An Errol Flynn Mystery Photo


This is a very early Warner Bros. Publicity still featuring Errol Flynn. That much we know. We’d like to think it’s one of the first things he was assigned to after getting off the boat and reporting to work at the Burbank studios. One possibility is that Errol’s pitching in to stir up a little interest in Gold Diggers of 1935, a picture likely getting ready to go about the time he reached our shores. But what’s with the hats? They seem to be the focal point of the exercise, so maybe it’s a product tie-in. If anyone has the lowdown on this obscure shot, please let us know, as we freely confess to total bafflement! It does, at least, help to whet our appetite for the upcoming Flynn biography by Lincoln Hurst, which promises to be the definitive work on one of the Greenbriar’s favorite actors. You go, Errol!