Date: 30th October 2000

Errol Flynn's Unpublished Diary To Be Auctioned


Movie legend ERROL FLYNN's unpublished diary will be auctioned along with other memorabilia of the Hollywood star in Los Angeles next month (NOV00).

Written in pencil by Flynn in 1937, when he made a mysterious visit to the front line in the Spanish Civil War, the diary will be put on sale by his daughter DIERDRE. The leather-bound diary, expected to fetch more than $6,000 (£4,000) illustrates Flynn's reputation for an adventurous life.

In an excerpt the ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN actor describes riding first class on a bullet-riddled train. It reads, "Everyone is armed - some with large knives plus revolvers, but all with revolvers. The train is stopped. Plane has been heard - we are crowded with young loyalists all armed and with oddest assortment of uniforms."

Flynn, who was accused of being a NAZI spy in the discredited 1980 biography ERROL FLYNN: THE UNTOLD STORY, reveals in his diary that he actually addressed a group of communists in Spain and was saluted by them.

Deirdre Flynn is also offering nine autographed letters and one heavily inscribed photo of her father at the November 15 (00) Christie's auction in Los Angeles.

(JM/WNWVO/CPT)

Source: WENN


 

 

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