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*Includes pictures. *Includes Flynn's quotes about his life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down. Errol Flynn Hollywood has never lacked leading men who could captivate viewers with dramatic performances that depict them as suave romantics or dashing heroes, especially during the Golden Age of Hollywood when stars like Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, and Cary Grant graced screens. But in 1940, the 4th most popular star in the U.S. was a foreign actor from Australia, and unlike other movie stars, he was more notorious for his pursuits off the screen than on it. In an era long before social media and TMZ, Errol Flynn represented the epitome of a swashbuckling playboy, with enough mystery and intrigue surrounding him and his background to fascinate even those who didnt see his movies. An article in Time magazine got to the heart of the matter in 1938 when it noted, Of all the heroes of Hollywood, Errol Flynn has by long odds the greatest amount of non-phony glamor. His life has been as adventurous as any of the swashbuckling characters he has portrayed. At 18 he was a member of the English Olympic boxing team. At 19 he was master of an island trading schooner in the South Seas. He has chased head-hunters in New Guinea and "recruited" blacks for British miners. Once he made $5,000 mining gold, got drunk and blew it all on a schooner, The Sirocco, which he sailed in the South Seas and wrote a book about (Beam Ends). Read more