The Errol Flynn Theatre | |
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Genre | Anthology |
Starring | Errol Flynn |
Theme music composer | Eric Spear |
Country of origin | England |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Producer | Norman Williams |
Running time | 30 mins |
Original release | |
Release | 1956 March 1957 (US) [1] |
The Errol Flynn Theatre is an anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would also play the lead in every fourth show. His wife Patrice Wymore and son Sean also made appearances.
Filming started 1 March 1956 and was done by Inter Film TV. [2]
It was shot in England at Bray Studios but was made for the American market. [3] In May 1956 Flynn said all money from the show went to pay for his debts. [4]
Date | Title | Director | Writer | Cast | Notes |
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16 Sept 1956 | A Wife for the Czar | Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Francis de Wolff | |||
22 Sept 1956 | The Girl in Blue Jeans | Glynis Johns, Herbert Lom, Lloyd Lamble | |||
29 Sept 1956 | The Model | Patrice Wymore, Christopher Lee | |||
6 Oct 1956 | The Duel | ||||
13 Oct 1956 | The Mirror And Markheim | ||||
20 Oct 1956 | The Red Geranium | Betta St. John, Leslie Phillips and William Hartnell | |||
3 Nov 1956 | Farewell Performance | Patricia Roc | |||
10 Nov 1956 | The Fortunes of War | Errol Flynn, Christopher Lee and Lisa Daniely | |||
17 Nov 1956 | Mademoiselle Fifi | Paulette Goddard, Peter Reynolds and Ian Fleming | |||
24 Nov 1956 | The Ordeals of Carol Kennedy | John Lemont | Patrice Wymore, Derek Bond | ||
18 Nov 1956 | The Transfer | Brian Aherne, James Donald | |||
1 Dec 1956 | The Sealed Room | Glynis Johns, Herbert Lom, Patrick Allen and Frederick Schrecker | |||
6 Dec 1956 | The Kinsman | Peter Reynolds | |||
22 Dec 1956 | Evil Thoughts | John Lemont | based on short story by Robert Louis Stevenson | Christopher Lee, Philip Saville, Arthur Lowe | |
16 Feb 1957 | Love Token | Christopher Lee | |||
23 Feb 1957 | My Infallible Uncle | June Havoc and Hugh Martin | |||
2 Mar 1957 | Strange Auction | Brock Williams | Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Sean Flynn | ||
9 Marc 1957 | The Rustle of Silk | Phyllis Kirk | |||
6 Apr 1957 | The Cellini Cup | Mai Zetterling and Guy Middleton | |||
13 Apr 1957 | Rescued | Errol Flynn, Hugh Moxey, Andrew Keir, Maurice Kaufmann and Bartlett Mullins | |||
20 April 1957 | First Come, First Loved | Jean-Pierre Aumont | |||
27 Apr 1957 | All in the Family | Mai Zetterling | |||
4 May 1957 | Declasse | Phyllis Kirk | |||
11 May 1957 | Out of the Blue | Rosanna Rory and Robert Arden | |||
23 May 1957 | Take the High Road | June Havoc | |||
1 Feb 1958 | The 1000th Night of Don Juan | Errol Flynn as Don Juan, Jean Kent |
Filmink magazine later wrote that watching the show "you get the sense of what some of his [Flynn's] work for Northampton Rep must have been like – playing all sorts of different roles, sometimes pulling it off, other times not so much." [5]
All 26 episodes exist and are held at ITV.
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