My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn

My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn

Known to millions as the preeminent swashbuckler of the silver screen, Errol Flynn was a complex man who lived a life far more adventurous than any of his films. In My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Flynn reveals himself to be a self-aware and cosmopolitan devotee of excitement and pleasure. With gusto, he recalls his years as a soldier of fortune in the South Seas, his trip to war-torn Spain, his battles in Hollywood with studio honchos (Jack Warner was a particular nemesis) and ex-wives (esp. Lili Damita), and the furor surrounding his trial for rape in 1943. Freely mixing verbal abuse and tall tales with candid confessions, Flynn's autobiography makes for one hell of a read.

‘The most entertaining autobiography ever by an actor’

‘Its greatest distinction is that it manages to pass beyond the conventionally “frank” to the unconventionally truthful in its portrait of an engaging but by no means overscrupulous romantic extrovert’

‘An obstinately unabashed report’

‘ The most entertaining autobiography ever by an actor’

‘ Its greatest distinction is that it manages to pass beyond the conventionally “ frank” to the unconventionally truthful in its portrait of an engaging but by no means overscrupulous romantic extrovert’

‘ A major autobiography in the tradition of Cellini, Casanova and Frank HarrisPerhaps it is not the book to leave alone in the house with your daughter, but Flynn was not the man to leave in the house with your daughter.’

‘ The confessions of a rake, unsparing of himself or anyone else’

‘ An obstinately unabashed report’

Errol Flynn was an Australian-born American actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. After starring in Captain Blood (1935), Flynn became an overnight sensation, quickly becoming typecast as a swashbuckler and a rogue in a number of successive films. He followed Captain Blood with The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and after his appearance as Miles Hendon in The Prince and the Pauper (1937), he was cast in his most celebrated role as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) - his first film in Technicolor. He went on to appear in The Dawn Patrol (1938) with David Niven, Dodge City (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940) and Adventures of Don Juan (1948). Throughout the 1950s his health deteriorated due to heavy alcohol and drug abuse, and he died in 1959 of a heart attack. His autobiography, My Wicked, Wicked Ways was published posthumously later that year.

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ISBN 13	9781845130497
ISBN 10	1845130499
Title	My Wicked, Wicked Ways
Author	Errol Flynn
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2005-02-01
Number of pages	448
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