Errol Flynn was an Australian actor whose artistic brilliance on screen is much talked about. Interestingly, Flynn never intended to become an actor. However, after watching Charles Chauvel’s ‘In the Wake of Bounty’, he became interested in acting.
Flynn made his debut with a small role in ‘The Case of the Curious Bride’. His breakthrough came with the Warner Bros most anticipated, big-budgeted swashbuckler film ‘Captain Blood’. The movie was a phenomenal hit, and launched Flynn’s career as a top-rated actor. He followed its success with several other hit films such as ‘The Charge of Light Brigade’, ‘Green Light’, ‘The Prince and the Pauper’, ‘Another Dawn’, ‘The Perfect Specimen’ and so on. The magnum opus of Flynn’s filmography came with a lead role in the 1938 fantasy film ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’. The movie was highly successful and became the 6th top grosser of the year.
Flynn’s career surged further upwards as he starred in a number of hit films including ‘Virginia City’, ‘Desperate Journey’, ‘Gentlemen Jim’, ‘Edge of Darkness’ and so on. However, there were some Flynn films that failed to work such as ‘Lilacs in the Spring’, ‘Istanbul’ and ‘The Sun Also Rises’.
This action film tells the story of Robin Hood, a famous outlaw, who stands up against the oppression of the Norman Lords, and robs from the rich to help the poor.
An Irish sailor Michael O’Hara meets a gorgeous blonde Elsa as she rides a horse-drawn coach. He rescues her from a few hoodlums who try to trouble her, and escorts her home. When he comes to know that Elsa and her husband Arthur Bannister, are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal, Michael agrees to sign on as a sailor aboard Bannister’s yacht.
When the Nazis capture a hundred French prisoners after French saboteurs destroy a bridge and a German army train, Jean Picard, a thief and criminal scheduled for the guillotine, volunteers to pose as a saboteur to save the French prisoners.
In a desperate bid to change the course of the war, eight Confederate soldiers reach Rocky Mountain in order to recruit troops for their army. While there, they rescue the fiancée of a Union officer before capturing the officer himself. The film, set towards the end of the Civil War, not only depicts the tale of their bravery, but also of their generosity towards their enemy.
RCMP Corporal Wagner captures Nazi leader Colonel Hugo von Keller but comes under suspicion from his own force for seemingly being sympathetic to the German cause. Wagner is discharged from the force but is actually a double agent assigned to find and stop the German saboteurs’ led by Keller.
Francis Warren is an investment adviser who moonlights as detective novel writer F.X. Pettijohn. His secret profession is even unknown to his wife Rita. When a client ends up dead, Francis decides to investigate but his prime suspect is also murdered. Now Francis must find the true killer while Rita suspects him of being the murderer.
Set in the times of Victorian society, the film follows the life of pretty Irene who is married to wealthy Soames Forsyte, though she doesn’t love him. She is friendly with Soames’ niece June, but ends up falling in love with June’s fiancé, Phillip Bosinney. When upright Soames learns about this affair, their confrontation leads to tragedy and turmoil in the family.
The plot of the movie, drawn from Marjorie Carleton’s novel of the same name, follows Sandra Marshall, a widow, as she arrives at her late husband’s remote mansion. When her sister-in-law, Julie, informs her of weird noises from a part of the estate, Sandra sets out to investigate the matter and uncovers dangerous secrets.
The movie follows eco-conservationist and environmentalist, Morel, who will do anything to protect the African wildlife from extinction in French Equatorial Africa. He is helped by nightclub hostess, Minna, and a disgraced former British officer, Major Forsythe, who wants to redeem himself.
Never Say Goodbye is a romantic comedy film which revolves around a couple who went through a divorce some time ago. However, their seven-year-old little daughter tries to bring them back together.
The grandson of a wealthy woman has been kept secluded for a long time, in order to make him mentally, physically and morally perfect. However, an accidental encounter with a newspaper reporter gets him introduced to the outside world, and he decides to go on an adventure with her, while his grandmother tries to trace him down.
Morgan Lane, an Australian sheepherder, moves to the Montana territory looking for a better place for his sheep but runs into conflict with local cattle raisers Maria Singleton and her fiancé Rod Ackroyd. When Maria starts falling for Morgan, a gun battle erupts between Morgan and Rod with tragic consequences.
Realizing that Pat Buckley, owner of the paper, is planning to close it down, reporter Jean Christy suggests that he hire former employee, Robert Lansford, now in public relation business, to improve the paper’s circulation. Initially unwilling, Robert agrees to take up the assignment only after he learns that Pat is dating Lorri, whose grandfather is a millionaire.
When Rhoda Montaine learns that her former husband, Gregory Moxley, is still alive she contacts Perry Mason. Starting on his investigation, Mason finds that Moxley has recently been murdered, leading to Rhoda’s arrest for murder and bigamy. Based on an eponymous novel by Erle Stanley Gardner, the story focuses on how Mason solves the case.
Istanbul is an adventure drama film which revolves around an American pilot who was suspected of diamond smuggling, after which he was deported from Turkey. When he returns to Istanbul after a long time, he finds his lover alive, whom he thought was dead.
Mara Maru is an adventure crime drama film, which tells the story of Brock Benedict who hires a man Gregory Mason, to find a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
Also known as The Warriors in the United States, the story is set during the 100 Years War. It shows the French plotting to kill Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III, after being routed by him. Failing in this, they kidnap his paramour, Lady Joan Holland, requiring the prince to go through numerous adventures to rescue his lady love.
This drama film takes us to Venice, at the beginning of the 20th century. Fenella, daughter of a wealthy family, is engaged to Caryl Dubrok, a composer. However, after she hears a rumor that an unmarried woman is living with him, along with her child, she calls off the engagement and heads for the mountains.
Cruise of the Zaca is a short documentary film which revolves around actor Erroll Flynn who takes a group of scientists on an expedition to the South Seas.
A sea captain in New Orleans gets involved with a servant girl. The girl sees him as a way to climb the social ladder.
A young actress is knocked unconscious due to a bombing during the Second World War. She soon finds herself in a dream where she is another woman being pursued by two suitors. She is unsure about which one she should pursue as her husband.
The film revolves around Fidel Castro as he tries to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. He is aided by Errol Flynn, a war correspondent.
