What a bunch of negative criticisms from people who don’t even know any true facts about the man or his life. To call a man a Nazi sympathizer is totally incorrect....have you read any material from an authorized biographer about that...it is totally false. And when he was living in Papua, a primitive jungle environment, he & his workers were being attacked by head hunters with poisonous arrows & spears when he fired at an attacker in SELF-DEFENSE & killed him . What was he supposed to do, let the attackers KILL him?
@@xof64initially he was trying to sell cobra, then a gold miner, then a slave trader, basically any available job. In Australia he even got a job castration sheep using his teeth. At that time, people would do anything for a living
There is the other side many of his adorable fans do not know about Errol Flynn.He was an avid reader and he read a lot.His thirst of knowledge was legendary.
@@samspencer582to be fair, democrats were pro nazi, slavery, segregation and pro apartheid, also founded the kkk. So that doesn't support the case. The doc however clears up that he was no nazi
@@lianelayman7577 he also, reportedly, had an affair with another co-star, the beautiful, Ann Sheridan. This, while she was still married to actor, George Brent, who apparently caught them in their bedroom. This has an interesting 'wrap up', insofar as Brent, having caught the two red handed, proceeded to attempt to beat Flynn's ass. However, as it turned out, Flynn actually kicked Brent's ass, before leaving the bedroom. I guess one could say Errol really had his hands full, that day. And that he, indeed, came out on top!
Miss De Havilland (as proven by the Ryan Murphy 'Feud' TV show) was an intensely private person right until her death, and protected her reputation fiercely. One had to step very cautiously in documentaries like this. She openly admitted their deep feelings for one another, but also intimated strongly that she never stepped over that line with him, as he was married/separated for much of the time (though the apocryphal Michael Caine story seems to cast doubt on that). As it stands though his efforts would indicate he absolutely was in love with her, but she was the one who 'got away'. Both John Huston and James Stewart also fell hard for her, with Flynn supposedly coming to blows with Huston over her (true or not I don't know), but strong men certainly were drawn to her. With her passing, I'd imagine any future Flynn biographies and documentaries (or biopics) will delve into their relationship in far more detail.
His first wife once said, "I loved him anyway and he was, as everyone suspected, an endearing rascal." I would repeat the same thing--I love him anyway... And everybody agreed during his life time that was just so likable, including his Warner Brothers bosses, his third wife, and his friends. So who cares if any documentary wants to tilt toward negativity.
I think they are trying to show why he was sad when Flynn died at age 50. He may have regretted not taking school seriously as he wanted to be taken seriously as a writer.
I knew nothing of his life but as an actor. I like his movies. While it is true that he had lots of women, deep inside he was a sad man and never found peace of mind. About a 15-year old girl having relationship with a 48-year old man... this 15-year old girl, with proper guidance from her parents, should have been attending school, in high school at that age, then to college. Errol Flynn had money and known in the movie world. For a young girl to have a relationship with a well-known actor was something to brag about. It's a pity for someone who was given the grace of luxury through his trade as an actor and with beautiful children was destroyed by his own actions and decisions so they were all taken away. I hope that he had found peace of mind; rest in peace.
I agree Dina. It was a very strange thing back them. He was a handsome, a humorous, & fascinating man. Both sides must have had some home issues as kids. What he gave to us wasn't about his personal life. He was a great actor and very athletic. Some vulnerable boyish charm that attracted women. How did they resist that?. It was legal at age 13 in many rural areas then. Some parents allowed such things for various reasons like a break into film or money. Men like Clark Gable married an older woman for his start. My Grandparents married In 1924 when my Grandmother was 15. Grandpa was18.. They had a happy 53 year marriage until her early death. He remained single doing good deeds until his passing10 years later. True love.
I'm not sure he found too much 'peace', although I hope he did. He found much 'piece', it seems. I say that rhetorically, in the spirit of Flynn and in the humor, which pervaded his life and times.
Actually the German Intelligence Agency named Abwehr fought against Hitler and his gang and tried to kill Hitler and they saved thousands of jews, so if Flynn was working for the Germans he had been an Abwehr agent as Erben, who was one of Flynns greatest friends. Erben was an Abwehr agent and they were good guys. Abwehr was not nazis.
Sadly, Flynn ruined his own life with constant self indulgence, and values that could only be unfulfilling in the long run. He was charming, beautiful, jolly, clever and doomed to always feel he stood alone. I guess he did. Like most Hollywood "biographies", this one veers into rumor, salacious speculation & hints of the highly improbable. Find out what Errol really thought by reading his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways". He could write quite well & there's plenty of shocking revelations to please everyone. Did you know that when traveling through the jungle, he killed a stone-age culture native in New Guinea, in self defense? Bought a slave woman for personal use? Started a tobacco plantation?
They could have found a better voice-over Flynn sound alike. Whoever this guys is, he sounds nothing like Flynn; it's very distracting to an otherwise excellent documentary.
What a bunch of negative criticisms from people who don’t even know any true facts about the man or his life. To call a man a Nazi sympathizer is totally incorrect....have you read any material from an authorized biographer about that...it is totally false. And when he was living in Papua, a primitive jungle environment, he & his workers were being attacked by head hunters with poisonous arrows & spears when he fired at an attacker in SELF-DEFENSE & killed him . What was he supposed to do, let the attackers KILL him?
thank you, all true, I know his life.
The real question is, what was he doing in Papua in the first place?
I can say the same thing too, if i break into your house and you try to shoot me.
Thank you for this. About 7 books were written disproving the Nazi allegations. But nobody brings this up.
At the time trying to make a living. Surviving
@@xof64initially he was trying to sell cobra, then a gold miner, then a slave trader, basically any available job. In Australia he even got a job castration sheep using his teeth. At that time, people would do anything for a living
There is the other side many of his adorable fans do not know about Errol Flynn.He was an avid reader and he read a lot.His thirst of knowledge was legendary.
My Mom, who lived during his time, told me women would say, he was sooo pretty he should have been a girl. A high compliment for her generation.
He apparently I herited his mom's character and looks so I guess in that way, he was a woman already
I would've punched Curtiz's lights for that sword tip stunt
He wasent nazi, thats a liar
And the best of all, he wasn´t a republican.
@@samspencer582to be fair, democrats were pro nazi, slavery, segregation and pro apartheid, also founded the kkk. So that doesn't support the case. The doc however clears up that he was no nazi
@@samspencer582 same thing these days 😆
They should've mentioned Olivia De Havilland. I'm surprised they didn't.
yea they really loved each other.
@@lianelayman7577 he also, reportedly, had an affair with another co-star, the beautiful, Ann Sheridan. This, while she was still married to actor, George Brent, who apparently caught them in their bedroom. This has an interesting 'wrap up', insofar as Brent, having caught the two red handed, proceeded to attempt to beat Flynn's ass. However, as it turned out, Flynn actually kicked Brent's ass, before leaving the bedroom. I guess one could say Errol really had his hands full, that day. And that he, indeed, came out on top!
Kathryn Aldrich, They wouldn’t do that in this video because they want to defame his name, and falsify information to meet their subject matter.
Miss De Havilland (as proven by the Ryan Murphy 'Feud' TV show) was an intensely private person right until her death, and protected her reputation fiercely. One had to step very cautiously in documentaries like this. She openly admitted their deep feelings for one another, but also intimated strongly that she never stepped over that line with him, as he was married/separated for much of the time (though the apocryphal Michael Caine story seems to cast doubt on that). As it stands though his efforts would indicate he absolutely was in love with her, but she was the one who 'got away'. Both John Huston and James Stewart also fell hard for her, with Flynn supposedly coming to blows with Huston over her (true or not I don't know), but strong men certainly were drawn to her. With her passing, I'd imagine any future Flynn biographies and documentaries (or biopics) will delve into their relationship in far more detail.
@@LFire12 I am happy Olivia didn´t choose the boring republican James Stewart.
His first wife once said, "I loved him anyway and he was, as everyone suspected, an endearing rascal." I would repeat the same thing--I love him anyway... And everybody agreed during his life time that was just so likable, including his Warner Brothers bosses, his third wife, and his friends. So who cares if any documentary wants to tilt toward negativity.
I could not have said it better myself, Fan Mac. I still love him anyway too! ;)
He was unsurpassed in his film acting.Rest In Peace....!
As with many, he was a collection of good¬ so good...there can never be another quite like him
I think they are trying to show why he was sad when Flynn died at age 50. He may have regretted not taking school seriously as he wanted to be taken seriously as a writer.
I knew nothing of his life but as an actor. I like his movies. While it is true that he had lots of women, deep inside he was a sad man and never found peace of mind. About a 15-year old girl having relationship with a 48-year old man... this 15-year old girl, with proper guidance from her parents, should have been attending school, in high school at that age, then to college. Errol Flynn had money and known in the movie world. For a young girl to have a relationship with a well-known actor was something to brag about. It's a pity for someone who was given the grace of luxury through his trade as an actor and with beautiful children was destroyed by his own actions and decisions so they were all taken away. I hope that he had found peace of mind; rest in peace.
I agree Dina. It was a very strange thing back them. He was a handsome, a humorous, & fascinating man. Both sides must have had some home issues as kids. What he gave to us wasn't about his personal life. He was a great actor and very athletic. Some vulnerable boyish charm that attracted women. How did they resist that?. It was legal at age 13 in many rural areas then. Some parents allowed such things for various reasons like a break into film or money. Men like Clark Gable married an older woman for his start. My Grandparents married In 1924 when my Grandmother was 15. Grandpa was18.. They had a happy 53 year marriage until her early death. He remained single doing good deeds until his passing10 years later. True love.
Dina Lombos I agree
I'm not sure he found too much 'peace', although I hope he did. He found much 'piece', it seems. I say that rhetorically, in the spirit of Flynn and in the humor, which pervaded his life and times.
Hemingway was not his hero. John Barrymore was
This is a lie, he was no Nazi, or a spy. Get you're facts straight.
Actually the German Intelligence Agency named Abwehr fought against Hitler and his gang and tried to kill Hitler and they saved thousands of jews, so if Flynn was working for the Germans he had been an Abwehr agent as Erben, who was one of Flynns greatest friends. Erben was an Abwehr agent and they were good guys. Abwehr was not nazis.
They said he was not a nazi in the doc, lol
Beverly, you're an old gal; don't do this.
Not my type
Mój kochany aktor Boże jak ja Ciebie uwielbiam od młodych lat alawiu Errol Flynn
He might have been a spy. For us.
That's so gross... How many women... 1200??? Yuk!!!
12,000 not 1200.
@Rodger Dennan He was a sex addict and with women throwing themselves at him most of his adult life, he took advantage of it.
Lol man was living it up
I hung with a guy like that in college hoping to get some of the action. Occasionally it worki
@@ds1868 Is there any proof? Of course Flynn is the only man able to do this though.
Sadly, Flynn ruined his own life with constant self indulgence, and values that could only be unfulfilling in the long run. He was charming, beautiful, jolly, clever and doomed to always feel he stood alone. I guess he did.
Like most Hollywood "biographies", this one veers into rumor, salacious speculation & hints of the highly improbable. Find out what Errol really thought by reading his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways". He could write quite well & there's plenty of shocking revelations to please everyone. Did you know that when traveling through the jungle, he killed a stone-age culture native in New Guinea, in self defense? Bought a slave woman for personal use? Started a tobacco plantation?
Daktavavi
They could have found a better voice-over Flynn sound alike. Whoever this guys is, he sounds nothing like Flynn; it's very distracting to an otherwise excellent documentary.
Terry Peterson ,
There not trying to sound like Flynn, he simply a narrator with a british accent. Where do people's minds go to make these crazy assumptions?
@@kevinsuarez8667 well, the narrator does have a rather off putting, milquetoast and somewhat condescending tone. Imho.
@@waynej2608he didn't sound condescending to me
I really want that song at 9:24
Johnny get you gun.
epicduck89 I can't seem to find it in mp3 form or even on cd :(
+Old Hollywood Vintage Gal Try finding it on RUclips or Spotify. It's by the Andrew sisters.