The best Errol Flynn’s documentary movies

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

20/06/1909- 14/10/1959
Today we present the best Errol Flynn’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Errol Flynn’s movies.
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That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!
7.8/10
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture
7.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 16/08/2002
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.8/10
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
7.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 05/05/2010
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
8/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryTV Movie
  • Release: 05/04/2005
  • Character: Self / Various Roles (archive footage) (archive sound)
A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Hollywood Without Make-Up
7.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/07/1963
  • Character: Himself
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 21/05/1943
  • Character: Self
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
7.3/10
The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
6.3/10
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 07/02/1938
  • Character: Himself
This was one of the annual "blooper" reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors, crew and executives. It was meant to poke fun at the flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 06/08/1975
  • Character: (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

A Dream Comes True

A Dream Comes True
6.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 31/12/1935
  • Character: Himself (uncredited)
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

Cuban Story

Cuban Story
6.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 08/07/1959
  • Character: Himself - Reporter
Cuban Story: The Truth about Fidel Castro Revolution is a 1959 film documentary narrated by Errol Flynn, and the last known performance work of his career.

In the Wake of the Bounty

In the Wake of the Bounty
4.7/10
The film explores the story of the Bounty and is based on the 1932 novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.

Hollywood My Home Town

Hollywood My Home Town
7.6/10
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.

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