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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> |
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''Filmink'' later wrote that "Errol always made a good rogue and he’s fun here."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/films-errol-flynn-6/|title=The Films of Errol Flynn: Part 6 – The Final Adventures |date=December 15, 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:32, 2 January 2020
| "The Golden Shanty" | |
|---|---|
| Goodyear Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Arthur Hiller |
| Written by | Jameson Brewer |
| Based on | story by Edward Dyson |
| Produced by | Winston O'Keefe |
| Production code | Screen Gems |
| Original air date | 9 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
- 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
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]
Reception
Filmink later wrote that "Errol always made a good rogue and he’s fun here."[6]
References
- ^ Flynn's Last Fling L.L. The Washington Post, Times Herald 8 Nov 1959: G3.
- ^ 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.
- ^ ""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.
- ^ Looking at Hollywood: Timmy Everett Is First Cast in 'Exodus' Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Daily Tribune (31 Aug 1959: a6.
- ^ McNulty, Thomas (2015). Errol Flynn: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 291.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (December 15, 2019). "The Films of Errol Flynn: Part 6 – The Final Adventures". Filmink.