I read it in college decades ago. Fantastic. He was a man's man and a woman's man. Too bad his spitting image son died young in southeast Asia. His son was a photojournalist.
He also was a good swordsman.
This is ghostwritten by Earl Conrad. Conrad wrote another on him about when spending time with him and goes into everything from his penis size (of normal dimensions) to his day to day activities. The book is called Errol Flynn: A Memoir by Earl Conrad.
G'day WELL I read this other book about Errol and it's called Satins angel good read though
Why is there no mention of his 18 month stay in the uk, early 1930s, when he was an actor with the Northampton Repertory Company, his acting role in a Warner Bros film made in the uk at the same time which itself resulted in the Hollywood offer....
+Matt Shelfstacker I was wondering where he got that accent, LOL
@@omfug7148 Australia. He was Australian.
@@alexandramassey9258 Yes born in Tassie
I was wondering the same why there was no mention of his uk stage acting and the fact that he received the offer to go to America while there. They seem to insinuate in this bio that Damita introduced him to acting at Warners.
I have read his autobiography and his sailing adventure, seen all his movies and have come to admire his scoundrel nature, zest for life and reckless abandon to try new things. He made alot of people happy except Lili who I disdained for her revenge.
Mój kochany aktor i jego syn który zginął tragicznie w Kambodży 🇵🇱 Flynn alawiu 🌻🌻🌻🌻
Thanks for your efforts to bring this story about Flynn to TH-cam. Naturally, I will not condemn or praise Mr. Flynn's nature or personal life, but I will love his films and his on-screen interactions with some of Hollywood's greats for all of my life. He was an influence in my boyhood (we would draw lots as kids as to whom could play Robin Hood or General Custer during hundreds of mock battles with cap guns) in his portrayal of larger-than-life characters (a tradition even further refined by Heston). My children (all millennials) have appreciated his films and I daresay that they will be enjoyed for generations to come.
Errol Flynn was a truly great actor...I have just watched him doing a song and dance routine.."That,s what you jolly well get." Wonderful!!! A great athlete who could play tennis with professionals and hold his own. A wonderful swimmer and sailor. He sailed his own Yacht around the World. When he was in his 20s and 30s he was the best looking man on this Planet and when middle aged still very handsome. And what a lovely name " ERROL FLYNN"
There was only one Tasmanian Devil. This is still the best bio of Errol Flynn to date. Narration by the late great Christopher Lee.
Amen!
For a guy who lived such a adventurous, risky, and sometimes dangerous life, Flynn certainly died peacefully. He just laid down on the floor, dozed off, and never awoke. He had passed his prime, which for him ran from his debut in "Captain Blood" in 1935 to when the statutory rape allegations surfaced in 1942, and he had been dealing with health and financial issues for about ten years. I suspect that he was ready to move on to his afterlife.
Robert G. He had a heart attack and died at Vancouver General Hospital.
@@nhmooytis7058 Guess they didn`t have beds in his ward.....or an alarm clock?
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Read the OP`s piece to reference my comment.
@@rattusnorvegicus4380 I did, still don’t get it.
Never another its inconceivable also a very underated actor he was type cast if errol flynn was acting today he would have been fantastic in comedy movies a intriguing unique man no one could fill his shoes thanks for the memories errol
Very good documentary but also sad too seeing such a shinny light losing its vitality. At his prime, Errol Flynn was God-sent coming to this earth to entertain all of us. His high wattage of smile that sparkle in his eyes could brighten anybody's day. How much we wish he would be stronger to withstand all the temptations thus staying with us longer. Hi naughty boy RIP. You have broken our heart but we still love you.
Errol, my companion of many nights, reading your books when my mom passed away was part of the healing process, I love you beyond words, my mom loved you too, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx thank you dear Errol
He never lost his mischievous smile …
Yet again I almost began to fall for the excitement & glamour of yet another Hollywood star but actually had to burst out laughing when I found he was involved in the Spanish civil war for one week..!! Wow...
Thanks Jack for this posting yes it is indeed sad to think that no one was able to help him at this sad time in his life..there were many imitators of his acting style ..I'm sure talented British actor Roger Moore in his role as Ivanhoe (1957 tv series) was inspired by Errol Flynn even his voice and style was similar..Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!!
Excellent production. Rather sad but enormously detailed and informative. This really fleshes out the ‘movie legend’ and gives us the very compelling individual that Flynn in fact was …
He certainly was . He is a distant relative of mine, we share the same name. He was magnificent in every conceivable way. He lived his life like we all should, to the fullest xxxxxxxxxx
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I agree in spirit but most of us learn to apply the brakes on our pursuits early on in life - often to our benefit but also at times to our detriment. It takes an extraordinary individual to live a life that is truly ‘full’. I certainly admire your lineage but be careful with it, it doesn’t do us well to fly too close to the sun …
@@john-brady Yes, and he was an extraordinary individual. We put too many restrictions upon ourselves. Sad really
First, I want to thank you all for coming to my page, watching this documentary and posting your heartfelt comments, I have read a few nasty post about Errol's character, your entitled to your opinion. I won't put up with any posting of Errol being a nazi, gay or a horrible person, I will remove from that post as soon as I see them. All these lies come out of that phony, awful book by Hingham and they have all been disproven. I spent the last 35 years fighting all these damn lies and I knew a lot of Errol's personal friends, his family and a lot of authors, that have written books disproven all damage that Hingham created just to make money. If you don't have anything nice to say about Errol Flynn then don't post. I have heard is all and it's all a lie. This page is to celebrate what Errol Flynn did for all of us and how he touched each of us through his films.
As a fellow Aussie, how could I not like this guy. An absolute legend. He didn't so much die at 50, he LIVED to 50. And to all of the sad, pathetic judgemental trolls, go and get yourselves a life.
Way to go mate! I've always loved Errol! He is my hero and raw model! I modelled my life after his...rather sucessfully, thank god! Thank you for this page!!!
Jack,
I remember as a kid in the early '70's discovering the ruins of an abandoned estate at the top of a hill at the end of Fuller St., in Hollywood; years later I would discover that it had once been the home of my matinee idol, Errol Flynn !
Jack Marino
Jack Marino yes he was the best
As a young boy his films formed and inspired me. God bless Errol Flynn.
"He knew how to live life and he enjoyed it, and he wouldn't have changed any part of it". I find that, at least partially, hard to believe.
My man! 26 years old I am and think my boy Errol is the friggin guy! Not gonna lie, one handsome SOB and lived life the way I want to. Have as much fun and adventure as possible. Cheers, Errol! See ya on the other side buddy.
My late father worked with him for a short period of time in the 30s. He was a wildman. RIP
The quote beginning approx 10:35 is made to appear as if Flynn's words, but he's quoting from Henry David Thoreau's Walden ("We fritter our lives away in detail." etc.).
An interesting footnote, the singer, Rick(y) Nelson later bought Flynn's house.
+Haggis Rick Nelson's daughter was on Celebrity Ghost stories and talked about living there. She mentions the spot in the attic where you could look into one of the bedrooms.
mmm
The most interesting movie-star ever,lived fast and hard and will never be replaced....
Errol Flyn a wonderful actor who played his characters to perfection every time and his charming Australian accent was there to the end.... Being a proud Australian I am glad he came from here and made himself part of Hollywood history.... Errol was a man who was himself to the end of his life, though passed young at 50, sad. RIP ERROL FLYN.
+EDITH SYMMANS interesting, to this yank he didn't seem to retain any of the Australian/Tasi accent that I hear these days (I obsessively watch Gardening Australia, LOL)
No mention that he was a top-notch, champion horseman and tennis player or that he introduced the Ridgeback dog to America. Or that he had a small menagerie at Mulholland. He was so accomplished at so many damn things.
Fascinating story. That last picture of him (age 50?)....damn...a life of booze, cigarettes and sun takes a toll....guy looks 70.
he looked 60
You also have to consider that even before Hollywood he was suffering from bouts of Malaria that he got in PNG and supposedly had TB as well. His innards would have been that of a 100 year old man probably.
Good Show, Old Boy. Thank you Errol for you films and your joie de vivir* *(spelling only approximated)
RIP Narrator Sir Christopher Lee, gone too young at age 93.
Robert G. hehe... way to young
Robert G. That not Young, Grandpa had a full life.
Robert G. That not Young, Grandpa had a full life.
Nazarene Wyckoff I think is was meant to be a joke :)
John Blessing Oh, My Bad,
I saw a few of his films and thoroughly enjoyed them. I never had an inkling of what he was like but by watching this, I think he was an incredible man and would loved to have met him along with millions of other women. Good job!
Very interesting. Never knew that he met and supported Castro at the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. Seemed like a very humane human being who had many flaws, but none of them so very terrible. So thank you for the video.
Read the "The Two Lives of Errol Flynn" and you will realize how boring your life is,or how to change
your own life perhaps?
It has been written repeatedly that Errol really loved Olivia De Havilland the most,but she knew his philandering ways would lead to a miserable marriage.
She really loved him. Maybe if they got together it would have been entirely different.
@@vernpascal1531 His compulsive philandering - and later his alcohol and drug induced behaviors - led to miserable marriages for all three of his wives. It is unlikely that even the love of one such as Olivia could have changed these addictions and his penchant for self-destruction, very sadly. However, she would have been a great intellectual match for him in addition to the chemistry.
@@shellyharris3466 I think you summed it up really well. If anyone's really interested in his life they should pick up the new book Errol Flynn The Life Chronology. The Author did an incredible amount of research tracking Flynn's career often daily, Through letters, Warner Bros. Internal Memo's, and at least a couple times weekly till he died. About a 1000 pictures. many very rare and a lot absolutely classic, especially during his prime 1935-45.
@@vernpascal1531 Yes, I have that book, and it's filled with information not previously available in the form of first hand sources. I also think the hard-to-find book by his second wife, Nora, is very insightful (Errol and Me) as well as the memoir by his ghost writer Conrad (although that one is aggravating at times). I have just re-read some sections of My Wicked Wicked Ways and I'm especially noticing now how much he struggled with his mental health and depression even before the rape trial. He was depressed and suicidal - and almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown - even in his late 20s at the time he took off for the Spanish Civil War. He primarily attributed it to his roller-coaster toxic marriage and the Hollywood pressures that were weighing on him, but I suspect he was struggling with anxiety and clinical depression for much of his life after landing in Hollywood. His compulsive addictions may have been down to ADD or OCD but if he were alive in these times, he would likely be getting treatment and perhaps meds for all the above but in those days men just self-medicated with alcohol and in Errol's case, drugs. He even admits that his jocular behavior is all a facade, and that his famous smile was a front that he used to disguise his inner vulnerability and to save face later when his image was reduced to being known as a incorrigible womanizer more than anything else.
@@shellyharris3466 Yes, another major thing was his precarious health. he was sick frequently with malaria and colds, along with a Heart Murmur. So, I just can't believe he allowed himself to go to hell. if he drank as much as he said at the start of My Wicked Wicked ways I would rather take a firing squad. I can't imagine how horrible he must have felt from the late 40's on.
Errol had one amazing Life, he had one Wild and crazy life. He was a Good Actor and loved by many. His autobiography is a very Good read about his daring life, read it if you have the time. The book is called "" My Wicked,Wicked Ways"". Thank you for the Video my friend.
drohegda, a good man?
What does that even mean??? Errol?
Thanks again Jack. I wish I could have been with you when you were at what remained of his house on Mulholland. That would have been great. There is just that X factor about him that has not bean duplicated since. Looking at his property now must have been broken up since there are too many homes in the area.
Justin Timberlake just sold the property.
As the old saying has it: the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. Flynn's life proves it.
Unless a person has two candles. LOL The saying is about burning the candle at both ends. Or living too rich. IE living to excess.
For sure the best documentary of Errol Flynn i've seen so far…, great research, testimonials, unseen footage…first time i see a smart explanation about the so called "nazi likes"…, great work for the producers and director...
Thanks Jack! I still have the DVD, but it was fun watching today on his birthday!
He burned his candle brighter than anyone I know of in history except maybe the Burton of legend long long ago. Of course not the actor Richard Burton who hijacked that name.
So what you're saying is the Hollywood has always been disgusting. Got it!
Yeah, and you love Hollywood movies , and you are secretly jealous …
The entry from Flynn's diary/memoirs that is shown just before 11.00 was lifted almost verbatim from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden."
A giant! Errol Flynn was a Giant. I admire him with all my heart and feel so sad for him for how his life turned out in the end. But, no matter now he is in a good place. RIP, the great Errol Flynn.