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'''''The Golden Shandy''''' is a 1959 episode of the TV series ''[[Goodyear Theatre]]''.
'''''The Golden Shandy''''' is a 1959 episode of the TV series ''[[Goodyear Theatre]]''.


It marked the last filmed performance of [[Errol Flynn]].<ref>Flynn's Last Fling
It marked the last filmed performance of [[Errol Flynn]] and was broadcast after he died.<ref>Flynn's Last Fling
L.L. The Washington Post, Times Herald 8 Nov 1959: G3. </ref>
L.L. The Washington Post, Times Herald 8 Nov 1959: G3. </ref>
==Plot==
==Plot==
Traveling medicine man Doc Boatwright goes through Nugget City. The female co-owner of a saloon throws a brick of the saloon at him. Boatwright realises the brick contains gold and tries to con her out of it.
On his return to Nugget City, traveling medicine man Doc Boatwright is spotted by Adie Walter who has been conned into buying Boatwright's saloon.
==Cast==
*[[Errol Flynn]] as Doc Boatwright
*[[Patricia Barry]] as Adie Walker
*[[Peter Hansen]] as Mike Walker
*[[James McCallion]] as Hermise Schneider
*[[Fred Sherman]] as Clyde Murrow
*[[Juney Ellis]] as Henrietta
==Production==
==Production==
The script was based on a short story by Australian writer [[Edward Dyson]] which was first published in 1889.<ref>Graeme Davison, 'Dyson, Edward George (Ted) (1865–1931)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dyson-edward-george-ted-6073/text10397, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 7 November 2019.</ref> Dyson later turned it into a play.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15446869 |title="THE GOLDEN SHANTY." |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=23,601 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 September 1913 |accessdate=7 November 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>

In August 1959 Hedda Hopper reported that Patricia Barry turned down the chance to appear in ''Line Up'' to go to New York to make the production. "She must have wanted a trip to New York," wrote Hopper.<ref>Looking at Hollywood: Timmy Everett Is First Cast in 'Exodus'
Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (31 Aug 1959: a6. </ref>

The production was shot in three days. Director Arthur Hiller said Flynn had a great deal of trouble remembering his lines.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WW5TBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq=%22golden+shanty%22+errol+flynn&source=bl&ots=SqUPZEtk3g&sig=ACfU3U1Jn3Rz4fJtW3VJhMWUB8fI48R8Sw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEirTZ-r3iAhUWbn0KHe-9Bos4ChDoATABegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=%22golden%20shanty%22%20errol%20flynn&f=false|page=291|title=Errol Flynn: The Life and Career|first=Thomas|last= McNulty|publisher=McFarland|year= 2015}}</ref>
The production was shot in three days. Director Arthur Hiller said Flynn had a great deal of trouble remembering his lines.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WW5TBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq=%22golden+shanty%22+errol+flynn&source=bl&ots=SqUPZEtk3g&sig=ACfU3U1Jn3Rz4fJtW3VJhMWUB8fI48R8Sw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEirTZ-r3iAhUWbn0KHe-9Bos4ChDoATABegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=%22golden%20shanty%22%20errol%20flynn&f=false|page=291|title=Errol Flynn: The Life and Career|first=Thomas|last= McNulty|publisher=McFarland|year= 2015}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.telelib.com/authors/D/DysonEdward/prose/goldenshanty/index.html Complete text of ''The Golden Shanty'' by Edward Dyson]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0591291/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 The Golden Shanty] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0591291/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 The Golden Shanty] at [[IMDb]]
[[Category:1959 in television]]
[[Category:1959 in television]]

Revision as of 06:13, 7 November 2019

"The Golden Shanty"
'Goodyear Theatre' episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 5
Directed byArthur Hiller
Written byJameson Brewer
Based onstory by Edward Dyson
Produced byWinston O'Keefe
Production codeScreen Gems
Original air date9 November 1959
Guest appearance
Errol Flynn

The Golden Shandy is a 1959 episode of the TV series Goodyear Theatre.

It marked the last filmed performance of Errol Flynn and was broadcast after he died.[1]

Plot

Traveling medicine man Doc Boatwright goes through Nugget City. The female co-owner of a saloon throws a brick of the saloon at him. Boatwright realises the brick contains gold and tries to con her out of it.

Cast

Production

The script was based on a short story by Australian writer Edward Dyson which was first published in 1889.[2] Dyson later turned it into a play.[3]

In August 1959 Hedda Hopper reported that Patricia Barry turned down the chance to appear in Line Up to go to New York to make the production. "She must have wanted a trip to New York," wrote Hopper.[4]

The production was shot in three days. Director Arthur Hiller said Flynn had a great deal of trouble remembering his lines.[5]

References

  1. ^ Flynn's Last Fling L.L. The Washington Post, Times Herald 8 Nov 1959: G3.
  2. ^ Graeme Davison, 'Dyson, Edward George (Ted) (1865–1931)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dyson-edward-george-ted-6073/text10397, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 7 November 2019.
  3. ^ ""THE GOLDEN SHANTY."". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 601. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Looking at Hollywood: Timmy Everett Is First Cast in 'Exodus' Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (31 Aug 1959: a6.
  5. ^ McNulty, Thomas (2015). Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 291.

External links

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