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Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood.He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia de Havilland, and reputation for his womanising and hedonistic personal life.
The following projects were announced for Errol Flynn but were not made: Danton (1936) based on Danton's Death and to be produced by Max Reinhardt and directed by William Diertele [2] The White Rajah (late 1930s) – based on the life of Sir James Brooke based on Flynn's own story [3]
Errol Flynn's acrobatic swordplay became a crucial touchstone for the light-saber duels choreography in Star Wars movies. [34] In Disney’s 2010 animated film Tangled, the appearance and personality of Flynn Rider are partly inspired by that of Errol Flynn, [citation needed] with his surname also being used in homage. [35]
After starring in the 1935 film “Captain Blood,” actor Errol Flynn became the big screen’s foremost swashbuckler. Seven years later, two underage girls accused the golden age movie star of ...
The three great cycles of swashbuckler films were the Douglas Fairbanks period from 1920 to 1929; the Errol Flynn period from 1935 to 1941; and a period in the 1950s heralded by films such as Ivanhoe (1952) and The Master of Ballantrae (1953), and the popularity of the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1959). [2]
Captain Blood is a 1935 American black-and-white swashbuckling pirate film from First National Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Harry Joe Brown and Gordon Hollingshead (with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer), directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Ross Alexander.
The New York Times called it Flynn's best swashbuckler since The Sea Hawk. [20] "Flynn himself hasn't been served better in years", wrote the Los Angeles Times. [21] The Washington Post called the film "a chaotic tale deserving of his [Flynn's] undisputed prowess." [22] Filmink magazine wrote that "the story has no real villain and is robbed of ...
The film had been in planning since Errol Flynn's success in the swashbuckler epic Captain Blood. [14] According to Warner Bros records, the film was Warners' most expensive and most popular film of 1940. It made $1,631,000 in the U.S. and $1,047,000 in other markets. [2]