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==Plot==
==Plot==
Errol Flynn arrives in Los Angeles and plays a corpse in ''The Case of the Curious Bride''.
Errol Flynn arrives in Los Angeles and plays a corpse in ''The Case of the Curious Bride''.
===Background===
==Cast==
*Duncan Regehr as Errol Flynn
*[[Barbara Hershey]] as [[Lili Damita]]
*[[Hal Linden]] as [[Jack B. Warner]]
*[[Lee Purhell]] as [[Olivia De Havilland]]
*[[Michael Callan]] as [[Hal B. Wallis]]
*Stefan Gierasch as [[Michael Curtiz]]
*Michael C. Gwynne as [[Raoul Walsh]]
==Background==
Doris Keating, daughter of [[Barry Mahon]], Flynn's one time business manager, optioned the book in 1977. It took her several years to find finance.
Doris Keating, daughter of [[Barry Mahon]], Flynn's one time business manager, optioned the book in 1977. It took her several years to find finance.


"Some people at the networks felt maybe he just wasn't likable enough," Miss Keating said, "But I persisted. I felt I owed it to him to present his story the way he wrote it. The film is my valentine to him."<ref>"Errol Flynn TV Docudrama Raises Complaints", Farber, Stephen. ''New York Times'', Late Edition (East Coast) [New York, N.Y] 16 January 1985: C.22.</ref>
"Some people at the networks felt maybe he just wasn't likable enough," Miss Keating said, "But I persisted. I felt I owed it to him to present his story the way he wrote it. The film is my valentine to him."<ref name="new">"Errol Flynn TV Docudrama Raises Complaints", Farber, Stephen. ''New York Times'' 16 January 1985: C.22.</ref>

She managed to get up the film as a TV movie for CBS. The project deliberately steered clear of any political controversies.<ref name="new"/>

The lead role went to Canadian actor, Duncan Regehr. He said he "didn`t want to do an imitation of Flynn or mimic him in any way I chose to do an interpretation, an attempt to capture his elegance and charm, the soul of the man."<ref name="chicago">{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-01-20-8501040648-story.html|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 20, 1985|title= `WICKED WAYS` HAS REGEHR IN LIKE FLYNN|first=Jon|last= Anderson}}</ref>

The film focuses on the years 1935 to 1943, ending with trial for statutory rape. Regehr later said "the movie does dribble away. But we chose to do it that way. He wanted to have a good time. He didn`t understand why people didn`t want him to do that. He never looked before he leaped. We leave him feeling terribly sad, in a state of confusion. Then again, he only wanted to live the first half of his life anyway."<ref name="chicago"/>

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Keating said if the film was successful she wanted to do a prequel about Flynn's life in New Guinea, but this did not eventuate.<ref>"TV 'Tribute to Flynn' Won't Be That Wicked: Flynn TV Bio", Richard, Julie. ''Los Angeles Times'' 27 December 1983: g1.</ref>


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She managed to get up the film as a TV movie for CBS. The film focuses on the years 1935 to 1943, ending with trial for statutory rape. Keating said if the film was successful she wanted to do a prequel about Flynn's life in New Guinea, but this did not eventuate.<ref>"TV 'Tribute to Flynn' Won't Be That Wicked: Flynn TV Bio", Richard, Julie. ''Los Angeles Times'' (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 27 December 1983: g1.</ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''New York Times'' said the events of Flynn's life "are woodenly re-enacted without a trace of the passion, adventure or sexiness that blurred the lines between the star's movie roles and off-screen personalities" and said Regehr"lacks Errol Flynn's edge of steel. The restless, amused predator, always poised for action, has become in Mr. Regehr's performance a smirking, doe-eyed lounge lizard - imperturbably polite and languid."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/21/arts/errol-flynn-s-story-from-his-own-book.html|title=ERROL FLYNN'S STORY, FROM HIS OWN BOOK|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=21 January 1985|page=Section C, Page 25}}</ref>
The ''New York Times'' said the events of Flynn's life "are woodenly re-enacted without a trace of the passion, adventure or sexiness that blurred the lines between the star's movie roles and off-screen personalities" and said Regehr"lacks Errol Flynn's edge of steel. The restless, amused predator, always poised for action, has become in Mr. Regehr's performance a smirking, doe-eyed lounge lizard - imperturbably polite and languid."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/21/arts/errol-flynn-s-story-from-his-own-book.html|title=ERROL FLYNN'S STORY, FROM HIS OWN BOOK|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=21 January 1985|page=Section C, Page 25}}</ref>

The ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "flat, cliched, silly" which "reveals the veneer beneath the veneer."<ref>TV REVIEW `WICKED WAYS' IS A STICKY WICKET: [Home Edition]
Rosenberg, Howard. Los Angeles Times 21 Jan 1985: 8. </ref>
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 03:19, 23 January 2020

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
GenreBiopic
Written byDoris Keating
Jill Trump
James Lee
Don Taylor
Directed byDon Taylor
StarringDuncan Regehr
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDoris Keating
CinematographyJames Glennon
Original release
NetworkCBS
Release21 January 1985

My Wicked, Wicked Ways is a 1985 American TV movie based on My Wicked, Wicked Ways, the best selling memoir of Errol Flynn.

Plot

Errol Flynn arrives in Los Angeles and plays a corpse in The Case of the Curious Bride.

Cast

Background

Doris Keating, daughter of Barry Mahon, Flynn's one time business manager, optioned the book in 1977. It took her several years to find finance.

"Some people at the networks felt maybe he just wasn't likable enough," Miss Keating said, "But I persisted. I felt I owed it to him to present his story the way he wrote it. The film is my valentine to him."[1]

She managed to get up the film as a TV movie for CBS. The project deliberately steered clear of any political controversies.[1]

The lead role went to Canadian actor, Duncan Regehr. He said he "didn`t want to do an imitation of Flynn or mimic him in any way I chose to do an interpretation, an attempt to capture his elegance and charm, the soul of the man."[2]

The film focuses on the years 1935 to 1943, ending with trial for statutory rape. Regehr later said "the movie does dribble away. But we chose to do it that way. He wanted to have a good time. He didn`t understand why people didn`t want him to do that. He never looked before he leaped. We leave him feeling terribly sad, in a state of confusion. Then again, he only wanted to live the first half of his life anyway."[2]

Keating said if the film was successful she wanted to do a prequel about Flynn's life in New Guinea, but this did not eventuate.[3]

Reception

The New York Times said the events of Flynn's life "are woodenly re-enacted without a trace of the passion, adventure or sexiness that blurred the lines between the star's movie roles and off-screen personalities" and said Regehr"lacks Errol Flynn's edge of steel. The restless, amused predator, always poised for action, has become in Mr. Regehr's performance a smirking, doe-eyed lounge lizard - imperturbably polite and languid."[4]

The Los Angeles Times called it "flat, cliched, silly" which "reveals the veneer beneath the veneer."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Errol Flynn TV Docudrama Raises Complaints", Farber, Stephen. New York Times 16 January 1985: C.22.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Jon (January 20, 1985). "`WICKED WAYS` HAS REGEHR IN LIKE FLYNN". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ "TV 'Tribute to Flynn' Won't Be That Wicked: Flynn TV Bio", Richard, Julie. Los Angeles Times 27 December 1983: g1.
  4. ^ Holden, Stephen (21 January 1985). "ERROL FLYNN'S STORY, FROM HIS OWN BOOK". New York Times. p. Section C, Page 25.
  5. ^ TV REVIEW `WICKED WAYS' IS A STICKY WICKET: [Home Edition] Rosenberg, Howard. Los Angeles Times 21 Jan 1985: 8.

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