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.

@errolfan

6 күн бұрын

in and out like Flynn.😀

A man after my own heart. He espoused every character flaw I hold dear.

"In" like "Flynn." Always heard that saying when I was a kid. Never knew what it meant. I know now!

@zo2998

2 жыл бұрын

Now I do too! Thank you. Great watch! Educational and inspiring.

@kelvinmathews7198

2 жыл бұрын

That was In Like Flint a movie starring James Coburn.

@Skoora

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelvinmathews7198 That movie was just a play on the phrase in like Flynn.

@allergyahead8128

2 жыл бұрын

"In like Flynn" is good enough for me . . Now to figure out . "The life of Riley"

@janlindegren71

2 жыл бұрын

First time I read ”my wicked,wicked ways ” I knew he was the real deal ! Loved his approach to life !

Absolutely fantastic biography. Well worth the one hour investment of time. Great work filmmakers!

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.

@WillScarlet1991

Жыл бұрын

You do realise Patrice died in 2014?

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 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.

@thomaspiccirillo2238

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome comment Rob ty

@dr.barrycohn5461

2 жыл бұрын

Great movie.

@oo88oo

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that movie looked horrible when I saw its preview. Now I’ll have to see it.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@vernpascal1531

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@cynthiaennis3107

Жыл бұрын

He wanted to buy Errols home, but Tracy Nelson talked him out of it. Too many nefarious hauntings.

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.

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.

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!!!

Errol was very good looking as a young man, but by his forties he looked like he was sixty five or more.

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.

@ragingmouse5547

2 жыл бұрын

How he took his last wife anywhere especially during school terms .

@royferguson3909

2 жыл бұрын

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

@reserrvoirman

2 жыл бұрын

@@royferguson3909 here’s to rascals everywhere 😂

Christopher Lee narrating a doco on Errol Flynn - too cool!!!

Errol Flynn was, throughout his lifetime, truly, the most interesting man in the world.

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 !!

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!

@cynthiaennis3107

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@drjukebox

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@eriksharko754

7 жыл бұрын

Song Thie

@kathleenroseireland1255

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@alexanderiljin84

2 жыл бұрын

He was a man of his time and the jungle eventually killed him

@gordonober7047

2 жыл бұрын

Where is his soul now.

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!

@jorgegomez524

4 жыл бұрын

that would be X-rate movie

@diankreczmer6595

2 жыл бұрын

In a word Errol Flynn was dashing !

@dr.barrycohn5461

2 жыл бұрын

Read his autobiography My Wicked Wicked Ways for a thrill.

@jenniferholden9397

2 жыл бұрын

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?

@dr.barrycohn5461

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

He never lost his mischievous smile …

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 read Flynn's "My Wicked Ways" - amazing.

@normadesmond6017

3 жыл бұрын

yeah. he was a real prize

The best bio of Flynn to date. Chris Lee has the scars to prove it.

@Halotest100

9 күн бұрын

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.

@errolfan

6 күн бұрын

@@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.

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.

@johnsononey

Жыл бұрын

lol, especially when he keeps hitting on your young daughters

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.

@dr.barrycohn5461

2 жыл бұрын

Read his autobiography My Wicked Wicked Ways.

@vickyabramowitz2885

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@yiseng4602

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@@yiseng4602 Source? I am curious?

@yiseng4602

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@nigelmidgesequeira7865

4 жыл бұрын

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!

@spacepatrolman

4 жыл бұрын

4 STAR PRODUCTIONS DAVID NIVEN IDA LUPINO CHARLES BOYER DICK POWELL

@sharksport01

4 жыл бұрын

Niven was friends to everyone, even handsome selfish pedophile pigs.

@timoconnell9223

3 жыл бұрын

@@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."

@kathcasey2090

2 жыл бұрын

@@timoconnell9223 - That is just creepy. Adults playing "sardines?" in the dark where someone dies?

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.

@jeremygreen2198

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@vickyabramowitz2885

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremygreen2198 Mel Gibson? Maybe 20 years and 50 pounds ago. But now he looks like The Wolfman. His personality sucks, too.

@bigdeal6852

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickyabramowitz2885 Don't fret.... you'll get there to ! 🤣

@andyokus5735

2 жыл бұрын

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?

@andyokus5735

2 жыл бұрын

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?

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.😍💕

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.

@andyokus5735

2 жыл бұрын

What do you know, a kindred spirit. I loved living in Jamaica too, before Amerika totally ruined it.

@hensonlaura

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyokus5735 oh shut up, sour grapes. 🙄

@royferguson3909

2 жыл бұрын

my kind of fellow being

My wicked wicked ways best autobiography I've ever read

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.

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.

@royferguson3909

2 жыл бұрын

hope your still alive, tell me?

@prestonwestmoreland6316

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 31 and I want to go back in time and be gay with Errol Flynn. I ain't gonna lie

@stevenguegens9516

Жыл бұрын

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

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...

@brisanikolina1537

3 жыл бұрын

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!💛

@delishme2

3 жыл бұрын

Love this comment 👆❣

@RecoveringGenius

2 жыл бұрын

@@brisanikolina1537 Brisa so true and I am truly blessed---

Like life was meant to live, Errol lived it warp speed! And never looked back or apoligized ! he was his own man!

@thomashall9182

4 жыл бұрын

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??

@johncarroll772

Жыл бұрын

Flynn was all front, he was a deeply unhappy man, hence his self destruction

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

She really loved him. Maybe if they got together it would have been entirely different.

@shellyharris3466

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@vernpascal1531

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@shellyharris3466

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@vernpascal1531

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.,,

@jackatherton0111

Жыл бұрын

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.

Excellent documentary. David Niven, a fellow Hollywood star, mentions their friendship in his book, Bring on the Empty Horses.

I thank you for taking the time to upload and share the video.

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.

Jack, you've done it again…wonderful documentary…..thank you for sharing it with us. xox

My grandmother was really besotted with Errol and his films. I can always remember her talking about him when I was growing up

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.

@dee-smart

2 жыл бұрын

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 want to read his biography! Stunning life. His yacht is still afloat, refitted and seems in good condition

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.

@user-br3bw7wr2l

Жыл бұрын

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.

@stevenguegens9516

Жыл бұрын

G'day WELL I read this other book about Errol and it's called Satins angel good read though

"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.

I named my Dungeons and Dragons character after Errol. Even took some of his charisma with it too. Love this man and his work

@cynthiaennis3107

Жыл бұрын

Appropriate

Errol Flynn will always remain my boyhood Hero,rumors scandals,who cares. God Bless you Errol Flynn.

@niclouds5292

8 жыл бұрын

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

@drjukebox

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@drjukebox

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@michaeldaykin4510

7 жыл бұрын

tss77 I second that the best can't do with Hollywood now give me the golden age

@FungusMossGnosis

4 жыл бұрын

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.

My late father worked with him for a short period of time in the 30s. He was a wildman. RIP

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....

@omfug7148

8 жыл бұрын

+Matt Shelfstacker I was wondering where he got that accent, LOL

@alexandramassey9258

3 жыл бұрын

@@omfug7148 Australia. He was Australian.

@omfug7148

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandramassey9258 Yes born in Tassie

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!

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.

Legend....I love this guy..love learning about him....Thank God for documentaries like this and TCM....Respects and thank you...👊

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!

@stephensav2728

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@sabineb.5616

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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.

@nhmooytis7058

3 жыл бұрын

Robert G. He had a heart attack and died at Vancouver General Hospital.

@rattusnorvegicus4380

2 жыл бұрын

@@nhmooytis7058 Guess they didn`t have beds in his ward.....or an alarm clock?

@nhmooytis7058

2 жыл бұрын

@@rattusnorvegicus4380 ?

@rattusnorvegicus4380

2 жыл бұрын

​ _@NHMO OYTIS_ _4 hours ago_ _@Rattus Norvegicus ?_ Read the OP`s piece to reference my comment.

@nhmooytis7058

2 жыл бұрын

@@rattusnorvegicus4380 I did, still don’t get it.

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.

As a young boy his films formed and inspired me. God bless Errol Flynn.

Thanks again for posting this. It is just great.

Fascinating story. That last picture of him (age 50?)....damn...a life of booze, cigarettes and sun takes a toll....guy looks 70.

@fiercemakeup31

2 жыл бұрын

he looked 60

@dee-smart

2 жыл бұрын

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 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.

@MikeGreenwood51

5 жыл бұрын

Heroin is a hard drug. So he did party hard if it's was a party thing. Heroin is still killing.

@geoffJG1

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeGreenwood51 Not physically that was cigarettes and booze matey.

@fingerprint5511

3 жыл бұрын

Add 5 sexually transmitted diseases plus alcoholism that destroyed his organs ... yuck.

@raven_ous2585

2 жыл бұрын

@@fingerprint5511 He didn't regret a single moment. He lived life to the fullest. Not many people do !!

@cocoaorange1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but a sad life.

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....

@MikeGreenwood51

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@samspencer582

5 жыл бұрын

You seemed to believe in the bad lies jealous people have made up about Flynn. That´s pity.

@samspencer582

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@MikeGreenwood51

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@samspencer582

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.

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.

Great documentary. I never knew most of the things in this story. Well done and it took a lot of research.

Great documentary! Thank you

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.

@11dmju

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@clarkclarke

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 (?)

@shaharazon2449

4 жыл бұрын

Whats amazing is that he could do everything with little training...fighting. acting. sailing etc.

@andyokus5735

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jackma152

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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!!

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.

@jackma152

8 жыл бұрын

+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

@MiguelSantos-xo4co

7 жыл бұрын

Vai-te foder boi!

Thank you this was a great watch!

It's tragic that in his final days he was forced to sell his beloved schooner to make $, after decades of losing most of his income, the Mulholland home that was his happy place, etc, to scorned vengeful women who were hellbent on punishing him until he was left with nothing.💔

@mrmeener625

2 жыл бұрын

that is a great comment coming from a woman. I applaud you

A man who didn't seem to know that you have to pay the bill sooner or later ...

he was the best looking actor the classiest and charming. nobody else could talk like him

@user-br3bw7wr2l

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, on “What’s My Line” also on KZread he’s so courteous.

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...

That was great. Thanks for posting. :)

The entry from Flynn's diary/memoirs that is shown just before 11.00 was lifted almost verbatim from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden."

RIP Narrator Sir Christopher Lee, gone too young at age 93.

@JohnBlessingPaligap

9 жыл бұрын

Robert G. hehe... way to young

@nazarenewyckoff8883

9 жыл бұрын

Robert G. That not Young, Grandpa had a full life.

@nazarenewyckoff8883

9 жыл бұрын

Robert G. That not Young, Grandpa had a full life.

@JohnBlessingPaligap

9 жыл бұрын

Nazarene Wyckoff I think is was meant to be a joke :)

@nazarenewyckoff8883

9 жыл бұрын

John Blessing Oh, My Bad,

He lived a life all men envy. And he lived it to the fullest extent possible. He left us a treasure. His films!!!!

His film career was fantasy and his life was tragic....I and countless people always enjoyed his films...RIP...Errol Flynn...

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

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?

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 …

@raven_ous2585

2 жыл бұрын

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

@john-brady

2 жыл бұрын

@@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 …

@raven_ous2585

2 жыл бұрын

@@john-brady Yes, and he was an extraordinary individual. We put too many restrictions upon ourselves. Sad really

Errol(and the narrator of this particular documentary)lived a full total life

So what you're saying is the Hollywood has always been disgusting. Got it!

@coolcat1684

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and you love Hollywood movies , and you are secretly jealous …

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!

@pwagner8576

2 жыл бұрын

A

@vickyabramowitz2885

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody is perfect.

@andyokus5735

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@catofthecastle1681

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyokus5735 You know that everyone in Hollywood is bisexual for a fact? Wow do you get around!

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

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

6 жыл бұрын

Narrated by the inestimable Christopher Lee.

@travisjohnson6676

4 жыл бұрын

I have trouble calling a life of booze, drugs, venereal disease, and broken homes and families that ended at 50 an enviable life

@paulkinsella6536

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@vernpascal1531

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@topologyrob

3 ай бұрын

@@travisjohnson6676 Including his treatment of underage girls

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.

@pennycaldwell8141

3 жыл бұрын

drohegda, a good man? What does that even mean??? Errol?

I wonder why his Oscar nomination was withdrawn. Even though he hadn't stepped foot in Australia for the last 20-30 yrs of his life. I can't help but feel he is chuckling up in his corner of heaven at all the young Aussie actors who have followed in his footsteps to great success in America and winning Oscars too!

Nicely balanced. Very enjoyable, though sad. RIP Errol Xx

TY Jack for sharing

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.

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.

Thank you this was awesome

Well done little doco. I enjoyed the details.

Did not discuss his stage-acting in England prior to going to Hollywood.

I first became fully acquainted with Eroll in 1960, I of course, knew of him. had seen his films at the local 'Bug Hole, then in 1960 via the now defunct newspaper 'The News of the World' I read his serialised autobiography, that was it, now, [although I am au fait with the exagerations and embroidery woven into his recollections], I still, am at age 74 thanking him for instilling into my young mind the sheer futility of this short time on earth, [a concept passed on to Errol from Dr, Hermann Erban, you remember him don't you?] A true man, he didn't go on the town with a a phalanx of bodyguards surrounding him, no, as I previously stated, a man amongst Hollywood wimps.

Great documentary. Thank you. A lot hits home with me. God bless you all.

Great documentary about Errol Flynn's life.

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".