The Charge of the Light Brigade (Warner Bros.) (1936)

™ CHARGE of the LIGHT BRIGADE’ Ee? LO Tek ETON SKYROCKETING TO STARDOM * ERROL FLYNN* H Co-starred with Olivia de Havilland in “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” the Warner Bros. picture coming to the \ i / — we Sy » (\ yess WR Wrese > wk) Errol Flynn who comes to the Theatre next in his first starring vehicle — Warner Bros.’ “The Charge of the Light Brigade’? — was born in the north of Ireland on June twentieth, 1909. His father had taught biology at Queen’s University in Belfast and at Cambridge — and Errol was educated at the Lycee Louis le Grand in Paris and at St. Paul’s School in London. During his early years he had no thought of stage or screen. In 1928, when nineteen, he was one of the British boxing contestants at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. He is a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian who led the famous mutiny on the Bounty — and hankering for high adventure — he lost no time in putting out to sea. AINAAW .20Ana His schooner a wreck — himself richer only by a few more hair-raising experiences — Fighting Flynn began to think about the picture in Tahiti — and about the possibility of taking up acting as a means of livelihood. Thrilled with the idea, he took the first boat to London, made the rounds of the theatrical agencies, and won the interest of the influential Sir Barry Jackson. He had appeared in “A Man’s House,” “Othello,” “Another Language” and “The Constant Nymph” — toured the provinces in stock — and done a few bits in pictures when his big chance came. Irving Asher, British representative of Warner Bros., saw him on the stage and signed him up for Hollywood. But the biggest adventure of his life was to begin at sea. Tahiti put him in the mood for pearl-fishing — so he bought a boat, rounded up a crew and did it — until an English film company came to the island to shoot location for — of all things — “Mutiny on the Bounty.” The coincidence was made a bit more startling by the fact that he got the chance to play his maternal forbear, Fletcher Christian. He played the part with much gusto, but prospecting for gold in the ‘bush’ of New Guinea put screen-emoting in the discard. He found what he calls a ‘spot of gold,’ and made some money, too, but soon lost it. Around his neck he wears a good luck charm — a thin gold chain given him by a dying missionary in the interior of that fascinating and mysterious land of the head-hunters. SKYROCKETING TO STARDOM * ERROL FLYNN « H Co-starred with Olivia de Havilland in “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” the Warner Bros. picture coming to the. On the ocean liner the gallant young Irishman met an extremely vivacious and fascinating young woman. They danced together and Errol of Erin thanked his stars that he had gone to school in Paris and could speak her language as fluently as his own, which is very fluently indeed. Her name was Lili Damita and she was an actress. When the ship docked in New York they said au revoir and thought little more about it. Errol arrived in Hollywood and in no time at all found himself cast in “The Case of the Curious Bride,” then in “Don’t Bet on Blondes.” But he longed to try his hand at a really swashbuckling character, with fair ladies to rescue, the clash of sabres and green seas rolling. His wish soon came true. IS LIFE STORY (No. 7) Theatre on Flynn carries an ugly scar on the shin bone — the mark of a poisoned arrow aimed at him from ambush — but the proverbial luck of the Irish was with him. He believed himself well on the way to another fortune when he’d bought a coast-wise vessel — on time — and put it into the inter-island freight service. He was making notes of his experiences. He adopted as his own the motto of Dickens’ old hook-armed Captain Cuttle: “When found make a note of it!” Then one day in a violent storm his schooner struck a hidden coral reef — and that was that. No insurance. But read what the resourceful young Irishman did to make up for his losses. Ill be in tomorrow’s (mewspaper). IS LIFE STORY Theatre on (No. 2) Six feet two is Flynn, tipping the scales at one hundred and eighty. His hair and eyes are brown — and he has the bronze which comes from years in the open. He keeps fit by walking, swimming, horseback riding and tennis. He likes to drive long distances at furious speeds — and is no mean teller of tall tales. He likes to read — and to write — stories of adventure. Imagine his delight when he found out that he had been chosen to play the daredevil hero of Sabatini’s “Captain Blood” with the lovely Olivia de Havilland — a newcomer like himself — playing opposite. His performance made him. And to add to his satisfaction, Mlle. Lili came to town. See tomorrow’s (mewspaper). SKYROCKETING TO STARDOM « ERROL FLYNN * HIS LIFE STORY (No.3) Co-starred with Olivia de Havilland in “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” the Warner Bros. picture coming to the Errol Flynn might have been dazzled by his sudden shower of good fortune — but wasn’t — not being that kind of a young man. He had learned a lot in his seven-and-twenty years. Here he was facing stardom. He had just sold a story, “The: White Rajah,” to his producers. His gold-hunting, pearl-diving adventures in the “bush” were to be published by one of the big magazines. And Lili Damita was in town. His radiant first impressions of her had been correct. So, one June day they hopped a plane for Yuma, Arizona, where the famous “marrying parson” speedily made them man and wife. Then Hollywood — honeymoon — house-warming — and Errol’s first starring role — a role after his own heart. Wy Ye iy, Yl He was to play Captain Geoffrey Vickers in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and his co-star was none other than Olivia de Havilland. The two of them had been skyrocketed to stardom in the same picture — a tremendous story of the Crimean War — suggested by the poem of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Errol found it a difficult seript — but a thrilling one. It whisked him back to countries he had known in his wanderings. India — Arabia to buy thousands of horses for the British, for the imminent war with Russia. On his way he stopped off at Calcutta to visit Elsa, daugther of the commanding officer. He had been betrothed to her before leaving England — but there he finds to his dismay that his younger brother has won her from him. Thectre on While in Arabia he saves his regiment from extermination by Surat Khan, a treacherous border chieftain who has a grudge against England. Back to his former command at Chukoti he finds that the same renegade has massacred men, women and children. Then — the world-shaking charge at Balaclava — Captain Geoffrey Vickers leading his heroic six hundred ‘into the jaws of death — into the mouth of hell.” A tremendous task for any actor but all who have seen Errol Flynn in the role agree that he has more than proved his right to stardom. When we see him next at the Theatre in “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” the lot of us will be wishing luck to the lad, for *tis him that deserves it, bedad! Three Strips Available in One Mat. Order Mat No. 503—50c. Page Fourteen uh a) }