| The Errol Flynn Theatre | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Anthology |
| Starring | Errol Flynn |
| Theme music composer | Eric Spear |
| Country of origin | England |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Norman Williams |
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1956 March 1957 (US)[1] |
The Errol Flynn Theatre is an anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would also play the lead in every fourth show. His then-wife Patrice Wymore and son Sean also made appearances.
Filming started 1 March 1956 and was done by Inter Film TV.[2]
It was shot in England at Bray Studios but was made for the American market.[3] In May 1956 Flynn said all money from the show went to pay for his debts.[4]
| Date | Title | Director | Writer | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 1956 | A Wife for the Czar | Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Francis de Wolff | |||
| 22 Sept 1956 | The Girl in Blue Jeans | Glynis Johns, Herbert Lom, Lloyd Lamble | |||
| 29 Sept 1956 | The Model | Patrice Wymore, Christopher Lee | |||
| 6 Oct 1956 | The Duel | ||||
| 13 Oct 1956 | The Mirror And Markheim | ||||
| 20 Oct 1956 | The Red Geranium | Betta St. John, Leslie Phillips and William Hartnell | |||
| 3 Nov 1956 | Farewell Performance | Patricia Roc | |||
| 10 Nov 1956 | The Fortunes of War | Errol Flynn, Christopher Lee and Lisa Daniely | |||
| 17 Nov 1956 | Mademoiselle Fifi | Paulette Goddard, Peter Reynolds and Ian Fleming | |||
| 24 Nov 1956 | The Ordeals of Carol Kennedy | John Lemont | Patrice Wymore, Derek Bond | An American girl working in an Iron Curtain country is transferred to London. On the plane someone tries to kill her | |
| 18 Nov 1956 | The Transfer | Brian Aherne, James Donald | |||
| 1 Dec 1956 | The Sealed Room | Glynis Johns, Herbert Lom, Patrick Allen and Frederick Schrecker | |||
| 6 Dec 1956 | The Kinsman | Peter Reynolds | |||
| 22 Dec 1956 | Evil Thoughts | John Lemont | based on short story by Robert Louis Stevenson | Christopher Lee, Philip Saville, Arthur Lowe | original title "The Mirror and Markheim", filmed in 1953 at Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames - not originally shot as part of the show but repackaged to be so |
| 16 Feb 1957 | Love Token | Christopher Lee | |||
| 23 Feb 1957 | My Infallible Uncle | June Havoc and Hugh Martin | |||
| 2 Mar 1957 | Strange Auction | Brock Williams | Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Sean Flynn | ||
| 9 Marc 1957 | The Rustle of Silk | Phyllis Kirk | |||
| 6 Apr 1957 | The Cellini Cup | Mai Zetterling and Guy Middleton | |||
| 13 Apr 1957 | Rescued | Errol Flynn, Hugh Moxey, Andrew Keir, Maurice Kaufmann and Bartlett Mullins | |||
| 20 Apri 1957 | First Come, First Loved | Jean-Pierre Aumont | |||
| 27 Apr 1957 | All in the Family | Mai Zetterling | |||
| 4 May 1957 | Declasse | Phyllis Kirk | |||
| 11 May 1957 | Out of the Blue | Rosanna Rory and Robert Arden | |||
| 23 May 1957 | Take the High Road | June Havoc | |||
| 1 Feb 1958 | The 1000th Night of Don Juan | Errol Flynn as Don Juan, Jean Kent |
Filmink magazine later wrote that watching the show "you get the sense of what some of his [Flynn's] work for Northampton Rep must have been like – playing all sorts of different roles, sometimes pulling it off, other times not so much."[5]
All 26 episodes exist and are held at ITV.