Errol Flynn

The true story of Australia's Hollywood icon

AvPatricia A. O'Brien

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Allen & Unwin

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Handsome and charismatic, Errol Flynn was one of the first great screen idols. He mesmerised millions around the world with his swordsmanship, swagger and smouldering sexuality. He portrayed an array of heroes in the Golden Age of Hollywood, and his life off screen was no less colourful.This groundbreaking biography is the first complete account of Errol Flynn's life, from his unusual childhood in Tasmania and damaging family secrets, to his time in the brutal plantations of New Guinea, and his discovery by a Warner talent spotter. He quickly found fame in lead roles in blockbuster films like Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood. He was the man who had it all, who every man wanted to be, who every woman wanted. But he soon became embroiled in a highly publicised rape trial that exposed the trafficking of underage girls in Hollywood in 1942, and he tragically died aged only fifty, the result of a life lived to excess.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-31
Mått:153 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:529 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Allen & Unwin
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:Allen & Unwin
ISBN:9781761472954

Utforska kategorier

Skådespelare och artister inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur
Biografi: konst och underhållning inom Biografier

Mer om författaren

Associate Professor Patricia A. O'Brien is a historian, author, analyst and commentator on Australia and Oceania. She is a faculty member in Asian Studies at Georgetown University and Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. She is the author of Tautai and The Pacific Muse, and co-editor of League of Nations, and she writes for The Conversation and The Diplomat.

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Immaculately researched and brilliantly told. Errol Flynn is more gripping than all his movies put together.

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue PART ONE Australian Made 1 Marelle and Theodore 2 Cultural Cradles 3 The Boy PART TWO Imperial Training 4 Flynn's Tropical Pacific Islands 5 Coming of Age in New Guinea 6 Making Myths into Movies PART THREE Colonising America 7 To the Film Colony 8 Mr Lili Damita 9 The Pen is Mightier than the Sword 10 The Dianas of Hollywood PART FOUR Innocence in America 11 On the Crest of a Wave 12 Every Wave Has to Break 13 War PART FIVE Having it All? 14 The Next Curve in the Road 15 No Bed of Roses 16 For Richer, for Poorer 17 Till Death Do Us Part Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index