Niki N. Phaser » October 14 http://www.nikinphaser.com playing russian roulette with madness as a bullet Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:15:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 50 Years Without Errol http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/10/50-years-without-errol/ http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/10/50-years-without-errol/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:06:40 +0000 Niki N. Phaser http://www.nikinphaser.com/?p=1707 errol flynnToday, October the 14th, marks the 50th anniversary of Errol Flynn’s death. It was five decades ago that he suffered a fatal heart attack — the enemy‘s sword finally hit its target. And, without intentionally trying to be too melodramatic, it seemed that the whole swashbuckling genre died some that day. It had occasional resurrections, but no other actor emerged as the poster boy of the sword-adventure flick.

Errol Flynn is pretty much like all golden age superstars, you have to get him, let his errolesque charm inside your mind. The overall good mood, the bigger-than-life style of expressing his beliefs, the way he teases Una O’Connor or seduces Olivia de Havilland (”You love me, don’t you?”), the teeth grinding when he fights and, of course, the not-so-innocent grin.

And also, like many golden age superstars, Errol Flynn had plenty of secrets and scandals surrounding him, but, to be honest, rumours that he was a SS spy just make him even more fascinating. He had his wicked ways and his vices, but naming them all, would leave no room in the coffin for the man himself…

FLYNN, ERROL

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