David Nezelek
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TyronneErrol Flynn
November 5th 2007 02:47
Errol Flynn - Sex, Drugs and on a roll
Errol Flynn
"I like my whisky old and my women young." – Errol Flynn
Bold as brass with enough debauchery and inebriated antics to put today’s most hedonistic stars to shame. Attempting a summation of the life and times of the tumultuous Errol Flynn in 300 words is an exercise in futility, but here we go.
"I can't reconcile my gross habits with my net income." – Errol Flynn
Dashing and debonair, one of the biggest stars of the time, his onscreen parts pale in comparison to his exploits when cameras weren’t rolling. Tried for rape 3 times, his drinking escalated to opium addiction in the 50’s and his constant need to throw fists landed him in constant trouble with Judges and studio heads. Ofcourse his veracious womanizing is that of legend and inspired the phrase “In Like Flynn”.
"You once liked the blissful mobility, but then you wonder, who's the real you? And who's the chap on the screen? You know, I catch myself acting out my life like a goddamn script." – Errol Flynn
Born in 1909 in Tasmania, a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian, Errol was a hell raiser from the start. He was kicked out of virtually every school he attended. After moving to England with his parents he soon embraced his adventurous desires by moving to New Guinea.
Flynn was at home on the sea
After a host of failed ventures in Tobacco plantations and mining he also was at one time or another, a police constable, soldier, fisherman, treasure hunter, sheep castrator, and a shipmaster for hire.
In trouble with the law for everything from fighting to fraud, the raconteur often slept with married woman and was forced to flee to England where he made his feature film debut in the 1933 film In the Wake of the Bounty, ironically playing Fletcher Christian.
Captain Blood - Errol enters cinema history
Two years later he became an international sensation as the lead in Captain Blood, a role that would define his onscreen persona of a swashbuckling romantic. He is best remembered as Robin Hood in the Michael Curtiz classic The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Robin Hood - One of 8 films which he costarred with Olivia De Havilland
A man of action who’s natural physical prowess made him an icon in war and western films. Amongst his best are The Dawn Patrol, Dodge City, The Sea Hawk, Sante Fe, Charge of the Light Brigade, They Died with their Boots On and Adventures of Don Juan.
"I've made six or seven good films - the others, not so good." – Errol Flynn
Playing into the image
Making his final film in 1959 called Cuban Rebel Girls, Flynn’s excessive lifestyle drove him to an early grave and was chronicled in his exaggerated autobiography “My Wicked, Wicked Ways”
"I allow myself to be understood as a colorful fragment in a drab world." – Errol Flynn
Watch a montage of classic Flynn stills.
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